Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, Global Edition, 9th edition

For courses in Electrical & Computer Engineering.

Explore fundamentals with context, case studies and a design focus

Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems covers what every engineer needs to know about feedback control, including such concepts as stability, tracking and robustness. Comprehensive, worked-out examples in each chapter are all presented in a real-world context and with historical background. The authors support students equally in learning both the traditional and more modern topics of digital control. It is designed for a first course in the subject at the 4th-year level for all undergraduate engineering majors.

The 9th Edition is updated throughout to reflect the improved features of MATLAB®. Over 100 problems are new or revised from the previous edition; True/False questions have been added to the end of each chapter; new and updated content is found throughout, including expanded discussion of electric motors for drones and EVs; and more. A collection of all the Matlab files (both .m and .slx) used to produce the figures in the book can be found on its companion website. It also contains some more advanced material and appendices.

Hallmark features of this title 

• A comprehensive and easy-to-understand introduction supports students equally in their need to grasp both traditional and more modern topics of digital control.
• An entire chapter devoted to case studies covers real problems in a variety of fields and draws on all the design methods covered in the book.
• Historical Perspectives provide interesting but concise historical background sections for the material in each chapter.
• A collection of all the MATLAB files (both “m” files and SIMULINK “slx” files), along with additional material, are available at the authors' website.
• Synopsis of design aids: Relationships used in design and throughout the book are available in Appendix D for easy reference.

New and updated features of this title

• Earlier presentation of the basic steps in design using all 3 design approaches (from Ch. 10 to Ch. 8) allows better utilization of the design principles and case studies along with Ch. 5, 6, and 7 or immediately following those chapters.
• Expanded coverage includes discussion on electric motors for drones and EVs (Ch. 2) and the introduction to frequency response (Ch. 6); a summary table added to Section 3.3 provides a comprehensive overview of the natural response associated with the location of a pole on the s-plane; Bode drawing techniques more thoroughly cover RHP poles/zeros and complex roots (Ch. 6); the RTP case study now covers the control of rapid thermal annealing (Ch. 8); the Drone Example now covers more realistic flight paths, and adds a section on evaluating the effect of nonlinearity to the drone (Ch. 8), and more.
• New examples include Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Examples (in sections 3.24, 5.14, 5.19, 6.24, 7.37); an Autonomous Car Example (section 8.8).
• New and updated Simulink coverage includes 2 new examples using Simulink in Ch. 3 and 6, and new Simulink material in the Ch. 8 case studies examples.
• Reorganized material includes reordered Section 3.1 to follow a more natural progression of the Laplace transform and convolution, with a clarified discussion of convolution and relocation of all frequency response material to Ch. 6; Ch. 10 from previous edition (Control System Design: Principles and Case Studies) now moved up to Ch. 8; Automotive Engine Fuel Control Example and Chemotaxis Example have been moved to the Appendix.
• New True/False questions have been added at the end of each chapter.