System Dynamics - 4th Edition


A course in system dynamics that deals with mathematical modeling and response analyses of dynamic systems is required in most mechanical and other engineering curricula. This book is written as a textbook for such a course. It is written at the junior level and presents a comprehensive treatment of modeling and analyses of

dynamic systems and an introduction to control systems. Prerequisites for studying this book are first courses in linear algebra, intro-

ductory differential equations, introductory vector-matrix analysis, mechanics, cir-

cuit analysis, and thermodynamics. Thermodynamics may be studied simultaneously.

Main revisions made in this edition are to shift the state space approach to modeling dynamic systems to Chapter 5, right next to the transfer function approach to modeling dynamic systems, and to add numerous examples for modeling and response analyses of dynamic systems. All plottings of response curves are done with MATLAB. Detailed MATLAB programs are provided for MATLAB works pre-

sented in this book.





This text is organized into 11 chapters and four appendixes. Chapter 1 presents an introduction to system dynamics. Chapter 2 deals with Laplace transforms of commonly encountered time functions and some theorems on Laplace transform that are useful in analyzing dynamic systems. Chapter 3 discusses details of mechan-

ical elements and simple mechanical systems. This chapter includes introductory dis-

cussions of work, energy, and power.

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