Nonlinear Systems Theory

Host University

Virginia Tech

Semester

Fall 2022

Course Number

AOE 5775 CRN 80566 

Credits

3

Discipline

Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

Instructor

C Sultan

Course Information

Introduction to the theory of systems of coupled, nonlinear, time-varying ordinary differential equations: existence and uniqueness of solutions; continuous dependence on parameters; stability of equilibria and stability analysis techniques; input-to-state stability; input-output stability; nonlinear design techniques including input-state and input-output feedback linearization, backstepping, and sliding mode control.