INTRODUCTION TO CONTROL SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY

A computer disk packaged with the text includes a graphical design program that emulates the classical Bode design method. Using this program, the designer can observe how each control mode changes the shape of the open-loop frequency response of the system. By trying different PID control mode values, the designer can use a "design-by-trial" procedure to search for the best possible design. The use of analogies to develop common elements for modeling and analyzing electrical, fluid flow, thermal, or mechanical components helps students translate knowledge of one type of component to components of other types.
End-of-chapter exercises challenge students with practical problems at various levels of difficulty. The exercises are grouped bysection numbers with multiple simple problems to reinforce student learning, followed by more complex problems to generate interest in the subject.