| Introduction to Dynamics and Control in Mechanical Engineering Systems | To | March 2016 |
| Fundamentals of Mechanical Vibrations | Cai | May 2016 |
| Nonlinear Regression Modeling for Engineering Applications: Modeling, Model Validation, and Enabling Design of Experiments | Rhinehart | August 2016 |
This Work is a co-publication between ASME Press and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
This edition first published 2016
© 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Registered Office
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom
For details of our global editorial offices, for customer services and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website at www.wiley.com.
The right of the author to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher.
Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books.
Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book.
Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. It is sold on the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services and neither the publisher nor the author shall be liable for damages arising herefrom. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data applied for.
ISBN: 9781118934920
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
To my uncle
Mei Chang Cai (a.k.a. Muljanto Tjokro)
The Wiley-ASME Press Series in Mechanical Engineering brings together two established leaders in mechanical engineering publishing to deliver high-quality, peer-reviewed books covering topics of current interest to engineers and researchers worldwide.
The series publishes across the breadth of mechanical engineering, comprising research, design and development, and manufacturing. It includes monographs, references and course texts.
Prospective topics include emerging and advanced technologies in Engineering Design; Computer-Aided Design; Energy Conversion & Resources; Heat Transfer; Manufacturing & Processing; Systems & Devices; Renewable Energy; Robotics; and Biotechnology.
It is understood that there are many excellent books on system dynamics, control theory, and control engineering. However, the lengths of the majority of these books are of the order of six or seven hundred pages or more. There are, however, very few books that cover sufficient material and are limited to around 300 pages. The present book is aimed at addressing the balance. While it is more concise than those longer books, it does include many detailed steps in the example solutions. The author does believe that the detailed steps in the example solutions are essential in a first course textbook.
This book is based on lecture notes that have been developed and used by the author since 1986. These lecture notes have been employed in courses such as Mechanical Control and Process Control, as well as Dynamics and Control. The first two courses were taught by the author at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada while the third course has been given by the author at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, since 1996. All three courses have primarily been taken by junior undergraduates with majors in mechanical engineering and chemical engineering. Therefore, the subject matter dealt with in this book covers material for a first course of three credit hours per semester in system dynamics or control engineering. For a course in Mechanical Control or Process Control the material in the entire book, except the second half of Chapter 4, has been used. For a course in Dynamics and Control the material in the entire book except Chapter 11 has been covered. For a four credit hour course, the component of laboratory experiments has been omitted from the present book for two main reasons. First, the inclusion of the laboratory experiments is not feasible in the sense that its inclusion would increase drastically the length of the book. Second, nowadays many laboratory experiments are computer-aided in the sense that major software is required. Exclusion of laboratory experiments in the present book provides freedom for the instructors to select a particular software and allows them to tailor the design of their experiments to the availability of laboratory instrumentation in a particular department or engineering environment.
Under normal conditions, it is expected that the students using the present book have already taken courses in their sophomore year. These courses include linear algebra and matrix theory, a second course in mathematics with Laplace transformation, and engineering dynamics. In addition, students are expected to be able to use MATLAB, which is introduced during their first year or first semester of their sophomore year.
Many figures in Chapters 3–10 were drawn by Professor Jing Sun of Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China. Professor Sun was a senior visiting scholar at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, during the academic year 2012 to 2013. The author is grateful for Professor Sun’s kindness in preparing these figures. Specifically, the latter are: Figures 3.2–3.4; Figures 4.4–4.7, 4.9, 4.11–4.13; Figures 5.1–5.4; Figures 6.1–6.3; Figures 7.2 and 7.3; Figures 8.1–8.9; Figures 9.1, 9.2, 9.4–9.8; and Figure 10.1.
Finally, the author would like to express his sincere thanks to Paul Petralia, Senior Editor, Clive Lawson, Project Editor, Anne Hunt, Associate Commissioning Editor, and their team members for their assistance and effort in the production of this book.