Control Systems (Schaum’s Outline Series) (3rd Edition)

Description

The book is intended to present concise, yet comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals of control system theory and application. The necessary mathematical tools have been developed through illustrative examples for better understanding of the concepts. This adapted revised edition contains additional topics on State Variable Analysis, Time Response of First Order and Second Order Systems and Discrete State Space Analysis for up-to date coverage. Numerous solved examples and practice questions are given in the book for practice. MATLAB examples are included in the book to help students in solving problems.

Key Features

• New topics added on ‘State Variable Analysis,’ ‘Time Response of First Order & Second Order’ and ‘Discrete State Space Analysis’
• Unified exposition of continuous time and discrete time control systems concepts
• Separate chapter on ‘Advanced Topics in Control Systems’ and ‘Nonlinear Control Systems’ for complete coverage of control systems.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Control System Terminology
3. Differential Equations, Difference Equations and Linear Systems
4. Laplace Transform and Z Transform
5. Transfer Functions
6. Block Diagram Algebra and Transfer Functions of Systems
7. Signal Flow Graphs
8. System Sensitivity Measures and Classification of Feedback Systems
9. Stability
10. Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems: Objectives & Methods
11. Root Locus Analysis
12. Nyquist Analysis
13. Nyquist Design
14. Root Locus Design
15. Bode Analysis
16. Bode Design
17. Nichols Chart Analysis
18. Nichols Chart Design
19. Introduction to Nonlinear Control Systems
20. Introduction to Advanced Topics in Control Systems Analysis and Design