Representation of Nonlinear Systems By Differential Equations, Equilibrium States and Their Stability. State Plane and Describing Function Analysis of Nonlinear Control Systems. Effect of Nonlinear Elements Such As Coulomb Friction and Relays, Nonlinear Phenomena Such As Limit Cycles and Sliding Modes. Lyapunov Stability Theory. The Popov and Circle Stability Criteria. Design of Robust Control Systems By Sliding-mode and Lyapunov Control, Application to Robot Control. Introduction to Adaptive Control.

Faculty: Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Pre-required courses

44191 - Control Systems 1

Course with no extra credit

86312 - Nonlinear Control

Semestrial Information

Weekly Hours

3 Academic Credit • 2 Lecture Hours • 1 Discussion Hours

Responsible(s)

Hector Rotstein

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