Gopal M. Control Systems: Principles and Design

New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., 2008. — 810 p.Preface to the Third Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction to the Control Problem.
Dynamical Systems Modelling and Response: The Transfer Function.
Models of Industrial Control Devices and Systems.
Basic Principles of Feedback and Characteristics of Proportional-Integra-Derivative Modes of Control.
Concepts of Stability and the Routh Stability Criterion.
Perfromance Specifications on System Time Response.
The Root Locus Technique and Compensator Design using Root Locus Plots.
Nyquist/Bode Frequency Response Plots and System Stability.
Performance Specifications of System Frequency Response.
Compensator Design Using Bode Plots.
Digital Control Systems.
Control System Analysis Using Stat Variable Methods.
Control System Design Using State Variable Methods.
Nonlinear Systems Analysis.Answers to Problems.