AA 450: Control in Aerospace Systems

Autumn 2004

Instructor

Prof. Kristi A. Morgansen
morgansen@aa.washington.edu

Office Hours

M 4-5pm, Th 1-2pm
Gug. 310

Teaching Assistant

Michael Frostad
mj582@u.washington.edu

 

M 1:30-2:30pm
Gug. 409

 

Syllabus
Lectures
FAQ

Course Description

The main topics of the course are modeling, specification, interconnection, and robustness of feedback systems. On completion of the course, students will be able to construct (control-oriented) models for typical systems found in engineering and the sciences, specify and describe performace for feedback systems, and analyze open loop and feedback behavior of such systems.

Suggested prerequisites: A course in ordinary differential equations and knowledge of basic linear algebra.

Lectures: T/TH 9:30-11:30, Gug. 306
Homework sections: M 8:30-9:20, Guggenheim 306

Date Topic (click for details) Reading Homework
  Course design problem (not the project)
  Design problem (soln)
Sep. 30 Intro to feedback and control
Lecture notes (printed version is cleaner than displayed version)		 Ch 1 HW 1 (soln)
Survey
Chapter 1 questions
hw1cruise.mdl
Oct. 5*
Oct. 7		 System modeling
Lecture notes, transformation notes, mathematica script		 2.1-2.2, 3.1-3.3 HW2 (soln)
Reading questions
Info for traffic control problem
Oct. 12*
Oct. 14		 Stability and performance
Lecture notes, lecture matlab, pendulum.m, stability notes		 6.4, 5.1-5.5, handout HW3 (soln)
Ducted fan model
phaseplot.m
Oct. 19*
Oct. 21		 Linear Systems
Lecture notes, linearization notes 		2.3, 3.2-3.3, handout HW4 (soln)
Oct. 26*
Oct. 28		 Controllability and state space feedback
Section script 		11.1-11.3, handout HW5 (soln)
hw5cartpend.mdl
Nov. 2
Nov. 4		 Transfer functions
2.4-2.6, 3.6-3.10, 5.6-5.8, 5.10, Ch. 8 HW6 (soln)
Nov. 9
Nov. 11		 MIDTERM
Veteran's Day
  sample midterm (soln)
Midterm soln
PROJECT: project page
project soln, project Mathematica code
Nov. 16*
Nov. 18		 Frequency domain control design
section: TF.mdl, week7.m 		10.1,10.4, 10.8-10.9, Ch. 9 HW7 (updated soln)
Nov. 23*
Nov. 25
Thanksgiving		   HW8 (soln)
blank Bode
Nov. 30*
Dec. 2		 PID/root locus
Section: Bode.m, Class example solns: solns.pdf, blank bode plot 		7.1-7.5, 7.7-7.10, 10.5, 10.7  
Dec. 7*
Dec. 9
Review for final, notes from section: TheLastSection.m, stepsin.mdl		 sample final, (solns)
Final (soln)
Dec. 15 FINAL EXAM: 10:30-12:30pm    

*: Homework due dates

Course Text

The required reading sources for the course are

Matlab and Mathematica

Both Matlab 6.5 and 7 are installed on the instructional lab computers, as well as the ULTRA and LUNA Windows Terminal Servers. You can use Microsoft RDP (included with XP and limited to 8-bit color) and Citrix ICA client (downloadable at the following URL and much more fully featured).

http://www.citrix.com/site/SS/downloads/downloads.asp?dID=2755

The Citrix client connection setup is described in the Account Setup document. On checking the Citrix website, the client is now called the "Advanced Gateway Client". This type of connection is only appropriate for high-speed Internet connections.

Mathematica 5 is also installed in the lab.

Web page maintained by K. Morgansen (morgansn@u.washington.edu)
Last updated: 17-Sep-2003 11:19 AM