Introduction to Linear, Time-Invariant, Dynamic Systems for Students of Engineering

This is a complete college textbook, including a detailed Table of Contents, seventeen Chapters (each with a set of relevant homework problems), a list of References, two Appendices, and a detailed Index. The book is intended to enable students to: Solve first-, second-, and higher-order, linear, ti...

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Main Author: Hallauer, William (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] A.T. Still University [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction; examples of 1st and 2nd order systems; example analysis and MATLAB graphing
  • Chapter 2 Complex numbers and arithmetic; Laplace transforms; partial-fraction expansion
  • Chapter 3 Mechanical units; low-order mechanical systems; simple transient responses of 1st order systems
  • Chapter 4 Frequency response of 1st order systems; transfer function; general method for derivation of frequency response
  • Chapter 5 Basic electrical components and circuits
  • Chapter 6 General time response of 1st order systems by application of the convolution integral
  • Chapter 7 Undamped 2nd order systems: general time response; undamped vibration
  • Chapter 8 Pulse inputs; Dirac delta function; impulse response; initialvalue theorem; convolution sum
  • Chapter 9 Damped 2nd order systems: general time response
  • Chapter 10 2nd order systems: frequency response; beating response to suddenly applied sinusoidal (SAS) excitation
  • Chapter 11 Mechanical systems with rigid-body plane translation and rotation
  • Chapter 12 Vibration modes of undamped mechanical systems with two degrees of freedom
  • Chapter 13 Laplace block diagrams, and additional background material for the study of feedback-control systems
  • Chapter 14 Introduction to feedback control: output operations for control of rotational position
  • Chapter 15 Input-error operations: proportional, integral, and derivative types of control
  • Chapter 16 Introduction to system stability: time-response criteria
  • Chapter 17 Introduction to system stability: frequency-response criteria
  • Appendix A: Table and derivations of Laplace transform pairs
  • Appendix B: Notes on work, energy, and power in mechanical systems and electrical circuits
  • Index for all Chapters and Appendices