Introduction To Control System Technology

The Second Edition of this text, which is largely revised and updated version of Introduction to Linear and Digital Control Systems by the same author, continues to build on the fundamental concepts covered earlier. The text discusses the important concepts of control systems, transfer functions and system components. It describes system stability, employing the Hurwitz–Routh stability criterion, root locus technique, Bode plot and polar and Nyquist plots. In addition, this student-friendly book features in-depth coverage of controllers, compensators, state-space modelling, and discrete time systems. The book is designed for undergraduate courses in control systems for electrical engineering, electronics and instrumentation, electronics and communication, instrumentation and control, and computer science and engineering courses. New to This Edition • New chapter on Relevant Mathematics.• Incorporates many more worked-out examples mostly taken from the GATE exams on Instrumentation Engineering over the last several years.• Text refined, wherever felt necessary, to make it more student friendly.

This book presents All of the major topics in modern analog and digital control systems, along with the practical, applications oriented knowledge and skills needed by technicians. It contains user-friendly conceptual explanations and clearly written mathematical developments. Examples of both Mathcad and MATLAB illustrate computer problem solving--but this book emphasizes the ability to use any suitable software to achieve successful results in solving problems and performing design. Chapter topics include Measurement; Laplace Transforms; Control System Models; Static and Dynamic Response; Stability; Frequency Response Analysis; Root Locus; State Variable Analysis; Introduction to Discrete Control Systems; Z-Transforms and Discrete State-Space Analysis; Digital Signal Representations; Discrete Time Control Systems; Stability of Discrete Control Systems; and Advanced Topics in Control Systems. For engineers and technicians working for companies that integrate control systems with the use of programmable logic controllers.

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