System Dynamics and Control Systems I

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The lecture is held in German.

General information

Lecturer Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Findeisen
Lecture assitant Hendrik Alsmeier
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Lecture and exercise All dates, scripts and information will be distributed via Moodle
Examination The examination is a written exam (duration: 120 minutes). If fewer than 25 students register, the examination can be oral (duration: 25 minutes). The type of examination will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Questions If you have any questions, please use the moderated discussion forum in Moodle so that all course participants can benefit from the questions

Contents of the lecture

Introduction
  • Objectives of control engineering and definitions of terms
  • Control and regulation
  • Modeling and structural diagrams/block diagrams
  • Classification of dynamic systems
System analysis in the time domain
  • Linear differential equations and stability
  • State space
Test signals to determine the transmission behavior
System analysis in the frequency domain
  • Laplace transformation
  • Solving differential equations with the Laplace transform
  • Test signals in the frequency range
  • Transfer function, poles and zeros
  • Interconnection of transfer functions
Transfer and control loop elements
  • Locus curve
  • Bode diagram
  • Asymptotic drawing of the Bode diagram
Analysis and requirements of control loops
  • Closed control loop (nominal)
  • Closed control loop with disturbances, measurement noise and model uncertainties
  • Control quality, control objectives, fundamental dilemma
Controller design
  • Controller setting rules
  • Loop shaping controller design
Extended control loop structures and model-based control in the frequency range
  • Feedforward control
  • Auxiliary control variable control and cascade control
  • Reference variable feedforward control / two degrees of freedom control
  • Model-based dead time compensation

Examination winter semester 2025/26

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Permitted resources
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  • drawing utensils (but neither a pencil nor a red pen)
  • no calculator
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