Nicolae Lobontiu

System Dynamics for Engineering Students

Concepts and Applications

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

System Dynamics for Engineering Students: Concepts and Applications, Third Edition provides a classical approach to system dynamics that is designed for a one-semester course for upper-level undergraduate students. It focuses on mechanical, aerospace, and electrical engineering, featuring examples from compliant mechanisms and MEMS/NEMS. The text aims to offer a robust understanding of system dynamics, helping students grasp both fundamental and complex concepts. The updated edition has been reorganized and updated to enhance the flow for instructors and students. It includes a greater variety of topics, applications, and real-world examples, along with more basic examples and end-of-chapter problems. Additionally, the edition offers comprehensive analysis and design examples, ensuring a well-rounded educational experience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology
• 3. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 800
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm
• ISBN-13: 9780323995825
• ISBN-10: 0323995829
• Artikelnr.: 74880075

Autorenporträt

Nicolae Lobontiu, Ph.D., is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Professor Lobontiu's teaching background includes courses in system dynamics, controls, instrumentation and measurement, mechanics of materials, dynamics, vibrations, finite element analysis, boundary element analysis, and thermal system design.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Laplace transformation
3. Mechanical elements
4. Mechanical systems
5. Electrical systems
6. Fluid and thermal systems
7. Coupled systems
8. State space modeling
9. Transfer function modeling
10. Steady-state and frequency response to harmonic input
11. Block diagrams and feedback control system modeling
12. Stability of feedback control systems
13. Time- and frequency-domain controls of feedback systems
Appendices:
A. Complex numbers
B. Matrix algebra
C. Solutions to linear homogeneous ordinary differential equations and sets
with constant coefficients
D. Basics of Simulink
E. Essentials of system dynamics-related MATLAB
F. Deformations and forces in deformable bars and beams

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Mechanical systems I
Mechanical Systems II
Electrical systems
Thermal and fluid systems
The Laplace Transform
Transfer Function Approach
State-space Approach
Frequency Domain Approach
Coupled-field Systems
Appendix A Solution to Linear Ordinary Homogeneous Differential Equations with Constant Coefficients
Appendix B Review of Matrix Algebra
Appendix C Essentials of Matlab and System Dynamics-related Toolboxes
Appendix D Deformations, Strains and Stresses of Flexible Mechanical Components

Rezensionen

"This is without doubt a text that can be used with relative ease by instructors and students alike, and that would likely serve as a useful and practical reference for many years after graduation, especially given its systematic approach to the essential physical modeling elements. The content is nicely laid out with good quality illustrations and clean lines and achieves an appropriate balance between theoretical derivations and examples." --Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science