System Dynamics (Paperback, International Edition)

Preface
About the Author

CHAPTER 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 2 Dynamic Response and the Laplace Transform Method
CHAPTER 3 Modeling of Rigid-Body Mechanical Systems
CHAPTER 4 Spring and Damper Elements in Mechanical Systems
CHAPTER 5 Block Diagrams, State-Variable Models, and Simulation Methods
CHAPTER 6 Electrical and Electromechanical Systems
CHAPTER 7 Fluid and Thermal Systems
CHAPTER 8 System Analysis in the Time Domain
CHAPTER 9 System Analysis in the Frequency Domain
CHAPTER 10 Introduction to Feedback Control Systems
CHAPTER 11 Control System Design and the Root Locus Plot
CHAPTER 12 Compensator Design and the Bode Plot
CHAPTER 13 Vibration Applications

APPENDICES
A. Guide to Selected MATLAB Commands and Functions
B. Fourier Series
C. Developing Models from Data
D. Introduction to MATLAB (on the text website)
E. Numerical Methods (on the text website)

Answers to Selected Problems
Glossary
Index