Bhattacharya S.K. Control Systems Engineering

3Ed. New Age International Publisher, 2013. — 777 p.Control systems engineering is an exciting and challenging field. It is a multidisciplinary
subject. This textbook is meant for the basic course in control systems for the undergraduate
students of electrical, electronics, instrumentation, chemical, mechanical, production, electronics
and aerospace engineering. For this reason, no specific emphasis has been provided for any
particular branch of engineering.
The purpose of writing this book has been to provide students with basics on control
systems engineering which will help them understand the subject with ease, and also prepare
them for the university examination.
The content of the book is based on the curriculum prescribed by different universities in
India. The classical methods of control systems engineering have been thoroughly covered.
Laplace transforms, transfer functions, root locus design, stability analysis, state variable
method, frequency response methods, including Bode, Nyquist, steady-state error for
standard test signals, and so on have been widely dealt with. A complete chapter on design of
control systems with solved examples has been included. A chapter on control components
has also been provided.
In addition to explaining the basic principles in a simplified manner, plenty of examples
and exercises, design problems and MatLAB problems have been provided to help students
understand the subject better. The MatLAB exercises will help students practice computer-
aided design and re-work on some of the design examples.
Plenty of illustrated examples have been included to develop problem-solving skills. The
review questions at the end of each chapter will help in retention of the concepts learnt.
Though an understanding of the subject requires a strong mathematical foundation, the
approach followed has not been from the purely theoretical point of view, but to use mathematical
fundamentals with the ultimate objective of understanding control systems design.