Control Systems Engineering Using Matlab

ABOUT THE BOOKThe book covers all major concepts & techniques and provides students with a concise introduction to the basic concepts in automatic control systems and the various methods of solving its problemsKEY FEATURES Concise coverage of all major control system concepts and techniques Around 250 solved problems using step-wise method of solving problemsn Plenty of review questions and exercises Simulated results obtained for control system concepts using MATLAB 6.0TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction to Automatic Control Systems; Mathematical Modelling of Linear Systems; Transfer Function, Block Diagram and Signal Flow Graph; Time Domain Analysis; Frequency Response Analysis; Control System Components; Routh-Hurwitz Stability Criterion; Nyquist Stability Analysis; Bode Plot; Root Locus Method; M and N Circles and Nichols Chart; Compensation Techniques; Non-linear Systems; State-space Analysis; Digital Control Systems; Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic in Control Systems; Appendices; Bibliography; IndexAbout The AuthorS N Sivanandam is Professor and Head, Computer Science and Engineering Department, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. He did his MSc (Engineering) in Power System in 1966 from the same college ranking second in the university, and did his doctorate in Control Systems in 1982 from Madras University. He has a total of 41 years’ experience teaching both to undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has guided around 450 projects both in Computer Science and Engineering, and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He has received many awards for his teaching and research. Dr Sivanandam has published nine books, and around 600 technical papers in national and international journals and conferences. He has delivered around 70 special lectures, chaired three international and five national conferences and is a member of various professional bodies.S N Deepa is a PhD research scholar in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. She has earlier worked there as lecturer. Mrs Deepa did her ME (Control Systems) from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore in 2004. She has a year’s industrial experience and about four years’ teaching experience. She has published two books and papers in national and international journals. She won a National Award instituted by Indian Society of Technical Education and L&T Limited in 2004.