Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-560) and index.
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An introductory example -- The Laplace Transform -- Inversion by Partial Fractions -- Further Properties of Transforms -- Response of First-Order Systems -- Physical Examples of First-Order Systems -- Response of First-Order Systems in Series -- Higher-Order Systems Second-Order and Transportation Lag -- The Control System -- Controllers and Final Control Elements -- Block Diagram of a Chemical-Reactor Control System -- Closed-Loop Transfer Functions -- Transient Response of Simple Control Systems -- Stability -- Root -- Introduction to Frequency Response -- Control System Design by Frequency Response -- Advanced Control Strategies -- Controller Tuning and Process Identification -- Control Valves -- Theoretical Analysis of Complex Processes -- Sampling and Z-transforms. -- Open-loop and Closed-loop Response -- Stability -- Modified Z-transforms -- Sampled-Data Control of a First Order Process with Transport Lag -- 27 Design of Sampled-data Controllers -- State Space Representation of Physical Systems -- Transfer Function Matrix -- Multivariable Control Part VIII Nonlinear Control -- Examples of Nonlinear Systems -- Methods of Phase Plane Analysis -- The Describing Function Method -- Digital Computer Simulation of Control Systems -- Microprocessor-Based Controllers and Distributed Control.
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A text intended for a course in Process Dynamics and Control or Advanced Control offered at undergraduate level, beginning with a presentation of open-loop systems and continuing on to the more interesting responses of open-loop systems.