Università Roma Tre

Basic Concepts
Automatic control usefulness. Feedforward and feedback control. Block diagram. Mathematical models for dynamical systems. Systems taxonomy (linearity, stationarity, etc.). State definition.

Linear and Stationary System Analysis
Laplace transform and its properties. Inverse Laplace transform by partial-fraction expansion. Input-Output model of dynamical systems. Transfer function. Convolution. First- and Second-Order System Response. Natural response and forced response. Transient response and steady-state. Modes of the system. BIBO stability. Routh criterion for stability. Block diagram and their algebra.

Frequency Response
Definitions. Impulse Response. Step Response. Bode plot techniques. Nyquist plot techniques. Nichols plot techniques.

Feedback Systems Analysis
Closed-loop stability from open-loop frequency response. Nyquist stability criterion. Stability margins. Steady-state tracking and system type.

Closed-Loop Frequency Response
Design relations. PID Controller. Lead Compensator. Lag Compensator.

Main Textbook

Roberto Vitelli, Massimiliano Petternella, Fondamenti di Automatica, Edizioni Efesto
Roberto Vitelli, Massimiliano Petternella, Fondamenti di Automatica, Edizioni Scientifiche Siderea

Additional Textbook
Giovanni Marro, Controlli Automatici, quarta edizione 1997, Zanichelli.