Solving Engineering System Dynamics Problems with MATLAB

Engineering system dynamics is a multidisciplinary subject and presents a system dynamics methodology based on mathematical fundamentals and stresses physical system modeling. The classical methods of control systems and vibration analysis engineering are covered: Matrix analysis, Laplace transforms and transfer functions, Root locus analysis and design, Routh-Hurwitz stability analysis, Frequency response methods of analysis including Bode, Nyquist, and Nichols, Steady, state error analysis, Second order systems approximations, Phase and gain margin and bandwidth, state space variable method, and controllability and observability. The numerous worked examples and unsolved exercise problems on control systems and vibration analysis are intended to provide the reader with an awareness of the general applicability of system dynamics theory using MATLAB. An extensive bibliography to guide the student to further sources of information on control systems engineering using MATLAB is provided at the end of the book. All end-of-chapter problems are fully solved in the Solution Manual available only to Instructors.