Control System Engineering

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Control System

CONTENTS

1.     Introduction of Control System
  1.1   Servomechanism
  1.2   Historical Development of Automatic Control
  1.3   Digital Computer Control
  1.4   Application of Control Theory in Non-Engineering Fields
       
2.     MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF PHYSICAL SYSTEM
  2.1   Differential Equations of Physical Systems
  2.2   Dynamics of Robotic Mechanisms
  2.3   Transfer Functions
  2.4   Block Diagram Algebra
  2.5   Signal Flow Graphs
       
3.     FEEDBACK CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTROL SYSTEM
  3.1   Feedback and Non-feedback Systems
  3.2   Reduction of Parameter Variations by Use of Feedback
  3.3   Control over System Dynamics by Use of Feedback
  3.4   Control of the Effects of Disturbance Signals by Use of Feedback
  3.5   Linearizing Effect of Feedback
  3.6   Regenerative Feedback
       
4.     CONTROL SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS
  4.1   Linear Approximation of Nonlinear Systems
  4.2   Control Components
  4.3   Stepper Motors
  4.4   Hydraulic Systems
  4.5   Pneumatic Systems
       
       
5.     TIME RESPONSE ANALYSIS, DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS AND PERFORMANCE INDICES
  5.1   Standard Test Signals
  5.2   Time Response of First-order Systems
  5.3   Time Response of Second-order Systems
  5.4   Steady-state Errors and Error Constants
  5.5   Effect of Adding a Zero to a Systems
  5.6   Design Specifications of Second-order Systems
  5.7   Design Considerations for Higher-order Systems
  5.8   Performance Indices
  5.9   Illustrative Examples
  5.10   Robotic Control Systems
  5.11   State Variable Analysis ? Laplace Transform Technique
  5.12   The Approximation of Higher-order Systems by Lower-order
       
6.    

CONCEPTS OF STABILITY AND ALGEBRAIC CRITERIA

  6.1   The Concept of Stability
  6.2   Necessary Conditions for Stability
  6.3   Hurwitz Stability Criterion
  6.4   Routh Stability Criterion
  6.5   Relative Stability Analysis
  6.6   More on the Routh Stability Criterion
  6.7   Stability of Systems Modelled in State Variable Form
       
7.    

THE ROOT LOCUS TECHNIQUE

  7.1   The Root Locus Concept
  7.2   Construction Root Loci
  7.3   Root Contours
  7.4   System with Transportation Lag
  7.5   Sensitivity of the Roots of the Characteristic Equation
       
8.    

FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS

  8.1   Correlation between Time and Frequency Response
  8.2   Polll Plots
  8.3   Bode Plots
  8.4   All pass and Minimum-phase Systems
  8.5   Experimental Determination of Transfer Functions
  8.6   Iog-magnitude versus Phase Plots
       
9.     STABILITY IN FREQUENCY DOMAIN
  9.1   Mathematical Preliminaries
  9.2   Nyquist Stability Criterion
  9.3   Assessment of Relative Stability Using Nyquist Criterion
  9.4   Closed-loop Frequency Response
  9.5   Sensitivity Analysis in Frequency Domain
       
10.    

INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN

  10.1   The Design Problem
  10.2   Preliminary Considerations of Classical Design
  10.3   Realization of Basic Compensators
  10.4   Cascade Compensation in Time Domain
  10.5   Cascade Compensation in Frequency Domain
  10.6   Turning of PID Controllers
  10.7   Feedback Compensation
  10.8   Robust Control System Design
       
11.    

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEM

  11.1   Spectrum Analysis of Sampling Process
  11.2   Signal Reconstruction
  11.3   Difference Equations
  11.4   The z-transform
  11.5   The z-transfer Function (Pulse Transfer Function)
  11.6   The Inverse z-transform and Response of Linear Discrete Systems
  11.7   The z-transform Analysis of Sampled-data Control Systems
  11.8   The z- and s-domain Relationship
  11.9   Stability Analysis
  11.10   Compensation Techniques
       
12.    

STATE VARIABLE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

  12.1   Concepts of State, State Variables and State Model
  12.2   State Models for Linear Continuous-time Systems
  12.3   State Variables and Linear Discrete-time Systems
  12.4   Diagonalization
  12.5   Solution of State Equations
  12.6   Concept of Controllability and Observability
  12.7   Pole Placement by State Feedback
  12.8   Observer Systems
       
13.    

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS

  13.1   Common Physical Nonlinearities
  13.2   The Phase-plane Method: Basic Concepts
  13.3   Singular Points
  13.4   Stability of Nonlinear Systems
  13.5   Construction of Phase-trajectories
  13.6   The Describing Function Method: Basic Concepts
  13.7   Derivation of Describing Functions
  13.8   Stability Analysis by Describing Function Method
  13.9   Jump Resonance
  13.10   Liapunov's Stability Criterion
       
14.     ADVANCES IN CONTROL SYSTEM
  14.1   Adaptive Control
  14.2   Fuzzy Logic Control
  14.3   Neural Networks


 

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