The lecture provides an introduction into the analysis, the feedforward and the feedback control design as well as the numerical simulation of distributed-parameter systems (DPS). The modeling of processes leads to a distributed-parameter description in terms of partial differential equations, whenever spatial or dispersed-phase effects have to be taken into account. Common examples include flexible structures in mechanics and mechatronics as well as diffusion-convection-reaction systems in chemical engineering.

• Modeling of DPS control processes
• Analytical and numerical solution approaches for partial differential equations
• DPS control in the frequency domain
• State-space representation, stability, controllability, observability
• Functional analytic approaches for control and observer design
• Flatness-based feedforward and feedback control design
• Backstepping and passivity-based methods

oral exam

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The lecture notes are available here (external page at the University of Kiel, Germany).