This supplement is meant for professors looking for ways to integrate more of the design process into their undergraduate controls course as well as improve their students' computer skills. In each chapter, a problem from the Modern Control Systems textbook has been changed into a design problem and various aspects of the design process are explored.
1. Introduction to Control Systems. A Space Shuttle Example.
Introduction. The Design Process. SIMULINK. Summary.
2. Mathematical Models
of Systems. Fluid Flow Modeling Example. Introduction. Fluid Flow Modeling.
Mathematical Model and Assumptions. Differential Equations of Motion.
Solutions to the Equations of Motion. Summary.
3. State Variable Models. A
Space Station Example. Introduction. Two Simple Physical Systems. Spacecraft
Control. Simplified Nonlinear Model. Linearization. Pitch Axis Analysis.
Summary.
4. Feedback Control System Characteristics. Blood Pressure Control
Example. Introduction. Error Signal Analysis. Blood Pressure Control During
Anesthesia. Summary.
5. Performance of Feedback Control Systems. Airplane
Lateral Dynamics Example. Introduction. Airplane Lateral Dynamics. Bank Angle
Control Design. Simulation Development. Summary.
6. Stability of Linear
Feedback Systems. Robot-controlled Motorcycle Example. Introduction. BIBO
Stability. Robot-controlled Motorcycle. Stability Analysis. Disturbance
Response. Analysis **queried**. Summary.
7. Root Locus Method. Automobile
Velocity Control Example. Introduction. Sketching a Root Locus. PID
Controller. Automobile Velocity Control. Summary.
8. Frequency Response
Methods. Six-legged Ambler Example. Introduction. A Simple Physical System.
Six-legged Ambler. Controller Selection. Controller Design. Summary.
9.
Stability in the Frequency-Domain. Hot Ingot Robot Control Example.
Introduction. Hot Ingot Robot Control. Proportional Controller Design.
Nyquist Plot for a System with a Time-Delay. Padi Approximation. Nyquist Plot
with Padi Approximation. PI Controller Design. Summary.
10. Design of
Feedback Control Systems. Milling Machine Control Example. Introduction.
Lead and Lag Compensators. Milling Machine Control System. Lag Compensator
Design. Summary.
11. Design of State Variable Feedback Systems. Diesel
Electric Locomotive Example. Introduction. Robot Drive Train Dynamics. More
on Controllability. More on Observability. Diesel Electric Locomotive
Example. State Feedback Controller Design. System Simulation with SIMULINK.
Summary.
12. Robust Control Systems. Digital Audio Tape Speed Control
Example. Introduction. Uncertain Time-Delays. Digital Audio Tape Example. PID
Controller Design. Summary.
13. Digital Control Systems. Fly-by-Wire
Control Surface Example. Introduction. Fly-by-Wire Aircraft Control Surface.
Meeting Settling Time and Percent. Controller Design. Summary. Appendix:
Useful Design Formulas. References. Index.
Robert H. Bishop holds the Myron L. Begeman Fellowship in Engineering in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin. A talented educator, Professor Bishop has been recognized for his contributions in the classroom with the coveted Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching. An active member of AIAA, IEEE, and ASEE, he also serves as an Associate Editor for the American Astronautical Society,s Journal of Astronautical Sciences. Dr. Bishop is a distinguished researcher with an interest in guidance, navigation, and control of aerospace vehicles.
