Introduction to Control System Technology - Hardcover

Bateson, Robert N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0023064633 ISBN 13: 9780023064630

Publisher: Macmillan USA, 1992

Synopsis

In this text, Bateson includes the terminology, concepts, principles, procedures and computations used by engineers and technicians to analyze, select, specify, design and maintain control systems. This edition strikes a balance of breadth and depth, adapting and enhancing coverage to aid in accessibility and comprehension. Changes since the last edition include: a new section on block diagram simplification; an expanded appendix; a new logic design example; initial and final value theorems are now covered in Chapter 5; new design exercises; new material on dc motor transfer functions, stepping motors and flux vector control; an improved section on programmable controllers; and a new example using program "DESIGN" to construct a PID controller for a blending system.

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From the Back Cover

Introduction to Control System Technology, Seventh Edition, is both a textbook on control system technology and a valuable reference that engineers and technicians will want in their personal libraries.

Outstanding features of this text include:

• 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 by section numbers with multiple simple problems to reinforce student learning, followed by more complex problems to generate interest in the subject.

Synopsis

This state-of-the-art introduction covers the principles and procedures that engineers use to analyze, select, specify, design and maintain all parts of a control system. The book progresses from simple to complex topics, and from components to complete systems. More than 300 figures illustrate a variety of components and systems and over 100 examples describe various methods of analysis and design.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0023064633
• ISBN 13: 9780023064630
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 816