Gopal, M.

Control systems : principles and design / M. Gopal. - 2nd. ed., Int. ed. - Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, 2003 - xvii, 970 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Preface to the second edition. - Preface to the first edition. - 1. Introduction to the control problem. - 2. Dynamic models and dynamic response. - 3. Models on industrial control devices and systems. - 4. Basic principles of feedback control. - 5. Concepts of stability and the routh stability criterion. - 6. The performance of feedback systems. - 7. Compensator design using root locus plots. - 8. The nyquist stability criterion and stability margins. - 9. Feedback system performance based on the frequency response. - 10. Compensator design using bode plots. - 11. Hardware and software implementation of common compensators. - 12. Control system analysis using state variable methods. - Appendix A: Mathematical background. - Appendix B. MATLAB environment. - Appendix C: Control theory quiz. - References. - Companion book. - Answer to problems. - Index.

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