03683nam a22004935i 4500 978-1-4471-2149-7 DE-He213 20140220083234.0 cr nn 008mamaa 120101s2012 xxk| s |||| 0|eng d 9781447121497 978-1-4471-2149-7 10.1007/978-1-4471-2149-7 doi TJ212-225 TJFM bicssc TEC004000 bisacsh 629.8 23 Nassirharand, Amir. author. Computer-aided Nonlinear Control System Design [electronic resource] : Using Describing Function Models / by Amir Nassirharand. London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012. XIII, 180p. 138 illus., 3 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Introduction -- Frequency Domain Modeling -- Single-range Controller Design -- Dual-range Controller Design -- Multi-range Controller -- Advanced Topics -- Appendices: H-infinity Control; Sliding-mode Control. A systematic computer-aided approach provides a versatile setting for the control engineer to overcome the complications of controller design for highly nonlinear systems. Computer-aided Nonlinear Control System Design provides such an approach based on the use of describing functions. The text deals with a large class of nonlinear systems without restrictions on the system order, the number of inputs and/or outputs or the number, type or arrangement of nonlinear terms. The strongly software-oriented methods detailed facilitate fulfillment of tight performance requirements and help the designer to think in purely nonlinear terms, avoiding the expedient of linearization which can impose substantial and unrealistic model limitations and drive up the cost of the final product. Design procedures are presented in a step-by-step algorithmic format each step being a functional unit with outputs that drive the other steps. This procedure may be easily implemented on a digital computer with example problems from mechatronic and aerospace design being used to demonstrate the techniques discussed. The author’s commercial MATLAB®-based environment, available separately from insert URL here, can be used to create simulations showing the results of using the computer-aided control system design ideas characterized in the text. Academic researchers and graduate students studying nonlinear control systems and control engineers dealing with nonlinear plant, particularly mechatronic or aerospace systems will find Computer-aided Nonlinear Control System Design to be of great practical assistance adding to their toolbox of techniques for dealing with system nonlinearities. A basic knowledge of calculus, nonlinear analysis and software engineering will enable the reader to get the best from this book. Engineering. Chemical engineering. Computer aided design. Astronautics. Engineering. Control. Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design. Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering. Mechatronics. Automotive Engineering. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. SpringerLink (Online service) Springer eBooks Printed edition: 9781447121480 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2149-7 ZDB-2-ENG 100615 100615