Automatic Control Systems (Textbook Binding)

by Benjamin C. Kuo (Author)

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Product Description
Automatic Control Systems provides engineers with a fresh new controls book that places special emphasis on mechatronics. It follows a revolutionary approach by actually including a physical lab. In addition, readers will find authoritative coverage of modern design tools and examples. Current mechatronics applications build motivation to learn the material. Extensive use of virtual lab software is also integrated throughout the chapters. Engineers will gain a strong understand of control systems with the help of modern examples and exercises. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From the Publisher
This best-selling, classic introduction to automatic control systems has been updated to reflect the increasing use of computer-aided learning and design, and revised to feature a more accessible approach -- without sacrificing depth.

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Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 897 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 7th edition (December 27, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0133047598
• ISBN-13: 978-0133047592
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #959,272 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best general book about control engineering, June 16, 2005

By	Charles-Eric Langlois (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Automatic Control Systems (Hardcover)

I had to use this book for my last semester in electrical engineering. It is really interesting, well explained and complete for a concise introduction about control engineering and design of controllers.

All you need to follow the text are basic notions in engineer's mathematics (a bit of calculus and algebra). A few chapters offer reviews of important notions (transfert functions, state variable modeling, differential equations, ...) Then, you get to the essential, control theory.

The book is well divided. First chapters cover mathematical notions you have to master in order to succeed in the next part (signal flow diagrams, block diagrams, a bit of mechanic). Then, a few chapters introduce control loops, poles and zeros interpretation (explained very well with a lot of graphs examples). A single chapter covers root loci drawing. Great explanations about controllers are complete and easy to understand. The last chapter is kept for design only with A LOT of examples for PID, phase-lag, filters, etc.

Emphasis is made on computer design with examples all along the book. The CD included offers a few useful tools to use for design with Matlab.

The author knows his subject more than anyone else. He has good experience in design and the text is well written. A must for anyone studying the subject.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginners and experts alike, March 24, 2000

By	Ghanshyam R. Patel "grpatel20" (India) - See all my reviews

Like all of Kuo's other books, this one is good reading. It covers all the important topics involved in Control system theory, time and frequency domain analysis and graph techniques, amongst other topics. Good question-and-answer section. Kuo has this style of writing where you feel he can read your mind and know what you are thinking as you read the book. It's a great book for beginners and experts alike. I think this is one of the best books on Control systems theory.

5.0 out of 5 stars Linear Control Systems, July 31, 2008

By	BYF "Backyard Flix" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Automatic Control Systems (Hardcover)

From Back Cover:

"Benjamin C. Kuo thoroughly discusses the fundamentals of linear control systems analysis and design in the Sixth Edition of the best-selling 'Automatic Control Systems.' This new edition has been significantly revised and completely redesigned.

Featuring even more in-dept coverage of conventional time-domain and frequency-domain analysis and design methods, this solid text and reference book:

* broadens its treatment of reduced-order approximation of high-order systems; PID controller design; bridged-T controller design; phase-lead and phase-lag control; lead-lag control; pole-zero cancellation control; and stability analysis.
* offers a new approach to the Nyquist stability criterion, requiring only one simple plot of the transfer function for a large class of systems.
* examines disturbance rejection and design sensitivity specifications.
* demonstrates robust control design at the entry level.
* uses numerous real-world systems such as the sun-seeker system, aircraft-attitude control, dc-motor control, and space-vehicle pay-load control as numerical examples."