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For more information
about the Undergraduate Program in Mechanical Engineering, contact:

Dr. David Bigio
Director of Undergraduate Programs
dbigio@umd.edu

1. ENME 462- Vibration, Controls, and Optimization II

2. Number of credits: 3 credits. Two two-hour lectures per week. Two two-hour lab/studio per week. This course contains design experience.

3. Course Coordinator: Dr. Sarah Bergbreiter.

4. Textbook: Control Systems Engineering, by Norman S. Nise, Fifth Edition, 2007. ISBN 978-0471794752

5. Course specification information:

a. Catalog description: Continuation of ENME 361. Fundamentals of vibration, controls, and optimization. Analysis and design in time, Laplace and frequency domains. Mathematical descriptions of system response, system stability, control and optimization. Optimal design of mechanical systems.

b. Prerequisite(s): ENME 351 and ENME 361

5. Course specification information:

 a. In this course the student will develop and/or refine the following areas of knowledge:
  • General engineering problem formulation, organization, solution, and solution optimization methodologies
  • Mathematical descriptions of systems
  • Analysis in time and frequency domains
  • Control systems analysis and stability
  • Transfer functions
  • Block diagrams
  • Design of feedback systems
  • State-space analysis and controller design
  • Linear algebra and linear differential equations
  • MATLAB environment

b. Student outcomes (a, b, c, and d) are addressed by this course.

7. Brief list of topics:

  • Introduction
  • Frequency Domain
  • Laplace Transforms
  • Transfer Functions
  • Time Response from TFs
  • System Modeling
  • Block Diagrams
  • Steady State Errors
  • Time Response
  • Stability Analysis
  • Root Locus Method
  • Gain Adjustment
  • PID Compensation
  • State-Space Representations
  • Transfer Function/State-Space Conversions
  • Laplace Transform Solutions of State-Space Equations
  • Stability in State Space
  • Frequency Domain Analysis
  • Bode Plots
  • Nyquist stability criterion
  • Phase Margin & Gain Margin
  • Compensator Design Using Bode Plots

 

Prepared by: Dr. Sarah Bergbreiter
Date: June, 2011


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