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Development of an undergraduate laboratory course in control systems

Abiakel, Elio
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1079732873

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2003, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Electrical Engineering.
This thesis serves as a guideline for the development of a full one-term undergraduate laboratory course in control systems. The work presented here is mainly of experimental nature with emphasis on measurement, data acquisition and control design and analysis. The challenge behind this project was the adaptation of classical teaching and experiments in control systems to the state-of-the art implementation technologies used in the industry worldwide, while maintaining and improving the pedagogical aspects of the methodology previously followed in the Department of Electrical Engineering at The Ohio State University. First we introduce the hardware and software used in the laboratory, i.e. Quanser Consulting equipment, dSPACE computer cards and software packages, and Matlab and Simulink (Chapter 1). Then we present two laboratory experiments (Chapters 2 & 3) that serve as a tutorial introduction to these hardware and software and to digital signal processing. The next two experiments (Chapters 4 & 5) deal with system identification and basic control design using gain compensation. We then develop a series of experiments on DC servomotors to treat classical design methods such as root locus, lead, lag and PID control design (Chapters 6 through 8). We follow that with a set of experiments on more advanced apparatus such as flexible links and flexible joints (Chapters 9 &10). Chapters 11, 12, and 13 are dedicated to linear quadratic regulator (LQR) control design for the flexible joint, the flexible link and the two-degree-of-freedom helicopter; even though these chapters are not intended for use in an undergraduate laboratory course, their content can be used to develop demonstration experiments that can be presented at the beginning or the end of the term. Finally we conclude with general comments and recommendations for the future, along with an Appendix that contains an instructor’s guide.
Stephen Yurkovich (Advisor)
205 p.
Control Systems Lab; Control Laboratory; EE557; dSPACE; Quanser; Simulink; Matlab; root locus; feedback control; signals and systems; Helicopter control; flexible link; flexible joint; DC servo, servomotor; speed control; position control

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  • Abiakel, E. (2003). Development of an undergraduate laboratory course in control systems [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1079732873

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Abiakel, Elio. Development of an undergraduate laboratory course in control systems. 2003. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1079732873.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Abiakel, Elio. "Development of an undergraduate laboratory course in control systems." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1079732873

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