Course Summary
This course develops your capabilities in automatic control systems. You will build on prior knowledge of engineering dynamics and electronics to understand the nature and behaviour of dynamic systems and examine the subsequent design of automatic control systems. The course will have three major components:
- The mathematical modelling and simulation of basic engineering processes, components and a variety of physical systems, leading to the nomination of Transfer Functions and time responses to standard inputs for dynamic control systems
- Rapidly predicting a system's Frequency Response to an incoming frequency spectrum and modifying system parameters to meet basic performance specifications. Subsequent System Identification from Frequency response analysis
- Improving system performance by using PID controllers and focusing on tuning PID coefficients
If you are enrolled in this course as a component of your Bachelor Honours Program, your overall mark will contribute to the calculation of the Weighted Average Mark (WAM).