Application of dimensional analysis in systems modeling and control design / Pedro Balaguer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balaguer, Pedro.

Series:

IET Control Engineering Series; Series

IET control engineering series ; 90

IET control engineering series Application of dimensional analysis in systems modeling and control design

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dimensional analysis.

Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Application of Dimensional Analysis in Systems Modeling and Control Design provides an introduction to the fundamentals of dimensional analysis for control engineers.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 - Introduction

1.1 - What is dimensional analysis?

1.2 - What is dimensional similarity?

1.3 - Application of dimensional analysis to science in general

1.4 - Application of dimensional analysis to control problems

1.5 - Book contents

Chapter 2 - Dimensional analysis and dimensional similarity

2.1 - Physical quantities, units, and dimensions

2.2 - Systems of units: dependence and independence of dimensions

2.3 - Buckingham pi theorem

2.4 - Matrix approach for finding the dimensionless numbers

2.5 - Dimensional similarity

2.6 - Exercises

References

Chapter 3 - Dynamical systems: dimensionless representation

3.1 - Introduction

3.2 - Transfer function dimensionless representation

3.3 - State space dimensionless representation

3.4 - Comparison between transfer function and state space dimensionless representation

3.5 - Discrete time models dimensionless representation

3.6 - Exercises

4 - Dynamical systems: dimensional similarity

4.1 - Introduction

4.2 - Continuous time dynamical systems similarity

4.3 - Discrete time dynamical system similarity

4.4 - Exercises

Chapter 5 - Dimensionless systems identification and model order reduction

5.1 - Introduction

5.2 - General procedure

5.3 - Example 1: Second order inverse response model identification

5.4 - Example 2: Reduced effective transfer function reduction for PID decentralized control

Chapter 6 - Homogeneity of PID tuning rules

6.1 - Introduction

6.2 - Homogeneous PID tuning rules

6.3 - Closed loop transfer functions

6.4 - Optimality of homogeneous tuning rules

6.5 - Homogeneous and nonhomogeneous tuning rules

Chapter 7 - Dimensionless PID tuning rules comparison

7.1 - Introduction.

7.2 - Elements of the comparative framework

7.3 - Dimensionless comparative framework

7.4 - Dimensionless elements

7.5 - Application example

7.6 - PID tuning rules selection

Chapter 8 - Control of dimensionally similar systems

8.1 - Introduction

8.2 - Control of dimensionally similar systems

8.3 - Complete similarity

8.4 - Partial similarity

8.5 - Experimental case study

Chapter 9 - Adaptive systems

9.1 - Introduction

9.2 - Actuator limitations and dimensionally similar model reference

9.3 - SMRAC for first order plants

9.4 - SMRAC for arbitrary order plants

9.5 - Application example

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-84919-622-2

OCLC:

854809986