Chapter 1 Introduction to Control Systems

1. Examples of Control Systems

2. Closed-Loop Control Versus Open-Loop Control
3. Design and Compensation of Control Systems

Chapter 2 Mathematical Modeling of Control Systems

1. Transfer Function and Impulse-Response Function
2. Automatic Control Systems
3. Modeling in State Space
4. State-Space Representation of Scalar Differential Equation Systems
5. Transformation of Mathematical Models with MATLAB
6. Linearization of Nonlinear Mathematical Models

Chapter 3 Mathematical Modeling of Mechanical Systems and Electrical Systems

1. Mathematical Modeling of Mechanical Systems
2. Mathematical Modeling of Electrical Systems

Chapter 4 Mathematical Modeling of Fluid Systems and Thermal Systems

1. Liquid-Level Systems
2. Pneumatic Systems
3. Hydraulic Systems
4. Thermal Systems

Chapter 5 Transient and Steady-State Response Analyses

1. First-Order Systems
2. Second-Order Systems
3. Higher-Order Systems
4. Transient-Response Analysis with MATLAB
5. Routh’s Stability Criterion
6. Effects of Integral and Derivative Control Actions on System Performance
7. Steady-State Errors in Unity-Feedback Control Systems
Chapter 6 Control Systems Analysis and Design by the Root-Locus Method
1. Root-Locus Plots
2. Plotting Root Loci with MATLAB
3. Root-Locus Plots of Positive Feedback Systems
4. Root-Locus Approach to Control-Systems Design
5. Lead Compensation
6. Lag Compensation
7. Lag–Lead Compensation
8. Parallel Compensation

Chapter 7 Control Systems Analysis and Design by the Frequency-Response Method

1. Bode Diagrams
2. Polar Plots
3. Log-Magnitude-versus-Phase Plots
4. Nyquist Stability Criterion
5. Stability Analysis
6. Relative Stability Analysis
7. Closed-Loop Frequency Response of Unity-Feedback Systems
8. Experimental Determination of Transfer Functions
9. Control Systems Design by Frequency-Response Approach
10. Lead Compensation
11. Lag Compensation
12. Lag–Lead Compensation

Chapter 8 PID Controllers and Modified PID Controllers

1. Ziegler–Nichols Rules for Tuning PID Controllers
2. Design of PID Controllers with Frequency-Response Approach
3. Design of PID Controllers with Computational Optimization Approach
4. Modifications of PID Control Schemes
5. Two-Degrees-of-Freedom Control
6. Zero-Placement Approach to Improve Response Characteristics
Chapter 9 Control Systems Analysis in State Space
1. State-Space Representations of Transfer-Function Systems
2. Transformation of System Models with MATLAB
3. Solving the Time-Invariant State Equation
4. Some Useful Results in Vector-Matrix Analysis
5. Controllability
6. Observability

Chapter 10 Control Systems Design in State Space

1. Pole Placement
2. Solving Pole-Placement Problems with MATLAB
3. Design of Servo Systems
4. State Observers
5. Design of Regulator Systems with Observers
6. Design of Control Systems with Observers
7. Quadratic Optimal Regulator Systems
8. Robust Control Systems