Control System Dynamics

✍ Scribed by Robert N. Clark

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 526
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Automatic control systems have become essential features in virtually every area of technology, from machine tools to aerospace vehicles. This book is a comprehensive, clearly written introduction to automatic control engineering. The author begins with the fundamentals of modeling mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems in the state variable format. The emphasis is on classical feedback control theory and design, and their application to practical electromechanical and aerospace problems. Following a careful grounding in classical control theory, the author introduces modern control theory, including digital control and nonlinear system analysis. Over 230 problems help the reader apply principles discussed in the text to practical engineering situations. Engineering students and practicing engineers will find what they need to know about control system analysis and design in this valuable text. Solutions manual available.

✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter......Page 1
Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 13
1 - Introduction to Control System Engineering......Page 17
2 - Mathematical Models of Mechanical Systems......Page 21
3 - Mathematical Models of Electrical Systems......Page 60
4 - Mathematical Models of Electromechanical and Electrohydraulic Systems......Page 86
5 - Summary of Modeling Principles for Physical Systems......Page 115
6 - Solution to the Initial-Value Problem......Page 126
7 - Pole-Zero Methods of Analysis for Single-Input-Single-Output Systems......Page 153
8 - Automatic Feedback Control......Page 205
9 - Dynamic Analysis of Feedback Control Systems......Page 226
10 - Design of Feedback Control Systems......Page 276
11 - Frequency Response Analysis of Linear Systems......Page 328
12 - Stability Analysis by Nyquist's Criterion......Page 368
13 - Dynamic Analysis of Feedback Systems by Frequency Response Methods......Page 389
14 - Design of Feedback Systems by Frequency Response Methods......Page 421
15 - Advanced Topics......Page 446
Appendices......Page 469
A - Physical Constants, Units, and Conversion Factors......Page 470
B - Trigonometric Formulas......Page 475
C - The Laplace Transformation and Tables......Page 476
D - Routh's Stability Criterion......Page 489
E - Normalized Time Response Curves......Page 495
F - Normalized Frequency Response Curves and Nichols Chart......Page 504
Answers to Problems......Page 508
Bibliography......Page 516
Index......Page 520