SEE701 - Advanced Control Systems Engineering

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Assumed Knowledge:

Knowledge of basic control principles

Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Hieu Trinh
Prerequisite:

For students enrolled in S460, S461, S462, S463, S465, S466, S467: SEJ302 or SEE344 and passed 18 credit points or Unit Chair approval.

For students enrolled in S550, S652, S751, S752, S756, S757, S758, S759: Nil.

For students enrolled in courses outside of the School of Engineering: Unit Chair approval.

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 1 hour seminar per week.

Content

This unit investigates, in-depth, the theory and design of linear finite-dimensional systems using state space description. The emphasis is on analysis and control of more complex systems, i.e. large and multivariate systems. The topics addressed in this unit are: state space representation of physical systems; controllability, observability and stability of systems; solutions of state equations and model decomposition; state feedback control and pole placement; state observers; reduced-order observers; linear functional observers and output feedback control. Applications of the above theory will be illustrated using problems from energy, robotics and aerospace and will use MATLAB software for control system design and analysis.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Model complex systems using state-space representation.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Analyse the controllability, observability and stability of systems.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Design of state feedback control using pole placement to meet performance design specifications.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Design of state observers; reduced-order observers; linear functional observers.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO5

Design of output feedback control.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO6

Use the MATLAB software package to analyse and design and verify engineering systems.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO7 Applications of the above to design a load-frequency control of a power system.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1
Problem based assignment
Detailed mathematical model of some given complex systems. 25% Week 3
Assessment 2
Problem based assignment
Design state observers and controllers for power systems to achieve satisfactory performance. 35% Week 7
Assessment 3
Design based assignment
Designing a robust controller for a practical and complex system to meet closed-loop system performance. 40% Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SEE701 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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