
System Dynamics, 4th Edition
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The subject of system dynamics deals with mathematical modeling and analysis of devices and processes for the purpose of understanding their time-dependent behavior. It emphasizes applications containing multiple types of components and processes such as electromechanical devices, electrohydraulic devices, and fluid-thermal processes. Because systems of interconnected elements often require a control system to work properly, control system design is a major application area in system dynamics. System Dynamics covers these topics, has application case studies, more homework problems than other texts, and the strongest treatment of computational software and system simulation, with its early introduction of MATLAB® and Simulink®.
1) Introduction
2) Dynamic Response Methods
3) Modeling of Rigid-Body Mechanical Systems
4) Spring and Damper Elements in Mechanical Systems
5) Block Diagrams, State-Variable Models, and Simulation Methods
6) Electrical and Electromechanical Systems
7) Fluid and Thermal Systems
8) System Analysis in the Time Domain
9) System Analysis in the Frequency Domain
10) Introduction to Feedback Control Systems
11) Control System Design and the Root Locus Plot
12) Compensator Design
13) Vibration Applications (On Website)
Appendices
A) Guide to Selected MATLAB Commands and Functions
B) Fourier Series
C) Developing Models from Data
D) Introduction to MATLAB (On Website)
E) Numerical Methods (On Website)


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