Written in a student-friendly readable manner, the book, now in its Second Edition, explains the basic fundamentals and concepts of control systems in a clearly understandable form. It is a balanced survey of theory aimed to provide the students with an in-depth insight into system behaviour and control of continuous-time control systems. All the solved and unsolved problems in this book are classroom tested, designed to illustrate the topics in a clear and thorough way.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
• One new chapter on Digital control systems
• Complete answers with figures
• Root locus plots and Nyquist plots redrawn as per MATLAB output
• MATLAB programs at the end of each chapter
• Glossary at the end of chapters
KEY FEATURES
• Includes several fully worked-out examples to help students master the concepts involved.
• Provides short questions with answers at the end of each chapter to help students prepare for exams confidently.
• Offers fill in the blanks and objective type questions with answers at the end of each chapter to quiz students on key learning points.
• Gives chapter-end review questions and problems to assist students in reinforcing their knowledge.
A. ANAND KUMAR, Ph.D., is Advisor to Dean (Academics and Quality), K. L. University, Green Fields, Vaddeswaram, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. Earlier from 2012 to 2017, he served as Principal, College of Engineering KL University, from 2006 to 2011 as Director Sasi Institute of Technology and Engineering, Tadepalligudem, West Godavari District, A.P. From 2000 to 2006 and 2010 to 2011, he served as Principal, Sir C.R. Reddy College of Engineering, Eluru, West Godavari District, A. P. and from 1983 to 2000 as Professor at S. D. M. College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, Karnataka. He has more than four decades of teaching experience. His research interest includes radar signal processing.