Theory of Automatic Control

Contents: Part One: Linear Systems with Regular Input Signals: 1. General description of plants and automatic control systems. 2. Equations of control systems. 3. Propagation of regular signals through linear elements. 4. Typical elements of linear control systems. 5. Special elements of linear automatic control systems. 6. Connection of elements and transformation of continuous linear system block diagrams. 7. Stability of control systems. 8. The effect of system parameters on its stability. 9. Control performance: direct methods of study. 10. Control performance: indirect methods of study. 11. Design of minimal-phase linear control systems. 12. Design of industrial control systems. 13. Sampled-data control systems, characteristics of sampled-data signals. 14. Characteristics of sampled-data control systems. 15. Sampled-data control systems stability, transient and steady-state processes. Part Two: Nonlinear Systems and Irregular Signals: 16. Nonlinearities in control systems. General. 17. Nonlinear system statics. Connection and transformation of nonlinear elements. 18. Nonlinear system dynamics. Phase plane. 19. Harmonic linearization. 20. Stability of nonlinear systems. 21. Control performance in nonlinear systems. 22. Problems and methods of optimal control. General. 23. Theoretical methods of optimal control. 24. Random signals in control systems. 25. Linear systems subjected to random stationary signals. 26. Nonlinear system subjected to random stationary signals. 27. Adaptive control system. Appendices. References. Subject Index. Theory of Automatic Control is an extension and refinement of the lectures delivered by the authors to students specialising in Automation and Remote Control, Computer Engineering, Information and Measurement Technology, Electric Drives and Automation of Industrial Facilities. Due to the advanced natures of the topics covered readers are presumed to be familiar with the relevant parts of the curriculum on Theoretical Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, Higher Mathematics, Theoretical Mechanics, and Computer Engineering and also some principles of automatic control related to Electrical Machines, Electrical Measurements, Magnetic and Electronic Elements of Control Hardware etc. The book is a classical effort on evolution and journey of today’s robotic machines from the earlier days of manual to semi-automatic to robotic machine shops. This book envisages and evolves around author aim of defining the processes behind application of control theory for regulation of processes without direct human intervention. …