Control and Measurement Systems

Students learn the concepts of modern control systems starting with the fundamentals of system and control theory. Continuing lectures enable students to autonomous development of efficient control circuits. The requirements demand a consolidated knowledge in engineering (mechanics, electro-techniques, drive engineering, etc.) as well as in mathematics.<

Semester	Winter semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems" Technical supplementary subject I and II
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Teacher	Univ.-Prof. Martin Horn, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Martin.Horn@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	VK 2 SWS, 4 ECTS
Description
Topics	recap of the most important topics for linear-system theory and of the basics of control engineering
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Learning objective
Recommended Literature	Chen: Control System Design, Saunders Publishing
Language	English
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[700.775] Digital Control

Semester	Summer semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems" Technical supplementary subject I and II
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Teacher	Univ.-Prof. Martin Horn, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Martin.Horn@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	VK 2 SWS, 4 ECTS
Description
Topics	1. Introduction to digital feedback loops 2. digital implementation of continuous-time controllers 3. z-transform 4. linear, time-invariant systems in discrete-time 5. design based on BODE plots 6. design of state controllers 7. LQR design 8. design of state observers
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Prior knowledge	basics of linear, time-invariant systems in continuous-time: Asymptotic and BIBO stability transfer functions BODE plots state-space techniques
Learning objective
Recommended Literature	Gene F. Franklin, J. David Powell, Michael L. Workman: Digital Control of Dynamic Systems
Language	English
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[700.760] Nonlinear Systems

Semester	Summer semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems" Technical supplementary subject I and II
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Teacher	Univ.-Prof. Martin Horn, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Martin.Horn@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	VK 2 SWS, 4 ECTS
Description
Topics	1. introduction to nonlinear systems 2. stability in the sense of Lyapunov 3. indirect method of Lyapunov 4. direct method of Lyapunov 5. exact linearization 6. backstepping 7. sliding mode control 8. flatness-based control
Keywords
Prior knowledge	sound knowledge in linear system theory good knowledge of controller design for linear systems
Learning objective
Recommended Literature	A. Isidori: Nonlinear Control Systems, J.-J. E. Slotine: Applied Nonlinear Control
Language	English
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[700.770] Process Automation

Semester	Summer semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems" Technical supplementary subject I and II
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Teacher	Jakob Rehrl, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Jakob.Rehrl@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	VK 2 SWS, 4 ECTS
Description
Topics	1. convex optimization 2. model predictive control 3. fuzzy control
Keywords
Prior knowledge	basics in linear system theory basics in control systems design for linear systems
Learning objective
Recommended Literature	J. Maciejowski: Predictive Control with Constraints J. Jantzen: Foundations of Fuzzy Control
Language	English
Related Lectures	Control Systems Digital Control Computer Aided Control System Design
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[700.710] Process Modelling and Identification

Semester	Winter semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems"
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Teacher	Univ.-Prof. Martin Horn, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Martin.Horn@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	VK 2 SWS, 4 ECTS
Description
Topics	1. kinematics of rigid body systems 2. Laws of Newton 3. Lagrange Equations of the 1st and 2nd kind 4. Process identification using least squares and FFT
Keywords
Prior knowledge	basics of discrete-time systems basics of linear system theory
Learning objective
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Language	English
Related Lectures	Nonlinear Systems Digital Control
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[700.720] Computer Aided Control System Design

Semester	Winter semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems" Technical supplementary subject I and II
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Teacher	Dr. techn.Markus Reichhartinger, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Markus.Reichhartinger@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	VK 2 SWS, 4 ECTS
Description
Topics	1. implementable transfer functions 2. pole placement for the unity feedback loop 3. design for an extended loop structure 4. algebraic design methods 5. smith predictor 6. l1-design 7. linear and quadratic optimization
Keywords
Prior knowledge	basics of linear system theory basics in control systems design for linear systems basics of Matlab
Learning objective
Recommended Literature	Goldstein: Classical Mechanics
Language	English
Related Lectures	Digital Control Process Automation
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[700.750] Optimal Control

Semester	Summer semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems" Technical supplementary subject I and II
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Teacher	Prof. Johann Reger, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Johann.Reger@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	VK 2 SWS, 4 ECTS
Description
Topics	1. controllability, observability stabilizability, and detectability 2. controller/observer normal forms, Kalman decomposition 3. zeros, poles and normal forms of transfer matrices 4. performance measures and shaping of control loops 5. differential and algebraic matrix Riccati equations 6. linear quadratic regulator, Kalman filter, and LQG 7. introduction to H-infinity optimal control design
Keywords
Prior knowledge	basics in control systems, linear systems theory
Learning objective
Recommended Literature	Sigurd Skogestad, Ian Postlethwaite, Multivariable Feedback Control - Analysis and Design, John Wiley & Sons, 2005 Kemin Zhou, John C. Doyle, Essentials of Robust Control, Prentice Hall, 1997 Kemin Zhou, John C. Doyle, Keith Glover, Robust and Optimal Control, Prentice Hall, 1995
Language	English
Related Lectures	Control Systems
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Courses and Labs [KU]

[700.776] Digital Control

Semester	Summer semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems" Technical supplementary subject I and II
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Teacher	Robert Tafner, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Robert.Tafner@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	KU 1 SWS, 1.5 ECTS
Description
Topics	exercises to the topics from the course Digital Control VK
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Language	English
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[700.761] Nonlinear Systems

Semester	Summer semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems" Technical supplementary subject I and II
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Teacher	Dipl. -Ing. Dr. Markus Reichhartinger, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Markus.Reichhartinger@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	VK 2 SWS, 3 ECTS
Description
Topics	exercises to the topics from the course Nonlinear Systems VK
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Language	English
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[700.771] Process Automation

Semester	Summer semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems" Technical supplementary subject I and II
Recommended Semester
Teacher	Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Jakob Rehrl, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Jakob.Rehrl@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	VK 1 SWS, 1.5 ECTS
Description
Topics	exercises to the topics from the course Process Automation VK
Keywords
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Language	English
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[700.711] Process Modelling and Identification

Semester	Winter semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems"
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Teacher	Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Markus Reichhartinger, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Markus.Reichhartinger@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	VK 1 SWS, 1.5 ECTS
Description
Topics	exercises to the topics from the course Process Modelling and Identification VK
Keywords
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Language	English
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[700.721] Computer Aided Control System Design

Semester	Winter semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems" Technical supplementary subject I and II
Recommended Semester
Teacher	Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Markus Reichhartinger, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Markus.Reichhartinger@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	VK 1 SWS, 1.5 ECTS
Description
Topics	exercises to the topics from the course Computer Aided Control System Design VK
Keywords
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Language	English
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[700.751] Optimal Control

Semester	Summer semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization "Control and Measurement Systems" Technical supplementary subject I and II
Recommended Semester
Teacher	Prof. Johann Reger, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Johann.Reger@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	VK 1 SWS, 1.5 ECTS
Description
Topics	exercises to the topics from the course Optimal Control VK
Keywords
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Language	English
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Research Seminar and Project

[700.798] Research Seminar on Control and Measurement Systems

Semester	Summer semester
Allocation in the Curriculum	Master Curriculum, Information Technology Technical specialization in "Control and Measurement Systems"
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Teacher	Univ.-Prof. Martin Horn, Control and Measurement Group, Institute of Smart Systems Technologies Email: Martin.Horn@aau.at
Type of lecture and number of credits	SE 2 SWS, 6 ECTS
Description	In this research seminar topical subjects in the area of control engineering will be regarded. Based on topical scientific publications on a particular subject participants develop a powerpoint presentation and a paper on the selected topic, and finally give a talk for their fellow students and their supervisor.
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Learning objective	improve their knowledge in a particular field. learn to read and interpret scientific publications. prepare a presentation by themselves. practice to give a presentation and to discuss with an audience.
Recommended Literature	Scientific Publications
Language	English
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