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CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Control Systems

 1.1 Introduction

 1.2 Brief History of Automatic Control

 1.3 Examples of Control Systems

 1.4 Engineering Design

 1.5 Control System Design

 1.6 Mechatronic Systems

 1.7 Green Engineering

 1.8 The Future Evolution of Control Systems

 1.9 Design Examples

 1.10 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 1.11 Summary

CHAPTER 2 Mathematical Models of Systems

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Differential Equations of Physical Systems

 2.3 Linear Approximations of Physical Systems

 2.4 The Laplace Transform

 2.5 The Transfer Function of Linear Systems

 2.6 Block Diagram Models

 2.7 Signal-Flow Graph Models

 2.8 Design Examples

 2.9 The Simulation of Systems Using Control Design Software

 2.10 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 2.11 Summary

CHAPTER 3 State Variable Models

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 The State Variables of a Dynamic System

 3.3 The State Differential Equation

 3.4 Signal-Flow Graph and Block Diagram Models

 3.5 Alternative Signal-Flow Graph and Block Diagram Models

 3.6 The Transfer Function from the State Equation

 3.7 The Time Response and the State Transition Matrix

 3.8 Design Examples

 3.9 Analysis of State Variable Models Using Control Design Software

 3.10 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 3.11 Summary

CHAPTER 4 Feedback Control System Characteristics

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Error Signal Analysis

 4.3 Sensitivity of Control Systems to Parameter Variations

 4.4 Disturbance Signals in a Feedback Control System

 4.5 Control of the Transient Response

 4.6 Steady-State Error

 4.7 The Cost of Feedback

 4.8 Design Examples

 4.9 Control System Characteristics Using Control Design Software

 4.10 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 4.11 Summary

CHAPTER 5 The Performance of Feedback Control Systems

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Test Input Signals

 5.3 Performance of Second-Order Systems

 5.4 Effects of a Third Pole and a Zero on the Second-Order System Response

 5.5 The s-Plane Root Location and the Transient Response

 5.6 The Steady-State Error of Feedback Control Systems

 5.7 Performance Indices

 5.8 The Simplification of Linear Systems

 5.9 Design Examples

 5.10 System Performance Using Control Design Software

 5.11 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 5.12 Summary

CHAPTER 6 The Stability of Linear Feedback Systems

 6.1 The Concept of Stability

 6.2 The Routh–Hurwitz Stability Criterion

 6.3 The Relative Stability of Feedback Control Systems

 6.4 The Stability of State Variable Systems

 6.5 Design Examples

 6.6 System Stability Using Control Design Software

 6.7 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 6.8 Summary

CHAPTER 7 The Root Locus Method

 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 The Root Locus Concept

 7.3 The Root Locus Procedure

 7.4 Parameter Design by the Root Locus Method

 7.5 Sensitivity and the Root Locus

 7.6 PID Controllers

 7.7 Negative Gain Root Locus

 7.8 Design Examples

 7.9 The Root Locus Using Control Design Software

 7.10 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 7.11 Summary

CHAPTER 8 Frequency Response Methods

 8.1 Introduction

 8.2 Frequency Response Plots

 8.3 Frequency Response Measurements

 8.4 Performance Specifications in the Frequency Domain

 8.5 Log Magnitude and Phase Diagrams

 8.6 Design Examples

 8.7 Frequency Response Methods Using Control Design Software

 8.8 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 8.9 Summary

CHAPTER 9 Stability in the Frequency Domain

 9.1 Introduction

 9.2 Mapping Contours in the s-Plane

 9.3 The Nyquist Criterion

 9.4 Relative Stability and the Nyquist Criterion

 9.5 Time-Domain Performance Criteria in the Frequency Domain

 9.6 System Bandwidth

 9.7 The Stability of Control Systems with Time Delays

 9.8 Design Examples

 9.9 PID Controllers in the Frequency Domain

 9.10 Stability in the Frequency Domain Using Control Design Software

 9.11 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 9.12 Summary

CHAPTER 10 The Design of Feedback Control Systems

 10.1 Introduction

 10.2 Approaches to System Design

 10.3 Cascade Compensation Networks

 10.4 Phase-Lead Design Using the Bode Diagram

 10.5 Phase-Lead Design Using the Root Locus

 10.6 System Design Using Integration Networks

 10.7 Phase-Lag Design Using the Root Locus

 10.8 Phase-Lag Design Using the Bode Diagram

 10.9 Design on the Bode Diagram Using Analytical Methods

 10.10 Systems with a Prefilter

 10.11 Design for Deadbeat Response

 10.12 Design Examples

 10.13 System Design Using Control Design Software

 10.14 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 10.15 Summary

CHAPTER 11 The Design of State Variable Feedback Systems

 11.1 Introduction

 11.2 Controllability and Observability

 11.3 Full-State Feedback Control Design

 11.4 Observer Design

 11.5 Integrated Full-State Feedback and Observer

 11.6 Reference Inputs

 11.7 Optimal Control Systems

 11.8 Internal Model Design

 11.9 Design Examples

 11.10 State Variable Design Using Control Design Software

 11.11 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 11.12 Summary

CHAPTER 12 Robust Control Systems

 12.1 Introduction

 12.2 Robust Control Systems and System Sensitivity

 12.3 Analysis of Robustness

 12.4 Systems with Uncertain Parameters

 12.5 The Design of Robust Control Systems

 12.6 The Design of Robust PID-Controlled Systems

 12.7 The Robust Internal Model Control System

 12.8 Design Examples

 12.9 The Pseudo-Quantitative Feedback System

 12.10 Robust Control Systems Using Control Design Software

 12.11 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 12.12 Summary

CHAPTER 13 Digital Control Systems

 13.1 Introduction

 13.2 Digital Computer Control System Applications

 13.3 Sampled-Data Systems

 13.4 The z-Transform

 13.5 Closed-Loop Feedback Sampled-Data Systems

 13.6 Performance of a Sampled-Data, Second-Order System

 13.7 Closed-Loop Systems with Digital Computer Compensation

 13.8 The Root Locus of Digital Control Systems

 13.9 Implementation of Digital Controllers

 13.10 Design Examples

 13.11 Digital Control Systems Using Control Design Software

 13.12 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System

 13.13 Summary

APPENDIX A MATLAB Basics

References

Index