System Dynamics

ISBN: 0131424629

Author: Ogata, Katsuhiko

Condition: New

For junior-level courses in System Dynamics, offered in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering departments.This text presents students with the basic theory and practice of system dynamics. It introduces the modeling of dynamic systems and response analysis of these systems, with an introduction to the analysis and design of control systems.

• NEW - Revised and expanded content throughout. Keeps students up-to-date with the latest information in the field. | Keeps students up-to-date with the latest information in the field. | NEW - Expanded and earlier presentation of state-space modeling-Chapter 5. Allows instructors to cover this topic earlier in the course as is commonly preferred and with the added teaching help of MATLAB for extensive use in solving computation problems in state-space format. | Allows instructors to cover this topic earlier in the course as is commonly preferred and with the added teaching help of MATLAB for extensive use in solving computation problems in state-space format. | NEW - Added chapter on modeling dynamic systems-Chapter 4. Discusses transfer-function approach to system modeling. | Discusses transfer-function approach to system modeling. | Use of MATLAB throughout. Enables students to solve most of the computational problems in the book. | Enables students to solve most of the computational problems in the book. | Hundreds of examples and worked-out problems-With and without solutions. Gives students the opportunity to practice and apply learned concepts in each chapter. | Gives students the opportunity to practice and apply learned concepts in each chapter. | Revised and expanded content throughout. Keeps students up-to-date with the latest information in the field. | Keeps students up-to-date with the latest information in the field. | Expanded and earlier presentation of state-space modeling-Chapter 5. Allows instructors to cover this topic earlier in the course as is commonly preferred and with the added teaching help of MATLAB for extensive use in solving computation problems in state-space format. | Allows instructors to cover this topic earlier in the course as is commonly preferred and with the added teaching help of MATLAB for extensive use in solving computation problems in state-space format. | Added chapter on modeling dynamic systems-Chapter 4. Discusses transfer-function approach to system modeling. | Discusses transfer-function approach to system modeling.