CHAPTER 1

Introduction

CHAPTER 2

Dynamic Response and the Laplace Transform Method

CHAPTER 3

Modeling of Rigid-Body Mechanical Systems

CHAPTER 4

Spring and Damper Elements in Mechanical Systems

CHAPTER 5

Block Diagrams, State-Variable Models, and Simulation Methods

CHAPTER 6

Electrical and Electromechanical Systems

CHAPTER 7

Fluid and Thermal Systems

CHAPTER 8

System Analysis in the Time Domain

CHAPTER 9

System Analysis in the Frequency Domain

CHAPTER 10

Introduction to Feedback Control Systems

CHAPTER 11

Control System Design and the Root Locus Plot

CHAPTER 12

Compensator Design and the Bode Plot

CHAPTER 13

Vibration Applications

APPENDICES

A. Guide to Selected MATLAB Commands and Functions

B. Fourier Series

C. Developing Models from Data

D. Introduction to MATLAB

E. Numerical Methods