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Distefano, Joseph. Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems, 2nd Edition. US: McGraw-Hill, 2013.

Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems, 2nd Edition

Authors: Joseph Distefano

Published:  November 2013

eISBN: 9780071830768 0071830766 | ISBN: 9780071829489
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  • Cover
  • Video Content
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Control Systems: What They Are
  • 1.2 Examples of Control Systems
  • 1.3 Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Control Systems
  • 1.4 Feedback
  • 1.5 Characteristics of Feedback
  • 1.6 Analog and Digital Control Systems
  • 1.7 The Control Systems Engineering Problem
  • 1.8 Control System Models or Representations
  • Chapter 2 Control Systems Terminology
  • 2.1 Block Diagrams: Fundamentals
  • 2.2 Block Diagrams of Continuous (Analog) Feedback Control Systems
  • 2.3 Terminology of the Closed-Loop Block Diagram
  • 2.4 Block Diagrams of Discrete-Time (Sampled-Data, Digital) Components, Control Systems, and Computer-Controlled Systems
  • 2.5 Supplementary Terminology
  • 2.6 Servomechanisms
  • 2.7 Regulators
  • Chapter 3 Differential Equations, Difference Equations, and Linear Systems
  • 3.1 System Equations
  • 3.2 Differential Equations and Difference Equations
  • 3.3 Partial and Ordinary Differential Equations
  • 3.4 Time Variability and Time Invariance
  • 3.5 Linear and Nonlinear Differential and Difference Equations
  • 3.6 The Differential Operator D and the Characteristic Equation
  • 3.7 Linear Independence and Fundamental Sets
  • 3.8 Solution of Linear Constant-Coefficient Ordinary Differential Equations
  • 3.9 The Free Response
  • 3.10 The Forced Response
  • 3.11 The Total Response
  • 3.12 The Steady State and Transient Responses
  • 3.13 Singularity Functions: Steps, Ramps, and Impulses
  • 3.14 Second-Order Systems
  • 3.15 State Variable Representation of Systems Described by Linear Differential Equations
  • 3.16 Solution of Linear Constant-Coefficient Difference Equations
  • 3.17 State Variable Representation of Systems Described by Linear Difference Equations
  • 3.18 Linearity and Superposition
  • 3.19 Causality and Physically Realizable Systems
  • Chapter 4 The Laplace Transform and The z-Transform
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 The Laplace Transform
  • 4.3 The Inverse Laplace Transform
  • 4.4 Some Properties of the Laplace Transform and Its Inverse
  • 4.5 Short Table of Laplace Transforms
  • 4.6 Application of Laplace Transforms to the Solution of Linear Constant-Coefficient Differential Equations
  • 4.7 Partial Fraction Expansions
  • 4.8 Inverse Laplace Transforms Using Partial Fraction Expansions
  • 4.9 The z-Transform
  • 4.10 Determining Roots of Polynomials
  • 4.11 Complex Plane: Pole-Zero Maps
  • 4.12 Graphical Evaluation of Residues
  • 4.13 Second-Order Systems
  • Chapter 5 Stability
  • 5.1 Stability Definitions
  • 5.2 Characteristic Root Locations for Continuous Systems
  • 5.3 Routh Stability Criterion
  • 5.4 Hurwitz Stability Criterion
  • 5.5 Continued Fraction Stability Criterion
  • 5.6 Stability Criteria for Discrete-Time Systems
  • Chapter 6 Transfer Functions
  • 6.1 Definition of a Continuous System Transfer Function
  • 6.2 Properties of a Continuous System Transfer Function
  • 6.3 Transfer Functions of Continuous Control System Compensators and Controllers
  • 6.4 Continuous System Time Response
  • 6.5 Continuous System Frequency Response
  • 6.6 Discrete-Time System Transfer Functions, Compensators and Time Responses
  • 6.7 Discrete-Time System Frequency Response
  • 6.8 Combining Continuous-Time and Discrete-Time Elements
  • Chapter 7 Block Diagram Algebra and Transfer Functions of Systems
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Review of Fundamentals
  • 7.3 Blocks in Cascade
  • 7.4 Canonical Form of a Feedback Control System
  • 7.5 Block Diagram Transformation Theorems
  • 7.6 Unity Feedback Systems
  • 7.7 Superposition of Multiple Inputs
  • 7.8 Reduction of Complicated Block Diagrams
  • Chapter 8 Signal Flow Graphs
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Fundamentals of Signal Flow Graphs
  • 8.3 Signal Flow Graph Algebra
  • 8.4 Definitions
  • 8.5 Construction of Signal Flow Graphs
  • 8.6 The General Input-Output Gain Formula
  • 8.7 Transfer Function Computation of Cascaded Components
  • 8.8 Block Diagram Reduction Using Signal Flow Graphs and the General Input-Output Gain Formula
  • Chapter 9 System Sensitivity Measures and Classification of Feedback Systems
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Sensitivity of Transfer Functions and Frequency Response Functions to System Parameters
  • 9.3 Output Sensitivity to Parameters for Differential and Difference Equation Models
  • 9.4 Classification of Continuous Feedback Systems by Type
  • 9.5 Position Error Constants for Continuous Unity Feedback Systems
  • 9.6 Velocity Error Constants for Continuous Unity Feedback Systems
  • 9.7 Acceleration Error Constants for Continuous Unity Feedback Systems
  • 9.8 Error Constants for Discrete Unity Feedback Systems
  • 9.9 Summary Table for Continuous and Discrete-Time Unity Feedback Systems
  • 9.10 Error Constants for More General Systems
  • Chapter 10 Analysis and Design Of Feedback Control Systems: Objectives and Methods
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Objectives of Analysis
  • 10.3 Methods of Analysis
  • 10.4 Design Objectives
  • 10.5 System Compensation
  • 10.6 Design Methods
  • 10.7 The vv-Transform for Discrete-Time Systems Analysis and Design Using Continuous System Methods
  • 10.8 Algebraic Design of Digital Systems, Including Deadbeat Systems
  • Chapter 11 Nyquist Analysis
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 Plotting Complex Functions of a Complex Variable
  • 11.3 Definitions
  • 11.4 Properties of the Mapping P(s) or P(z)
  • 11.5 Polar Plots
  • 11.6 Properties of Polar Plots
  • 11.7 The Nyquist Path
  • 11.8 The Nyquist Stability Plot
  • 11.9 Nyquist Stability Plots of Practical Feedback Control Systems
  • 11.10 The Nyquist Stability Criterion
  • 11.11 Relative Stability
  • 11.12 M- and N-Circles
  • Chapter 12 Nyquist Design
  • 12.1 Design Philosophy
  • 12.2 Gain Factor Compensation
  • 12.3 Gain Factor Compensation Using M-Circles
  • 12.4 Lead Compensation
  • 12.5 Lag Compensation
  • 12.6 Lag-Lead Compensation
  • 12.7 Other Compensation Schemes and Combinations of Compensators
  • Chapter 13 Root-Locus Analysis
  • 13.1 Introduction
  • 13.2 Variation of Closed-Loop System Poles: The Root-Locus
  • 13.3 Angle and Magnitude Criteria
  • 13.4 Number of Loci
  • 13.5 Real Axis Loci
  • 13.6 Asymptotes
  • 13.7 Breakaway Points
  • 13.8 Departure and Arrival Angles
  • 13.9 Construction of the Root-Locus
  • 13.10 The Closed-Loop Transfer Function and the Time-Domain Response
  • 13.11 Gain and Phase Margins from the Root-Locus
  • 13.12 Damping Ratio from the Root-Locus for Continuous Systems
  • Chapter 14 Root-Locus Design
  • 14.1 The Design Problem
  • 14.2 Cancellation Compensation
  • 14.3 Phase Compensation: Lead and Lag Networks
  • 14.4 Magnitude Compensation and Combinations of Compensators
  • 14.5 Dominant Pole-Zero Approximations
  • 14.6 Point Design
  • 14.7 Feedback Compensation
  • Chapter 15 Bode Analysis
  • 15.1 Introduction
  • 15.2 Logarithmic Scales and Bode Plots
  • 15.3 The Bode Form and the Bode Gain for Continuous-Time Systems
  • 15.4 Bode Plots of Simple Continuous-Time Frequency Response Functions and Their Asymptotic Approximations
  • 15.5 Construction of Bode Plots for Continuous-Time Systems
  • 15.6 Bode Plots of Discrete-Time Frequency Response Functions
  • 15.7 Relative Stability
  • 15.8 Closed-Loop Frequency Response
  • 15.9 Bode Analysis of Discrete-Time Systems Using the w-Transform
  • Chapter 16 Bode Design
  • 16.1 Design Philosophy
  • 16.2 Gain Factor Compensation
  • 16.3 Lead Compensation for Continuous-Time Systems
  • 16.4 Lag Compensation for Continuous-Time Systems
  • 16.5 Lag-Lead Compensation for Continuous-Time Systems
  • 16.6 Bode Design of Discrete-Time Systems
  • Chapter 17 Nichols Chart Analysis
  • 17.1 Introduction
  • 17.2 db Magnitude-Phase Angle Plots
  • 17.3 Construction of db Magnitude-Phase Angle Plots
  • 17.4 Relative Stability
  • 17.5 The Nichols Chart
  • 17.6 Closed-Loop Frequency Response Functions
  • Chapter 18 Nichols Chart Design
  • 18.1 Design Philosophy
  • 18.2 Gain Factor Compensation
  • 18.3 Gain Factor Compensation Using Constant Amplitude Curves
  • 18.4 Lead Compensation for Continuous-Time Systems
  • 18.5 Lag Compensation for Continuous-Time Systems
  • 18.6 Lag-Lead Compensation
  • 18.7 Nichols Chart Design of Discrete-Time Systems
  • Chapter 19 Introduction to Nonlinear Control Systems
  • 19.1 Introduction
  • 19.2 Linearized and Piecewise-Linear Approximations of Nonlinear Systems
  • 19.3 Phase Plane Methods
  • 19.4 Lyapunov's Stability Criterion
  • 19.5 Frequency Response Methods
  • Chapter 20 Introduction to Advanced Topics in Control Systems Analysis and Design
  • 20.1 Introduction
  • 20.2 Controllability and Observability
  • 20.3 Time-Domain Design of Feedback Systems (State Feedback)
  • 20.4 Control Systems with Random Inputs
  • 20.5 Optimal Control Systems
  • 20.6 Adaptive Control Systems
  • Appendix A: Some Laplace Transform Pairs Useful for Control Systems Analysis
  • Appendix B: Some r-Transform Pairs Useful for Control Systems Analysis
  • References and Bibliography
  • Appendix C: Sample Screens from the Companion Interactive Outline
  • Index