COM4LAB: Applied Modern Control Engineering

The COM4LAB course entitled “Applied Modern Control Engineering” is the third and final course on the control engineering. The approaches of modern control strategies for the control of complex systems (e. g. in the automotive industry or aerospace) as well as the influence of technical limitations on the control loops are explained and practically devised using a number of experiments. The final chapter offers the possibility for free experimentation with compatible external controlled systems. The course comprises 10 chapters.

Total duration: Up to 8 hours

Target audience

Among others, the course can be used to support the training process for the following professions and subjects of study:

• electronics technician for devices and systems
• aircraft electronics technician
• automation technology (bachelor's studies)
• control engineering (bachelor's studies)

Learning objectives

The students are to:

• be able to understand the basic principles of modern control strategies,
• be able to understand the influence of technical limitations on the control loops and
• be able to apply and expand the knowledge they have acquired from all COM4LAB control engineering courses in free experimentation with external controlled systems.

Topics

The course covers the following topics:

• systems with dead time
• constraint of the manipulated variable
• cascade control
• introduction to frequency response
• frequency response of individual basic elements
• frequency response of combined elements
• controller desing in frequency domain
• fuzzy control
• adaptive control
• free experimentation with external controlled systems

Previous knowledge

The students need to have a basic knowledge of electronic components and of control engineering (COM4LAB Course: Introduction to Control Engineering, COM4LAB Course: Control Loops and Stability) in order to be able to complete the course successfully. Additionally, dealing with formulas is required.