by T Dougherty (University of Dundee)

The primary function of this book is to serve as a textbook on linear systems and control. It is aimed principally at undergraduates taking courses in Electrical Engineering, Electronics or Mechanical Engineering who are in the penultimate and final years of an Honours degree. Because the text is closely integrated with the use of a widely available software package, it will also be of interest and use to a more expert audience with a control background, but who may not be familiar with these invaluable tools. Finally, it may be of use to others who may not be control specialists, but who need to acquire a background of control for other purposes. Some of the material has been used successfully for such a purpose with an M.Sc programme for Power Engineering students.

• Techniques:
  • Transients and the Laplace Transform
  • Scaling and Dynamically Equivalent Systems
  • System Descriptions and Block Diagrams
  • Stability-1 Routh and Root Loci
  • Frequency Response Techniques
• Linear Applications:
  • Control and Feedback
  • Transient Behaviour and Root Loci
  • Frequency Response
  • The Tracking Problem
• Nonlinear Systems:
  • Phase Plane
  • Sinusoidal Describing Function
  • Linearization
• Digital Systems:
  • Sampled Data Systems
  • Sampled Data Models and Root Loci
  • Sampled Data Performance
• MATLAB:
  • State Variables
  • Basics and the Control System Toolbox
  • Simulation wIth SIMULINK
• Appendices:
  • The Laplace Transformation
  • The Z-Transformation
  • The Coefficient Plane
  • The Standard Responses
  • The Argument Theorem
  • Bibliography
  • Index