System Dynamics and Controls

What is System Dynamics and Controls about. This course provides a great introduction to controls and mathematical modeling of mechanical systems. What does that mean.

Well, you will learn how to generate equations that can be used to model a body's motion. Think of a pendulum swinging - after this course you will be able to model this type of motion using differential equations and matrices. On top of that, you'll be able to analyze system stability, calculate how much error is present, use Laplace transforms to solve initial value problems and much, much more.

Here's some of what you will learn: Laplace transformsTransfer functionsResponse equationsEquations of motion of mechanical and electrical systemsFirst order responseSecond order responseState space representationBlock diagram reductionStability and Routh's CriterionSteady state error analysisRoot locusAnd if that's not enough, for those wishing to use MATLAB, examples and applications are provided throughout the course. This helps gives more of a visual understanding of what's going on besides just looking at equations. Who should enroll.

This course is perfect for you if: you are a current student in a similar class and are needing additional examples/explanationsyou are studying for the Fundamentals of Engineering exam and need a review of system response and block diagramsyou are just curious and want to learn something newIs any prior knowledge needed. Yes. The typical math requirement for this course is Differential Equations and Linear Algebra.