Engineering System Dynamics (Control Engineering) [Hardcover]

Forbes T. Brown (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0824706161 | ISBN-13: 978-0824706166 | Publication Date: August 15, 2001 | Edition: 1st

With over 1000 references, tables, equations, and illustrations, this reference covers design-motivated modeling and analysis of systems with mechanical, fluid, electrical, thermodynamic, or hybrid components. Creating effective models based on Paynterian bond graphs and constitutive characteristics, it provides case studies, guided problems, numbered and highlighted examples, and numerous assignable problems in every chapter. Offering extensive developments of conventional linear methods, an introduction to automatic control, and the approach of classical vibrations, the author employs a step-by-step pedagogy that makes advanced techniques accessible to introductory courses.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1032 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition (August 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0824706161
• ISBN-13: 978-0824706166
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,571,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Intuitive Modeling, October 4, 2001

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This review is from: Engineering System Dynamics (Control Engineering) (Hardcover)

I have used this text for 2 years as part of the author's engineering systems's courses at Lehigh University. I think it is an outstanding pedagogical approach to energy-based modeling. While the focus is on Bond Graph methodology,the author stresses the art of applying fundamental insight and intuition to the modeling process. An attentive reader can develop a logical and simple, yet powerful, framework for modeling a wide variety of engineering eystems. Now that I am in graduate school, I think that the mindset I developed from this text gives me a unique advantage.

There are many interesting dynamic modeling problems, including aircraft carrier landings, eardrum vibrations and even MEMS to name a few. In most cases, extracting the differential equations governing the dynamic behavior becomes a very direct procedure, following the construction of the bond graph models.