COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROCESS CONTROL TECHNIQUES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEC 5023 PROCESS CONTROL TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NESLIHAN AVCU

Offered to

Mechatronics Engineering
M.Sc. Mechatronics Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering

Course Objective

Aim of the lesson is to introduce, process control systems and analysis methods to students on high level.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Physical and chemical process control examples
2   Classical and modern control methods comprehension.
3   Definition of time and frequency behaviour of control systems.
4   Stability analysis of control systems.
5   Control systems methods and analysis with state variables.
6   Simulation and solutions of control systems with MATLAB program.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Control Systems
2 Mathematical Modeling of Dynamic Systems
3 Mathematical Modeling of Dynamic Systems
4 Feedback Control System Characteristics
5 Stability Analysis
6 Error Analysis
7 Control System Design by Root Locus
8 Control System Design via Frequency Response
9 Control System Design via State Space
10 PID Controllers and Two-Degree-of-Freedom Control Systems
11 Controllability and Observability
12 Case Study: The Design of a Solar-Powered Racing Car Motor Control System (Simulation in Matlab)
13 Case Study: The Design of an Remotely Operated Vehicle Control System (Simulation in Matlab)
14 Case Study: The Design of a Robot Control System (Simulation in Matlab)

Recomended or Required Reading

N. S. Nice, Control Systems Engineering, 6th ed. Wiley
John wiley & Sons, Inc.California, 2011.
K. Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, 4th ed., Prentice
Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 2002.
R. C. Dorf, R. H. Bishop, Modern Control Systems, 10th
ed., Prentice Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 2005.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Content of the lesson will be given by presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homeworks, midterma and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Neslihan Avcu
Tel : 0232 301 7681
e-mail: neslihan.avcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

There will be an announcement about office hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparing assignments 3 15 45
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 179

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.13
LO.222
LO.32222
LO.4322
LO.52222
LO.622