Publisher's Synopsis
This updated edition provides students with a background in continuous-time analog classical control concepts. Design examples at the end of most chapters support the text's strong design orientation, as do discussions of design methods using root locus and Bode methods that go beyond rote memorization. An expanded, more versatile treatment of modelling includes a comprehensive variety of electrical, mechanical and electromechanical systems. This gives instructors the option of emphasizing dynamic modelling, or using a system approach.