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Automatic Control Engineering: Assignment I

Engineering is the application of science and mathematics to solve problems through design and innovation to benefit society. The history of automatic control engineering began with early inventions like water clocks in ancient Egypt. Control systems advanced during the Industrial Revolution and innovations continued in the 20th century with developments in areas like feedback control theory, digital controls, and space applications. Today, control engineering plays a vital role in diverse fields and helps make modern technologies and infrastructure possible.

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Automatic Control Engineering: Assignment I

Engineering is the application of science and mathematics to solve problems through design and innovation to benefit society. The history of automatic control engineering began with early inventions like water clocks in ancient Egypt. Control systems advanced during the Industrial Revolution and innovations continued in the 20th century with developments in areas like feedback control theory, digital controls, and space applications. Today, control engineering plays a vital role in diverse fields and helps make modern technologies and infrastructure possible.

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AutomaticControlEngineering

AssignmentI

ArjunSadananda
15ME114
16thAugust2017
WhatisEngineering?
Problemsareanengineersinspiration
andmathsandsciencearethetoolsusedtosolvethem.
Videoreferencedatthebottomofthispage

Wikipedia:
Engineeringistheapplicationofmathematics,aswellasscientific,
economic,social,andpracticalknowledgetoinvent,innovate,design,
build,maintain,research,andimprovestructures,machines,tools,systems,
components,materials,processes,solutions,andorganizations.

GoogleDictionary
ndnr?/
noun
1.thebranchofscienceandtechnologyconcernedwiththedesign,building,and
useofengines, machines,andstructures.afieldofstudyoractivity
concernedwithmodificationordevelopmentina particulararea.
2.theactionofworkingartfullytobringsomethingabout.

Engineering.com
(adigitalmediapublisherthatbringsthemostinfluentialvoicesin
engineeringtoaworldwideaudienceofdesignersandengineers.)
Ourmission:

Ourteamofwriters,editors,videographersandindustryanalystsdeliver
engagingstoriesthatinspireengineerstopushtheboundariesof
innovation.ButwhatisInnovation?

Innovationcanbedefinedsimplyasa"newidea,deviceormethod".
Source:Wikipedia

MerriamWebster:
a:theapplicationofscienceandmathematicsbywhichthepropertiesof
matterandthesourcesofenergyinnaturearemadeusefultopeople
b:thedesignandmanufactureofcomplexproducts

Dictionary.com:
theartorscienceofmakingpracticalapplicationoftheknowledgeof
puresciences,asphysicsorchemistry

ToPutitAlltogether,Source:UniversityofNewcastleAustralia(YouTube)
Alarms,Trains,TrafficLights,AngryBirds,allthesethingsweremade
possiblebyengineers.
YoucanFLYtodaybecause,aMechanicalEngineerdesignedtheEngine,a
Mechatronicsengineers'Controlsystem,FuelextractedbyMiningEngineer
andrefinedbyChemicalengineers,navigatedbyElectricalandSoftware
Engineers.800+meterstallBurjKhalifawaspossiblebecauseofclever
ideasfromaCivilengineer.
Whataboutthefuture?Whatproblemswillengineerssolvenext?Affordable
Solarpower?Robotsthatcanperformlifesavingsurgeryor...Working
Hoverboard!
Engineerstakecrazyoutthereideatoseeifitisactuallypossibleandif
theyare,sharingitwiththeworldtomakeallourlivesbetter.
Historyof
AutomaticControlEngineering
Automatic control in engineering and technology is a wide
generic term covering the application of mechanisms to the
operationandregulationofprocesseswithoutcontinuousdirect
humanintervention.

Control engineering or control systems engineering is an



engineering
discipline
thatapplies automaticc
ontrol theoryto
designsystemswithdesiredbehaviorsincontrolenvironments.

InPtolemaicEgypt,about270BC,Ctesibius
describedafloatregulatorforawaterclock,
adevicenotunliketheballandcockina
modernflushtoilet.

ThePersianBan?M?s?brothers,intheirBook
ofIngeniousDevices(850AD),describeda
numberofautomaticcontrols.Twosteplevel
controlsforfluids,aformofdiscontinuous
variablestructurecontrols,wasdevelopedby
theBanuMusabrothers.Theyalsodescribeda
feedbackcontroller.
Theintroductionofprimemovers,orself
drivenmachinesadvancedgrainmills,
furnaces,boilers,andthesteamenginecreated
anewrequirementforautomaticcontrol
systemsincludingtemperatureregulators Ctesibius'sclepsydra(3rd
(inventedin1624(CorneliusDrebbel)), centuryBC).

pressureregulators(1681),floatregulators
(1700)andspeedcontroldevices.

ThedesignoffeedbackcontrolsystemsupthroughtheIndustrial
Revolutionwasbytrialanderror,togetherwithagreatdealof
engineeringintuition.Thus,itwasmoreofanartthanascience.
Inthemid19thcenturymathematicswasfirstusedtoanalyzethe
stabilityoffeedbackcontrolsystems.Sincemathematicsisthe
formallanguageofautomaticcontroltheory,wecouldcallthe
periodbeforethistimetheprehistoryofcontroltheory.
Aroundtheperiodof
WorldWarkeyadvances
inautomaticcontrols
includedifferential
equations,stability
theoryandsystemtheory
(1938),frequencydomain
AblockdiagramofaPIDcontrollerinafeedbackloop,
analysis(1940),ship r(t)isthedesiredprocessvalueor"setpoint",and
control(1950),and y(t)isthemeasuredprocessvalue.

stochasticanalysis(1941).

Withtheadventofthespaceagein1957,
controlsdesign,particularlyinthe
UnitedStates,turnedawayfromthe
frequencydomaintechniquesofclassical
controltheoryandbackedintothe
differentialequationtechniquesofthe
late19thcentury,whichwerecouchedin
thetimedomain.Themodernerasawtime
domaindesignfornonlinearsystems
AmodernProgrammableLogic
Controller: (1961),navigation(1960),optimal
AllenBradleyMicroLogix1500
controlandestimationtheory(1962),
nonlinearcontroltheory(1969),digitalcontrolandfiltering
theory(1974),andthepersonalcomputer(1983).

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