Control Systems Engineering and Design
Published in October 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-582-99468-3 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook addresses the problem of control system design and examines the development of a model, design of a controller and the application and implementation of these techniques on equipment accessible to mechanical engineering students. The book has not been intended as an introductory treatise on the subject, but concentrates on linear single input, single input, analogue control systems and classical control and attempts to provide a sound practical and theoretical knowledge of the subject. The text contains four case studies based on standard pieces of laboratory equipment, which are used to illustrate various aspects of the theory. It is anticipated that these studies and the accompanying BASIC computer programmes will be used to support laboratory classroom demonstrations.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
b&w diagrams and photographs
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
539 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-582-99468-3 (9780582994683)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Control system design - Lagrange's equations; differential equations and Laplace transforms; block diagrams; design concepts in the s-plane - graphical interpretation of Heaviside's partial fraction; stability - Routh stability and s-plane performance criteria, Routh array and PID controller design, Ziegler-Nichols rules for controller tuning; root loci; frequency response design methods - Bode plots, polar plots, the Nyquist contour; controller and compensator design; identification - Bodes decomposition method, Levy's method; case studies - feedback process trainer PT326, Armfield PCT flow control experiment, techquipment CE8 coupled electric drives; design and identification programmes - a CACSD package, numerical integration - the Euler-Cauchy method, Horner's method, transfer function identification - Levy's method.