System Engineering and Automation: An Interactive Educational Approach

Introduction to Systems

System Concept
Systems Classification
Static/Dynamic
Stochastic/Deterministic
Continuous/Discrete/Event Discrete
Closed/Open Loop
Systems Description
External Description
Internal Description

System Modeling

System Model
System Dynamic Equations
Electrical Systems
Mechanical Systems
Hydraulic Systems
Thermal Systems
Hybrid Systems

System Description

Continuous Time Systems
Linear and Invariant Time Systems
Systems Linearization
Laplace Transform
Direct Laplace Transform
Inverse Laplace Transform
Transfer Function
The State Space Approach
Relation Between Transfer Function and State Space Approaches
Block Diagrams

System Response Analysis

System Time Response
System Transient Response
Root Locus
Identification
First-order System Identification
Second-order System Identification
System Stability
System Stationary Response
Steady-state error for step reference
Steady-state error for ramp reference

Introduction to Control Systems

Control Systems
Basic Control Actions
PID Controller
Proportional Control
Integral Control
Derivative Control
PID Summary
Design of Controllers. Ziegler-Nichols techniques
Ziegler-Nichols technique in open loop
Ziegler-Nichols technique in close loop
Applications

System Simulation

Simulation Objectives
Numerical Methods
Explicit Numerical Methods
Implicit Numerical Methods
Multistep Numerical Methods
Integration Step Selection
Systems Simulation in SIMULINK
Systems Simulation in SIMSCAPE
Applications

Appendix A: The MATLAB System Control Toolbox

Creation of Models
Transfer Function
Zeros, Poles and Gain
State Space
Access to Model Data
Building Complex Models
Conversion between models
Time Response

Appendix B: The rltool Interactive Tutorial

Appendix C: The SIMULINK Interactive Tutorial

Introduction
Creating a Model
SIMULINK Libraries
Continuous Library
Source Library
Sinks Library
Math Operations Library
Lookup Table Library
Discontinuities Library
Signal Routing Library
Ports and Subsystems Library
User-defined Functions Library
Additional Linear Library

Appendix D: The SIMSCAPE Modeling Environment Tutorial

Introduction
Creating a Model
SIMSCAPE Libraries
Electrical Library
Hydraulic Library
Mechanical Library
Thermal Library
Physical Signal Library
Utilities Library