Introduction To Control Engineering

Control Engineering "An Introductory Course" is aimed at second or third year courses in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and provides for the needs of these courses without being over-burdened with detail. The authors work in one of the foremost centres in Europe for Control Engineering, and bring both teaching and practical consultancy experience to the text, which links theoretical approaches to actual case histories. Including an introduction to the software tools of MATLAB and SIMULINK, this book also includes simulations and examples throughout, and will give a straightforward and no-nonsense introduction to Control Engineering for students, and those wishing to refresh their knowledge.

The Text Is Written From The Engineer'S Point Of View To Explain The Basic Oncepts Involved In Feedback Control Theory. The Material In The Text Has Been Organized For Gradual And Sequential Development Of Control Theory Starting With A Statement Of The Task Of A Control Engineer At The Very Outset. The Book Is Tended For An Introductory Undergraduate Course In Control Systems For Engineering Students.This Text Presents A Comprehensive Analysis And Design Of Continuous-Time Control Systems And Includes More Than Introductory Material For Discrete Systems With Adequate Guidelines To Extend The Results Derived In Connection Continuous-Time Systems. The Prerequisite For The Reader Is Some Elementary Owledge Of Differential Equations, Vector-Matrix Analysis And Mechanics. Transfer Function And State Variable Models Of Typical Components And Subsystems Have Been Derived In The Appendix At The End Of The Book.Most Of The Materials Including Solved And Unsolved Problems Presented In The Book Have Been Class-Tested In Senior Undergraduates And First Year Graduate El Courses In The Field Of Control Systems At The Electronics And Telecommunication Engineering Department, Jadavpur University. Matlab Is The Most Widely Used Cad Software Package In Universities Throughout The World. Some Representative Matlab Scripts Used For Solving Problems Are Cluded At The End Of Each Chapter. The Detailed Design Steps Of Fuzzy Logic Based Controller Using Simulink And Matlab Has Been Provided In The Book To Give The Student A Head Start In This Emerging Discipline.A Chapter Has Been Included To Deal With Nonlinear Components And Their Analysis G Matlab And Simulink Through User Defined S-Functions. Finally, A Chapter Has Been Included To Deal With The Implementation Of Digital Controllers On Finite Bit Computer, To Bring Out The Problems Associated With Digital Trollers. In View Of Extensive Use Of Matlab For Rapid Verification Of Controller Designs, Some Notes For Using Matlab Script M-Files And Function M-Files Are Included At The End Of The Book.

Advanced Control Engineering provides a complete course in control engineering for undergraduates of all technical disciplines. Included are real-life case studies, numerous problems, and accompanying MatLab programs.

Introduction to Linear Control Systems is designed as a standard introduction to linear control systems for all those who one way or another deal with control systems. It can be used as a comprehensive up-to-date textbook for a one-semester 3-credit undergraduate course on linear control systems as the first course on this topic at university. This includes the faculties of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, chemical and petroleum engineering, industrial engineering, civil engineering, bio-engineering, economics, mathematics, physics, management and social sciences, etc. The book covers foundations of linear control systems, their raison detre, different types, modelling, representations, computations, stability concepts, tools for time-domain and frequency-domain analysis and synthesis, and fundamental limitations, with an emphasis on frequency-domain methods. Every chapter includes a part on further readings where more advanced topics and pertinent references are introduced for further studies. The presentation is theoretically firm, contemporary, and self-contained. Appendices cover Laplace transform and differential equations, dynamics, MATLAB and SIMULINK, treatise on stability concepts and tools, treatise on Routh-Hurwitz method, random optimization techniques as well as convex and non-convex problems, and sample midterm and endterm exams. The book is divided to the sequel 3 parts plus appendices. PART I: In this part of the book, chapters 1-5, we present foundations of linear control systems. This includes: the introduction to control systems, their raison detre, their different types, modelling of control systems, different methods for their representation and fundamental computations, basic stability concepts and tools for both analysis and design, basic time domain analysis and design details, and the root locus as a stability analysis and synthesis tool. PART II: In this part of the book, Chapters 6-9, we present what is generally referred to as the frequency domain methods. This refers to the experiment of applying a sinusoidal input to the system and studying its output. There are basically three different methods for representation and studying of the data of the aforementioned frequency response experiment: these are the Nyquist plot, the Bode diagram, and the Krohn-Manger-Nichols chart. We study these methods in details. We learn that the output is also a sinusoid with the same frequency but generally with different phase and magnitude. By dividing the output by the input we obtain the so-called sinusoidal or frequency transfer function of the system which is the same as the transfer function when the Laplace variable s is substituted with . Finally we use the Bode diagram for the design process. PART III: In this part, Chapter 10, we introduce some miscellaneous advanced topics under the theme fundamental limitations which should be included in this undergraduate course at least in an introductory level. We make bridges between some seemingly disparate aspects of a control system and theoretically complement the previously studied subjects. Appendices: The book contains seven appendices. Appendix A is on the Laplace transform and differential equations. Appendix B is an introduction to dynamics. Appendix C is an introduction to MATLAB, including SIMULINK. Appendix D is a survey on stability concepts and tools. A glossary and road map of the available stability concepts and tests is provided which is missing even in the research literature. Appendix E is a survey on the Routh-Hurwitz method, also missing in the literature. Appendix F is an introduction to random optimization techniques and convex and non-convex problems. Finally, appendix G presents sample midterm and endterm exams, which are class-tested several times.

For junior-level courses in System Dynamics, offered in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering departments. This text presents students with the basic theory and practice of system dynamics. It introduces the modeling of dynamic systems and response analysis of these systems, with an introduction to the analysis and design of control systems.

This significantly revised edition presents a broad introduction to Control Systems and balances new, modern methods with the more classical. It is an excellent text for use as a first course in Control Systems by undergraduate students in all branches of engineering and applied mathematics. The book contains: A comprehensive coverage of automatic control, integrating digital and computer control techniques and their implementations, the practical issues and problems in Control System design; the three-term PID controller, the most widely used controller in industry today; numerous in-chapter worked examples and end-of-chapter exercises. This second edition also includes an introductory guide to some more recent developments, namely fuzzy logic control and neural networks.

Introduction to state-space methods covers feedback control; state-space representation of dynamic systems and dynamics of linear systems; frequency-domain analysis; controllability and observability; shaping the dynamic response; more. 1986 edition.

The third edition of this text focuses on the basic concepts of control systems as before. It presents them in a succinct style and with about 400 worked-out examples. The study of control systems basically entails a knowledge of different kinds of systems that are presented via their transfer functions in the time domain and frequency domain. A major part of this study involves a knowledge of stability of systems in those domains. But then, a knowledge of study of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems as well as digital systems is also necessary. All these have been dealt with in lucid, student-friendly manner and with the assumption that the student has only HS-level mathematics background. NEW TO THIS EDITION • Quick reading guide. • Introduction of relevant mathematics wherever needed. • Emphasis on MCQs, which demand knowledge of intricate concepts. • Graphs and diagrams to illustrate concepts. TARGET AUDIENCE • B.Tech Electrical Engineering • B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering • B.Tech Instrumentation and Control Engineering • B.Tech Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering • B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering