Research Catalog

Title

Linear control systems / Charles E. Rohrs, James L. Melsa, Donald G. Schultz ; based on the classical text by James L. Melsa, Donald G. Schultz.

Author

Rohrs, Charles E.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1993.

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Additional Authors

• Melsa, James, L.
• Schultz, Donald G.
• Melsa, James L.

Description

xvi, 555 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

An updated edition of Melsa and Schultz' "Linear Control Systems", this undergraduate text presents the best of modern topics such as robustness, ramifications of model inaccuracies on the design of control systems, computer examples using MATLAB, and design problems, as well as applications.

Series Statement

McGraw-Hill series in electrical and computer engineering. Control theory.

Uniform Title

McGraw-Hill series in electrical and computer engineering. Control theory.

Subject

• Control theory
• Automatic control
• Lineares System
• Regelungstechnik
• Analise de sistemas
• Teoria de sistemas e controle
• Linear control systems

Genre/Form

Aufgabensammlung.

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Linear control systems / James L. Melsa. 1969.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 540-544) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction to Automatic Control Systems -- 1.2. Closed-Loop vs. Open-Loop Control -- 1.3. Historical and Mathematical Background -- 2. Plant Representation -- 2.2. Transfer Functions and Block Diagrams -- 2.3. State-Variable Representation -- 2.4. Phase Variables -- 2.5. Physical Variables -- 2.6. Linear Transformation of Variables -- 2.7. Limitations of Mathematical Models -- 2.A Appendix to Chapter 2 -- Airplane Dynamics -- 3. Closed-Loop-System Representation -- 3.2. The Effects of Feedback in the Output Feedback Problem -- 3.3. Linear State-Variable Feedback -- An Example -- 3.4. Linear State-Variable Feedback -- General Case -- 3.5. Controllability and Pole Placement -- 4. Time Response -- 4.2. Partial-Fraction Expansion Methods -- 4.3. Step Function Response of Dominantly First-Order Systems -- 4.4. Step Function Response of Dominantly Second-Order Systems -- 4.5. State-Variables Time Response -- 4.6. Time-Domain Methods -- 4.7. Steady-State Errors to Simple Inputs -- 5. Frequency Response -- 5.2. Frequency Response Function -- 5.3. Bode Magnitude Plot -- Straight Line Approximation -- 5.4. Bode Phase Plot -- Straight Line Approximation -- 5.5. Plant Identification -- 5.6. Accounting for Uncertainty in Modeling -- 6. Stability -- 6.2. Definitions of Stability -- 6.3. The Routh-Hurwitz Criterion -- 6.4. The Nyquist Criterion -- 6.5. Closed-Loop Response and Nyquist Diagrams -- 6.6. Robust Stability -- 6.7. Performance and Robustness -- 7. The Root Locus Method -- 7.2. The Root Locus Method -- 7.3. Additional Root Locus Construction Rules -- 7.4. Additional Examples and Root Locus Rules for Negative K -- 7.5. The Closed-Loop Response Plane -- 7.6. The Root Locus Using Parameters Other Than K -- 7.A Appendix to Chapter 7 -- Bypassing the Root Locus -- 8. The Design of Control Systems -- 8.2. General Principles for Designing Series Compensators Using Frequency Response Techniques -- 8.3. Series Compensator Building Blocks: Proportional Control -- 8.4. Series Compensator Building Blocks: Lag Compensators, PI Compensators -- 8.5. Series Compensator Building Blocks: Lead Compensators, PID Compensators -- 8.6. Series Compensator Building Blocks: High Frequency Roll-Off, Notch Filters, Canceling Plant Dynamics -- 8.7. A Realistic Design Example Using a Lead-Lag Compensator -- 8.8. An Example Using Roll-Off and a Notch Filter to Cancel Plant Dynamics -- 8.9. Controlling Unstable Plants -- 8.10. Controlling Plants with Right Half-Plane Zeros -- 8.11. Pole Placement Control -- 8.12. State-Variable Feedback -- The Advantage of Extra Measurements -- App. A The Laplace Transform -- A Summary -- App. B Laplace Transform Table -- App. C Matrix Inversion, Eigenvalues, and Eigenvectors -- App. D Computer Aided Design (CAD) Tools for Control Systems: Introduction to MATLAB[superscript R].

ISBN

• 0070415250
• 9780070415256
• 0071128476
• 9780071128476

LCCN

92035794

OCLC

• ocm26854118
• 26854118
• SCSB-9181837

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library