Standard Course Syllabus Course Supervisor Date of Approval

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Yurkovich 3/05

753.01 Powertrain Control

2. CATALOG DESCRIPTION

Classical and modern control methods applied to automotive powertrain systems; overview of production hardware; sensors

and actuators; modeling for control.

Quarters of Offering Credits
Level Class Meeting

Wi Qtr (odd years). 4 U G 2 2-hr cl.

Course Prerequisites

Prereq: 551 or grad standing.

3. PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC

State variable representations, root locus control design, Laplace and Z-transforms, stability of continuous-time and discrete-

time systems.

Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite

none

4. Text(s) and Other Course Materials Author(s) Publisher

Digital Control of Dynamic Systems, 3rd Ed., 1997 Franklin, Powell, and Addison Wesley

Workman

References (supplemental reading)

[1] Automotive Electronics, Jurgen, McGraw-Hill, 1995

[2] Understanding Automotive Electronics, by W.B. Ribbens, Howard W. Sams & Co. (Indianapolis, IN) 1994.

[3] Automotive Handbook, 3rd Edition, Robert Bentley Publishers (Cambridge, MA), 1993.

[4] Digital Control of Dynamic Systems, G. F. Franklin, J. Powell, and M. Workman (Addison- esley), 1998.

5. COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Application of digital control to powertrain systems (Criteria 3(a),(c),(e)).

2. System modeling, working with actual data, applying engineering principles (Criteria 3(a),(c),(e),(k)).

3. Provide interdisciplinary (project-oriented) atmosphere, working on teams (Criteria 3(d),(g)).

4. Control system design and extensive Matlab/Simulink simulation verification (Criteria 3(a),(c),(e)).

5. Provide awareness of social and economic issues related to legislative impact on pwertrain system design and control

(emissions standards and fuel consumption) (Criteria 3(f),(g),(j))

6. TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES)

Sensors and actuators in powertrains (2)

Sampled data systems (2)

Modeling for idle speed control (ISC) (2)

Transform techniques for ISC (2)

State variable modeling and state feedback design for ISC (4)

LQR and multivariable ISC design (1)

Modeling for Air-to-fuel ratio (AFR) control (2)

AFR control design (2)

Transmission control problems (3)

7. CLASS MEETING PATTERN (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.)

2 2-hr cl.

Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:20 AM

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