控制系统原理及相近课程是高等学校工科学生的核心课程之一。本书一直是该类课程畅销全球的教材范本,至今已出版至第11版。主要内容包括控制系统导论、系统数学模型、状态空间模型、反馈控制系统的特性、反馈控制系统的性能、反馈系统的稳定性、根轨迹法、频率响应方法、频域稳定性、反馈控制系统设计、状态变量反馈系统设计、鲁棒控制系统和数字控制系统等。本书的例子和习题大多取材于现代科技领域中的实际问题,新颖而恰当。学习和解决这些问题,可以使学生的创造性精神得到潜移默化的提升。
本书可作为高等学校工科(自动化、航空航天、电力、机械、化工等)本科高年级学生和研究生教材,也可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Control Systems
1.1 Introduction
1,2 Brief History of Automatic Control
1.3 Examples of Control Systems
1.4 Engineering Design
1.5 Control System Design
1.6 Mechatronic Systems
1.7 The Future Evolution of Control Systems
1.8 Design Examples
1.9 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System
1.10 Summary
Exercises
Problems
Advanced Problems
Design Problems
Terms and Concepts
CHAPTER 2 Mathematical Models of Systems
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Differential Equations of Physical Systems
2.3 Linear Approximations of Physical Systems
2.4 The Laplace Transform
2.5 The Transfer Function of Linear Systems
2.6 Block Diagram Models
2.7 Signal-Flow Graph Models
2.8 Design Examples
2.9 The Simulation of Systems Using Control Design Software
2.10 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System
2.11 Summary
Exercises
Problems
Advanced Problems
Design Problems
Computer Problems
Terms and Concepts
CHAPTER 3 State Variable Models.
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The State Variables of a Dynamic System
3.3 The State Differential Equation
3.4 Signal-Flow Graph and Block Diagram Models
3.5 Alternative Signal-Flow Graph and Block Diagram Models
3.6 The Transfer Function from the State Equation
3.7 The Time Response and the State Transition Matrix
3.8 Design Examples
3.9 Analysis of State Variable Models Using Control Design Software
3.10 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System
3.11 Summary
Exercises
Problems
Advanced Problems
Design Problems
Computer Problems
Terms and Concepts
CHAPTER 4 Feedback Control System Characteristics
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Error Signal Analysis
4.3 Sensitivity of Control Systems to Parameter Variations
4.4 Disturbance Signals in a Feedback Control System
4.5 Control of the Transient Response
4.6 Steady-State Error
4.7 The Cost of Feedback
4.8 Design Examples
4.9 Control System Characteristics Using Control Design Software
4.10 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System
4.11 Summary
Exercises
Problems
Advanced Problems
Design Problems
Computer Problems
Terms and Concepts
CHAPTER 5 The Performance of Feedback Control Systems
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Test Input Signals
5.3 Performance of Second-Order Systems
5.4 Effects of a Third Pole and a Zero on the Second-Order System Response
5.5 The s-Plane Root Location and the Transient Response
5.6 The Steady-State Error of Feedback Control Systems
5.7 Performance Indices
5.8 The Simplification of Linear Systems
5.9 Design Examples
5.10 System Performance Using Control Design Software
5.11 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System
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CHAPTER 6 The Stability of Linear Feedback Systems
CHAPTER 7 The Root Locus Method
CHAPTER 8 Frequency Response Methods
CHAPTER 9 Stability in the Frequency Domain
CHAPTER 10 The Design of Feedback Control Systems
CHAPTER 11 The Design of State Variable Feedback Systems
CHAPTER 12 Robust Control Systems
CHAPTER 13 Digital Control Systems
APPENDIX A MATLAB Basics
APPENDIX B MathScript Basics
WEB RESOURCES
APPENDIX C Symbols, Units, and Conversion Factors
APPENDIX D Laplace Transform Pairs
APPENDIX E An Introduction to Matrix Algebra
APPENDIX F Decibel Conversion
APPENDIX G Complex Numbers
APPENDIX H z-Transform Pairs Preface
APPENDIX I Discrete-Time Evaluation of the Time Response
References
Index

新版特色:
新增或修改了近30%的课后习题
更新了所有计算机辅助设计示例
彻底更新第2章和第3章,以强调建模模块在整个控制设计流程中的重要性
重写了第4章和第5章,以便更好地做到内容编排合理,**突出,并避免重复
每章新增了有关设计导向的材料。前几章的**在于系统建模,后几章的**在于如何应用本章的概念和知识点进行系统设计。