Introduction to Neo-Classical and Advanced Controls with Automotive Mechatronics Applications

Short course/CPD

Introduction to Neo-Classical and Advanced Controls with Automotive Mechatronics Applications

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Course overview

The first detailed three day course consisting of:

An overview of the History of feedback theory
Frequency domain analysis and its importance in robust control design
Modelling uncertainties
Norms and robust performance measures
Single Input Single Output (SISO) robust control design
Manipulation and modification of theoretical SISO robust controllers for practical application
Application of robust control design in the automotive mechatronics (HEV Torque Control, Engine Speed Control Development)

Location

Cranfield University is located at the very heart of the UK – within the innovation triangle between London and the cities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Our central location provides easy access from the M1, excellent main line rail service as well as proximity to key international airports. Set in rolling countryside, Cranfield offers a rich, rural landscape complemented by thriving towns and picturesque villages.

Road: We are just 10 minutes from Junctions 13 & 14 of the M1 motorway. There is free parking on campus.
Rail: Milton Keynes or Bedford
Air: London Luton (22 miles), Heathrow (50 miles) or Birmingham (70 miles).

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Course fee:

£990

Accommodation fee:

£178

Accommodation is on a full-board basis from the evening before the course commences until the afternoon of the last day. The course fee may include a course dinner for all participants. Refreshments and lunch during the day are included. Full details will be circulated with the joining instructions. The accommodation fee includes all other meals. Details of arrangements will be in the delegate information pack.

How to register

Further information

For more information on this course or booking details please contact:
Academic Operations Unit
T: + 44 (0) 1234 754192
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk

Course Booking Conditions

Course description

This course is part of a programme of short courses in the Advanced Automotive Mechatronics Control System design.

Most texts written before the mid-eighties are a bit obsolescent because of the over-emphasis on the differential-equation approach (the modern feedback control theory – it was neither very modern nor did it have very much to do with a true feedback design).

In this introductory course the emphasis will be on the SISO (Single Input Single Output) neo-classical feedback theory. The course will provide the benefits and the trade offs in feedback control design (design by parameterisation). Modelling uncertainties and robust performance measures for the feedback control design are introduced. The industry applications of feedback controls will be heavily emphasised. Although, linear control designed is the main focus, it will be shown how the linear controllers are modified to account for the dynamic system nonlinearities in mechatronics applications.

Who should attend?

The primary target audience for the course are control, system and component engineers working in the automotive and related industries that are responsible for physical system model development for component design, system integration, and/or control system design.

A secondary demand for the course is for the engineering technical directors and managers who are seeking to be more aware about the system modelling and integration issues surrounding component and system engineering.