Preface
MODULE l INTRODUCTION TO FEEDBACK CONTROL
MODULE 2 TRANSFER FUNCTIONS AND BLOCK DIAGRAM ALGEBRA
Transfer Functions
Block Diagram Algebra
MODULE 3 FIRST-ORDER SYSTEMS
Impulse Response
Step Response
Ramp Response
Harmonic Response
First-Order Feedback Systems
Complex-Plane Representation: Poles and Zeros
Poles and Zeros of First-Order Systems
Dominant Poles
MODULE 4 SECOND-ORDER SYSTEM$
Second-Order Electrical System
Step Response
MODULE 5 SECOND-ORDER SYSTEM TIME-DOMAIN RESPONSE
Ramp Response
Harmonic Response
Relationship between System Poles and Transient Response
Time-Domain Performance Specifications
MODULE 6 SECOND-ORDER SYSTEMS: DISTURBANCE REJECTION AND RATE
FEEDBACK
Open- and Closed-Loop Disturbance Rejection
Effect of Velocity Feedback
MODULE 7 HIGHER-ORDER SYSTEMS
Reduction to Lower-Order Systems
Third-Order Systems
Effect of a Closed-Loop Zero
Occurrence of Closed-Loop Zeros
MODULE 8 SYSTEM TYPE: STEADY-STATE ERRORS
Impulse Input
Step Input
Ramp Input
Acceleration Input
Non-Unity-Feedback Control Systems
MODULE 9 ROUTH''S METHOD,ROOT LOCUS: MAGNITUDE AND PHASE
EQUATIONS
Routh''s Stability Criterion
Root Locus Method: Magnitude and Phase Equations
MODULE 10 RULES FOR PLOTTING THE ROOT LOCUS
MODULE 11 SYSTEM DESIGN USING THE ROOT -LOCUS
MultiLoop System
System Design in the Complex Plane
Performance Requirements as Complex-Plane Constraints
Steady-State Error
Desirable Areas of Complex Plane for “Good” Response
MODULE 12 FREQUENCY RESPONSE AND NYQUIST DIAGRAMS
MODULE 13 NYQUIST STABILITY CRITERION
MODULE 14 NYQUIST ANALYSIS AND RELATIVE STABILITY
MODULE 15 BODE DIAGRAMS
MODULE 16 BODE ANALYSISMODULESTABILITYMODULEAND GAIN AND PHASE
MARGINS
MODULE 17 TIME RESPONSE FROM FREQUENCY RESPONSE
MODULE 18 FREQUENCY-DOMAIN SPECIFICATIONS AND CLOSED-LOOP FREQUENCY
RESPONSE
MODULE 19 PHASE LEAD COMPENSATION
MODULE 20 PHASE LAG AND LEAD-LAG COMPENSATION
MODULE 21 MULTIMODE CONTROLLERS
MODULE 22 STATE-SPACE SYSTEM DESCRIPTIONS
MODULE 23 STATE-SPACE SYSTEM RESPONSEMODULECONTROLLABILITYMODULEAND
OBSERVABILITY
MODULE 24 STATE-SPACE CONTROLLER DESIGN
MODULE 25 STATE-SPACE OBSERVER DESIGN
MODULE 26 WAVE ENERGY ABSORBTION DEVICE
MODULE 27 MISSILE ATTITUDE CONTROLLER
MODULE 28 ROBOTIC HAND DESIGN
MODULE 29 PUMPED STORAGE FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM
MODULE 30 SHIP STEERING CONTROL SYSTEM
MODULE 31 CRUISE MISSILE ALTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM
MODULE 32 MACHINE TOOL POWER DRIVE SYSTEM WITH FLEXIBILITY
APPENDIX 1 REVIEW OF LAPLACE TRANSFORMS AND THEIR USE IN SOLVING
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS