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TTK4105

Control Systems

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Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.

Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

Basic introduction to cybernetics and control engineering. Introduction to theory, methods and tools that provide a cybernetic understanding of the world, i.e. that it is possible to change the behavior of a dynamic system using controllers and achieve what is called circular causality, which means that a system influences itself to achieve a desired behavior. Knowledge and skills about the behavior of dynamic systems, modeling of dynamic systems, simulation of dynamic systems, control of dynamic systems, estimation for dynamic systems, as well as evaluation of performance in connection with control and estimation. Knowledge and skills about the structure, design and implementation of a control system.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

  • Definition and use of key cybernetic concepts.
  • Basic history within cybernetics and control engineering.
  • General structure of a control system.
  • Modeling of dynamic systems with emphasis on linear differential equations, including on state space form.
  • Time response, frequency response and stability properties of dynamic systems.
  • Dynamic phenomena such as transient response, steady state, transient phase, stationary phase, overshoot, oscillations, limit cycles, etc.
  • Control through feedforward and feedback.
  • Feedback with emphasis on PID control.
  • Estimation using state estimators.
  • Nonlinearities in a control system.
  • Evaluation of performance using performance metrics.
  • Simulation of dynamic systems using numerical solvers.
  • Holistic systems thinking.

Skills:

  • Structure, design and implementation of a control system.
  • Modeling, simulation and analysis of simple dynamic systems.
  • Design, implementation, tuning and evaluation of controllers and estimators.
  • Application of holistic systems thinking to all types of phenomena.
  • Foundation for advanced courses in cybernetics.

General competence:

  • Fundamental cybernetic understanding of systems.
  • Communicate about cybernetic concepts with the public.
  • Communicate and collaborate on professional issues with cyberneticists.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, guest lectures, self-study and exercises.

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Further on evaluation

Digital exam. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may change from digital to oral.

Course materials

Stated at the start of the course.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIE3005 7.5 sp
TTK4225 7.5 sp Autumn 2019
TTK4230 7.5 sp Autumn 2019
TTK4111 7.5 sp Autumn 2023
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning - Multiphase Flow
  • Industrial Process Technology
  • Marine Cybernetics
  • Manufacturing Systems
  • Electronics
  • Energy and Process Engineering
  • Refrigeration Engineering
  • Reactor Technology
  • Electrical Power Engineering
  • Industrial Economics
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning - Refrigeration Plants and Heat Pumps
  • Production and Quality Engineering - Information Technology
  • Reservoir Simulation
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Process Automation
  • Hydro and Gas Dynamics
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Process Control
  • Chemical Engineering/Process Control
  • Petroleum Production
  • Thermal Energy and Hydropower
  • Industrial Chemistry
  • Engineering Cybernetics
  • Applied Mechanics, Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics - Heat and Combustion Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Electrical Power Engineering
  • Physics
  • Marine Topics
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Engineering Cybernetics

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code C Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.

Re-sit examination - Summer 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code C Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.