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Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems, 3rd Edition

Charles M. Close, Dean K. Frederick, Jonathan C. Newell

ISBN: 978-0-471-39442-6

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592 pages

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A unified approach to the modeling of physical systems -- always identifies the element laws and interconnection laws. This approach makes learning new systems easier because the nature of the information to be learned is already known from previous systems studied. Engineering practice rarely involves a single discipline, and familiarity with other disciplines makes it easier to work with engineers from a different discipline. This approach prepares students for the fact that real-life systems usually include features/components from many of the traditional disciplines.
Teaches by example. Many concepts are more difficult to explain in the abstract than to simply present an example or two, and then articulate the general rule. Teaching by example is supported by more that 160 worked out examples embedded in the expository material of the text. Theoretical concepts are made concrete by example as soon as they are introduced. This can be seen in chapter 2, where there are eleven examples dealing with translational mechanical systems.
Extensive use of MATLAB and Simulink. Simulink allows the response to be studied without having to perform an analytical solution to the modeling equations. Later, when introducing the design of feedback systems, MATLAB is used to explore different design alternatives. They point out where design choices are required and show how to use the computer tools to help make such choices. For the student, realistic problems can be easily solved to provide results that promote better understanding of the system being modeled.