Linear, Time-Invariant, Dynamic Systems (Age 20, US Bachelor’s 3)
About This Textbook
This textbook provides an introduction to linear, time-invariant, dynamic systems for students of engineering. The general minimum prerequisite for studying this textbook is the intellectual maturity of a third-year college student in an accredited four-year engineering curriculum.
Textbook Details
| Author | William L. Hallauer, Jr. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) |
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| Age / Grade | Age 20 / US Bachelor’s 3 |
| Original Language | English |
| License Type | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) This means users are free to copy, redistribute, remix, and build upon the material, as long as they follow the terms of this license. Learn more about this license at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0. |
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Table of Contents
Introduction — Complex Numbers and Arithmetic — Mechanical Units — Frequency Response of 1st Order Systems — Basic Electrical Components and Circuits — General Time Response of 1st Order Systems by Application of the Convolution Integral — Undamped 2nd Order Systems — Pulse Inputs — Damped 2nd Order Systems — 2nd Order Systems — Mechanical Systems with Rigid-Body Plane Translation and Rotation — Vibration Modes of Undamped Mechanical Systems with Two Degrees of Freedom — Laplace Block Diagrams, and Additional Background Material for the Study of Feedback-Control Systems — Introduction to Feedback Control: Output Operations for Control of Rotational Position — Input-error Operations: Proportional, Integral, and Derivative 15 Types of Control — Introduction to System Stability: Time-Response Criteria — Introduction to System Stability: Frequency-Response Criteria