Control Systems

Contents: Preface. 1. Fundamentals of control systems. 2. Mathematical preliminaries. 3. Mathematical modelling of physical systems. 4. Block diagrams. 5. Signal-flow graphs. 6. Control system and its components. 7. Time domain analysis. 8. Feedback characteristics of control systems. 9. Stability of systems. 10. Root locus method. 11. Frequency domain analysis-bode plot. 12. Stability analysis of Nyquist plot method. 13. State-space analysis. 14. Basic compensation techniques. 15. Digital control systems. Appendix: MATLAB Fundamentals. Bibliography. Index.

Control Systems describes the essential elements of control system engineering in a simple language that can be understood by students at the undergraduate level. With a rich assortment of solved problems, exercise problems, review questions and objective type questions across 15 chapters, the book is designed to provide the student an exposure to the key functionalities of the concept in real-time applications. In addition, there is an elaborate appendix on the applications of MATLAB as a computational tool in nearly all fields of science and engineering.