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This course introduces the design of feedback control systems as applied to a variety of air and spacecraft systems. Topics include the properties and advantages of feedback systems, time-domain and frequency-domain performance measures, stability and degree of stability, the Root locus method, Nyquist criterion, …
This course introduces the design of feedback control systems as applied to a variety of air and spacecraft systems. Topics include the properties and advantages of feedback systems, time-domain and frequency-domain performance measures, stability and degree of stability, the Root locus method, Nyquist criterion, frequency-domain design, and state space methods.
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![Side-view of a test helicopter in a wind tunnel with a focus on one of the blades.](/courses/16-06-principles-of-automatic-control-fall-2012/a752f4a6855ebd3ecdfdadbe8d2ca954_16-06f12.jpg)
Adaptive control technologies could like this SMART rotor could allow helicopters to travel with greater efficiency and less noise. (NASA.)