Fundamentals of Modeling and Analyzing Engineering Systems
Fundamentals of Modeling and Analyzing Engineering Systems
James J. Rosenberg, Harvey Mudd College, California
Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College, California
CAD$144.95
System modeling and analysis is a standard activity in every engineering discipline. This text offers a broad-based introduction to engineering systems, incorporating material from mechanical, electrical, aerospace, and chemical engineering. The overall theme that distinguishes the text from others is its unified treatment of disparate physical systems, emphasizing similarities in both the modeling and behaviour of lumped-element systems. Linear graph theory provides the framework for modeling engineering systems as lumped elements. The analysis of system dynamics that follows is organized by behavioral characteristics rather than by engineering subdisciplines. Next, the Laplace transform is introduced as a tool for understanding frequency response. The final chapter covers feedback systems. Every chapter includes a wide variety of examples, as well as exercise problems, drawn from real-world mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, chemical, and thermal systems. Aimed at second and third year undergraduates, this introductory text offers a unified entry to the multidisciplinary world of engineering.
- Unified treatment emphasizes the common features of system modeling and analysis in all engineering disciplines
- Writing is clear and concise, amplified with lots of real-world examples
- Introduces feedback systems at a level accessible to beginning engineering students
Reviews & endorsements
"Good coverage of materials...suitable for electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and systems engineering courses...good style of presentation...price is right." Professor Manohar Das, Oakland University
"...this book can be successfully used as an introductory textbook for the new engineering student that seeks to gain some understanding of the field of engineering system modeling and characterization." Applied Mechanics Reviews
"The presentation of the material is very clear; it is both mathematically rigorous and well illustrated with schematics." Engineering Structure 2001
Product details
April 2000Paperback
9780521594639
488 pages
255 × 204 × 31 mm
1.138kg
304 b/w illus. 6 tables
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Fundamental concepts in mathematical modeling
- 2. Lumped-element modeling
- 3. Generalizing lumped-element modeling
- 4. First-order system models
- 5. Second-order models of systems
- 6. Laplace transform
- 7. Frequency response of linear, time-invariant systems
- 8. State space formulations of systems problems
- 9. Relating the time domain, frequency domain, and state space
- 10. Feedback systems.
