KuTenk 2000 - SCTR284202-An Introductory Guide to the Control of Machinery

by Keith Foster 

1998 (250 pages)

ISBN:9781860580680

Outlining the progression of thought that is necessary to design an agile machine, this unique text alerts readers to practical devices, theoretical ideas and mathematical techniques useful in such designs.

An Introductory Guide to the Control of Machinery

Series Editor's Foreword

Author's Preface

Chapter 1

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Introduction

Chapter 2

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Independent Drives

Chapter 3

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Digital Control Systems

Chapter 4

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Programmable Systems

Chapter 5

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The Control of Distributed Actuators

Chapter 6

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Measuring and Correcting

Chapter 7

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Specifying and Improving Performance

Chapter 8

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Formulating Equations for the Computer

Chapter 9

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System Parameters, Controller Implementation and Self-tuning

Appendix A

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Power Rate

Appendix B

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The Operational Amplifier

Appendix C

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A Comparison of the Equations of Motion of Electric and Hydraulic Drives

Appendix D

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Rules for Plotting the Root Locus

Appendix E

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Auto-correlation and Cross-correlation to Obtain System Parameters