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Control systems / W. Bolton.

By: Bolton, W. (William), 1933-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford ; Boston : Newnes, 2002Description: ix, 181 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0750654619; 9780750654616.Subject(s): Automatic control | Transport technology & trades | Engineering: general | Mechanical engineering | Automatic control engineering | Calculus & mathematical analysis | Maths for engineersDDC classification: 629.8 | 629.8 BOL Summary: In this textbook, Bill Bolton introduces the key methods and maths of control engineering through examples and applications firmly grounded in practical engineering contexts.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Working through this student-centred text readers will be brought up to speed with the modelling of control systems using Laplace, and given a solid grounding of the pivotal role of control systems across the spectrum of modern engineering. A clear, readable text is supported by numerous worked example and problems.

Includes index.

In this textbook, Bill Bolton introduces the key methods and maths of control engineering through examples and applications firmly grounded in practical engineering contexts.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Control systems
  • System models
  • System response
  • System parameters
  • Frequency response
  • Nyquist diagrams
  • Controllers
  • Appendices
  • Answers
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Former Lecturer at Buckingham Chilterns University College, High Wycombe, UK, and now retired, William Bolton has worked in industry and academia as a senior lecturer in a college of technology, a member of the Nuffield Advanced Physics team, an adviser to a British government aid project in Brazil on technical education, as a UNESCO consultant in Argentina and Thailand, and as Head of Research and Development at the Business and Technician Education Council. He has written many engineering textbooks, including Mechatronics, 4th ed., Engineering Science, 5th ed., Higher Engineering Science, 2nd ed., Mechanical Science, 3rd ed., and Instrumentation and Control Systems.