Control Systems
Published on 30. January 2002
192 pages
978-0-08-052998-1 (ISBN)
Description
Working through this student-centred text readers will be brought up to speed with the modelling of control systems using Laplace, and given a solid grounding of the pivotal role of control systems across the spectrum of modern engineering. A clear, readable text is supported by numerous worked example and problems.* Key concepts and techniques introduced through applications* Introduces mathematical techniques without assuming prior knowledge* Written for the latest vocational and undergraduate courses
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Former Lecturer at Buckingham Chilterns University College, High Wycombe, UK, and now retired, William Bolton has worked in industry and academia as a senior lecturer in a college of technology, a member of the Nuffield Advanced Physics team, an adviser to a British government aid project in Brazil on technical education, as a UNESCO consultant in Argentina and Thailand, and as Head of Research and Development at the Business and Technician Education Council. He has written many engineering textbooks, including Mechatronics, 4th ed., Engineering Science, 5th ed., Higher Engineering Science, 2nd ed., Mechanical Science, 3rd ed., and Instrumentation and Control Systems.
Content
Preface; Control systems; System models; System response; System parameters; Frequency response; Nyquist diagrams; Controllers; Appendices; Answers; Index
