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| Preface | p. xi |
| An Overview and Brief History of Feedback Control | p. 1 |
| Chapter Overview | p. 1 |
| A Perspective on Feedback Control | p. 1 |
| A Simple Feedback System | p. 2 |
| A First Analysis of Feedback | p. 6 |
| A Brief History | p. 9 |
| An Overview of the Book | p. 15 |
| Summary | p. 17 |
| Review Questions | p. 18 |
| Pro... MORE | p. 18 |
| Dynamic Models | p. 22 |
| Chapter Overview | p. 22 |
| A Perspective on Dynamic Models | p. 23 |
| Dynamics of Mechanical Systems | p. 24 |
| Differential Equations in State-Variable Form | p. 41 |
| Models of Electric Circuits | p. 46 |
| Models of Electromechanical Systems | p. 51 |
| Heat- and Fluid-Flow Models | p. 57 |
| Linearization and Scaling | p. 68 |
| Summary | p. 77 |
| Review Questions | p. 78 |
| Problems | p. 78 |
| Dynamic Response | p. 94 |
| Chapter Overview | p. 94 |
| A Perspective on System Response | p. 95 |
| Review of Laplace Transforms | p. 96 |
| System Modeling Diagrams | p. 123 |
| Effect of Pole Locations | p. 135 |
| Time-Domain Specifications | p. 144 |
| Effects of Zeros and Additional Poles | p. 150 |
| Stability | p. 157 |
| Numerical Simulation | p. 167 |
| Obtaining Models from Experimental Data | p. 173 |
| Summary | p. 179 |
| Review Questions | p. 181 |
| Problems | p. 181 |
| Basic Properties of Feedback | p. 200 |
| Chapter Overview | p. 200 |
| A Perspective on Properties of Feedback | p. 201 |
| A Case Study of Speed Control | p. 202 |
| The Classical Three-Term Controller | p. 215 |
| Steady-State Tracking and System Type | p. 230 |
| Digital Implementation of Controllers | p. 245 |
| Summary | p. 251 |
| Review Questions | p. 252 |
| Problems | p. 253 |
| The Root-Locus Design Method | p. 270 |
| Chapter Overview | p. 270 |
| A Perspective on the Root-locus Design Method | p. 271 |
| Root Locus of a Basic Feedback System | p. 272 |
| Guidelines for Sketching a Root Locus | p. 277 |
| Selected Illustrative Root Loci | p. 293 |
| Selecting the Parameter Value | p. 307 |
| Dynamic Compensation | p. 310 |
| A Design Example Using the Root Locus | p. 322 |
| Extensions of the Root-Locus Method | p. 329 |
| Summary | p. 341 |
| Review Questions | p. 343 |
| Problems | p. 344 |
| The Frequency-Response Design Method | p. 364 |
| Chapter Overview | p. 364 |
| A Perspective on the Frequency-response Design Method | p. 365 |
| Frequency Response | p. 366 |
| Neutral Stability | p. 387 |
| The Nyquist Stability Criterion | p. 390 |
| Stability Margins | p. 403 |
| Bode's Gain-Phase Relationship | p. 411 |
| Closed-Loop Frequency Response | p. 415 |
| Compensation | p. 417 |
| Alternate Presentations of Data | p. 443 |
| Specifications in Terms of the Sensitivity Function | p. 448 |
| Time Delay | p. 457 |
| Obtaining a Pole-Zero Model from Frequency-Response Data | p. 459 |
| Summary | p. 462 |
| Review Questions | p. 464 |
| Problems | p. 465 |
| State-Space Design | p. 492 |
| Chapter Overview | p. 492 |
| A Perspective on State-Space Design | p. 493 |
| Advantages of State Space | p. 494 |
| Analysis of the State Equations | p. 495 |
| Control-Law Design for Full-State Feedback | p. 515 |
| Selection of Pole Locations for Good Design | p. 529 |
| Estimator Design | p. 541 |
| Compensator Design: Combined Control Law and Estimator | p. 555 |
| Loop Transfer Recovery (LTR) | p. 569 |
| Introduction of the Reference Input with the Estimator | p. 574 |
| Integral Control and Robust Tracking | p. 586 |
| Direct Design with Rational Transfer Functions | p. 604 |
| Design for Systems with Pure Time Delay | p. 608 |
| Lyapunov Stability | p. 614 |
| Summary | p. 618 |
| Review Questions | p. 622 |
| Problems | p. 622 |
| Digital Control | p. 646 |
| Chapter Overview | p. 646 |
| A Perspective on Digital Control | p. 647 |
| Digitization | p. 648 |
| Dynamic Analysis of Discrete Systems | p. 650 |
| Design by Emulation | p. 658 |
| Discrete Design | p. 668 |
| State-Space Design Methods | p. 676 |
| Hardware Characteristics | p. 683 |
| Word-Size Effects | p. 686 |
| Sample-Rate Selection | p. 689 |
| Summary | p. 692 |
| Review Questions | p. 694 |
| Problems | p. 694 |
| Control-System Design: Principles and Case Studies | p. 706 |
| Chapter Overview | p. 706 |
| A Perspective on Design Principles | p. 707 |
| An Outline of Control Systems Design | p. 708 |
| Design of a Satellite's Attitude Control | p. 714 |
| Lateral and Longitudinal Control of a Boeing 747 | p. 733 |
| Control of the Fuel-Air Ratio in an Automotive Engine | p. 752 |
| Control of a Digital Tape Transport | p. 759 |
| Control of the Read/Write Head Assembly of a Hard Disk | p. 770 |
| Control of Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP) Systems in Semiconductor Wafer Manufacturing | p. 781 |
| Summary | p. 795 |
| Review Questions | p. 797 |
| Problems | p. 797 |
| Laplace Transforms | p. 811 |
| The L_ Laplace Transform | p. 811 |
| A Review of Complex Variables | p. 825 |
| Definition of a Complex Number | p. 825 |
| Algebraic Manipulations | p. 827 |
| Graphical Evaluation of Magnitude and Phase | p. 829 |
| Differentiation and Integration | p. 830 |
| Euler's Relations | p. 831 |
| Analytic Functions | p. 832 |
| Cauchy's Theorem | p. 832 |
| Singularities and Residues | p. 832 |
| Residue Theorem | p. 833 |
| The Argument Principle | p. 834 |
| Summary of Matrix Theory | p. 837 |
| Matrix Definitions | p. 837 |
| Elementary Operations on Matrices | p. 838 |
| Trace | p. 839 |
| Transpose | p. 839 |
| Determinant and Matrix Inverse | p. 839 |
| Properties of the Determinant | p. 840 |
| Inverse of Block Triangular Matrices | p. 841 |
| Special Matrices | p. 841 |
| Rank | p. 842 |
| Characteristic Polynomial | p. 842 |
| Cayley-Hamilton Theorem | p. 843 |
| Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors | p. 843 |
| Similarity Transformations | p. 844 |
| Matrix Exponential | p. 845 |
| Fundamental Subspaces | p. 845 |
| Singular-Value Decomposition | p. 846 |
| Positive Definite Matrices | p. 847 |
| Matrix Identity | p. 847 |
| Controllability and Observability | p. 849 |
| Controllability | p. 850 |
| Observability | p. 855 |
| Ackermann's Formula for Pole Placement | p. 857 |
| Matlab Commands | p. 861 |
| Solutions to Review Questions | p. 863 |
| References | p. 879 |
| Index | p. 887 |
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