Flight Control Systems (Spring 2016), ASE 370L

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Announcements

  • Midterm 1 will go out sometime on Wednesday, March 2nd. It will be due 11:59pm on Friday, March 4th.
  • HW 4 posted, due on Feb 23rd.
  • HW 3 posted, due on Feb 14th.
  • Office hour times changed (see the information above).
  • HW 2 posted, due on Feb 10th.
  • HW 1 posted, due on Feb 4th.
  • Class cancelled on Jan 27 (Wed)

Schedule

Date Subject Notes Assignments
1 Jan 20 Logistics and intro to feedback control slides
2 Jan 25 Intro to feedback control and modeling slides HW1
3 Jan 27 No class cancelled
4 Feb 1 Modeling slides
5 Feb 3 Examples slides HW2
6 Feb 8 Dynamic behavior and stability slides
7 Feb 10 Stability and linear systems slides
8 Feb 15 Linear systems (1) slides HW3
9 Feb 17 Linear systems (2) slides
10 Feb 22 Linear systems (3) slides
11 Feb 24 Linear systems (4) slides HW4
12 Feb 29 State feedback (1) slides
13 Mar 2 State feedback (2) slides Midterm 1
14 Mar 7 State feedback (3)
15 Mar 9 Observability
16 Mar 21 Estimation and output feedback HW6
17 Mar 23 Recap
18 Mar 28 Transfer functions
19 Mar 30 Block diagrams Midterm 2
20 Apr 4 Bode diagrams HW7
21 Apr 6 Nyquist criterion (1)
22 Apr 11 Nyquist criterion (2) HW 8
23 Apr 13 Stability margins
24 Apr 18 PID design (1)
25 Apr 20 PID design (2) HW9
26 Apr 25 Frequency domain design (1)
27 Apr 27 Frequency domain design (2) HW10
28 May 2 Frequency domain design (3)
29 May 4 Recap

Homework assignments

  • Each assignment is due in class on Wednesday that is no sooner than a week and no later than two weeks from the day on which the assignment is posted.

Grading

The grade will be based on homework assignments, two midterm exams, a final exam and participation. The midterm examples with be take-home. The final exam will be during the official scheduled slot and in class. The participation portion includes in-class discussions and any other effort the student shows to sincerely grasp the course material.

  • Homework assignments -- 30%
  • Midterm exam 1 -- 15%
  • Midterm exam 2 -- 20%
  • Final exam -- 25%
  • Participation -- 10%

Notes