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EEE404 NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS

Course Code: 3560404
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 3560302
The course set above should be completed before taking EEE404 NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS .

Course Content

State-space analysis methods. Isocline Lienard`s methods, classification of singularities. Analytic techniques of periodic phenomena: Perturbation method. Stability definitions. Lyapunov`s second method; Popov stability criterion. The method of harmonic realization: Describing functions. Dual-input describing functions. Equivalent linearization and oscillations in nonlinear feedback systems.