System Dynamics for Engineering Students

Takes a classical approach to system dynamics and rearranges it into a more logical teaching progression. Has a balanced coverage of the main field systems (mechanical, electrical/electromagnetic, thermal and fluid/pneumatic), and is the first system dynamics textbook to include extensive examples from the relatively new application areas of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and compliant (flexible) mechanical devices. The author has extensive teaching and research experience in the field of MEMS/NEMS, and provides unique coverage of couple-field problems and offers more ancillary instructor support than any other system dynamics text.

System Dynamics is an engineering discipline in which students learn how to create and analyze mathematical models of dynamic mechanical, electrical/electromagnetic, thermal and fluid/pneumatic systems. Following a classical approach to system dynamics, this book covers the field systems (mechanical, electrical, thermal and fluid/pneumatic).

Autorentext

Nicolae Lobontiu, Ph.D is associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Alaska Anchorage. His teaching background has run the gamut of mechanical engineering, including: system dynamics, controls, instrumentation and measurement, mechanics of materials, dynamics, vibrations, finite element analysis, boundary element analysis, and thermal system design. Professor Lobontiu's research interests for the last decade have focused on compliant mechanisms (mechanical devices which move by elastic deformation of their flexible joints) and micro/nano electromechanical systems. He has authored four books and 20 peer-reviewed journal papers on the aforementioned research topics.

Zusammenfassung
"This is without doubt a text that can be used with relative ease by instructors and students alike, and that would likely serve as a useful and practical reference for many years after graduation, especially given its systematic approach to the essential physical modeling elements. The content is nicely laid out with good quality illustrations and clean lines and achieves an appropriate balance between theoretical derivations and examples." --Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Inhalt
Mechanical systems I
Mechanical Systems II
Electrical systems
Thermal and fluid systems
The Laplace Transform
Transfer Function Approach
State-space Approach
Frequency Domain Approach
Coupled-field Systems
Appendix A Solution to Linear Ordinary Homogeneous Differential Equations with Constant Coefficients
Appendix B Review of Matrix Algebra
Appendix C Essentials of Matlab and System Dynamics-related Toolboxes
Appendix D Deformations, Strains and Stresses of Flexible Mechanical Components