| Nonlinear Control and Analytical Mechanics: A Computational Approach 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Kwatny, Harry G. (Author), Blankenship, Gilmer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0817641475 ISBN-13: 9780817641474 Publisher: Birkhauser OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2000 Annotation: Nonlinear control and analytical mechanics come together in areas such as space systems design, robotics, vehicle design, and biomechanics. This easily accessible book gives an integrated treatment of non-linear control and analytical mechanics, highlighting the computational infrastructure common to both areas. The authors introduce computer algebra tools that facilitate model building, systems design and code generation, and present many illustrative examples. The accompanying CD-ROM includes symbolic computation tools developed by the authors as well as Mathematica notebooks that illustrate the problems. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Engineering (general) - Technology & Engineering | Robotics - Computers | Mathematical & Statistical Software |
| Dewey: 629.8 |
| LCCN: 00-39793 |
| Series: Control Engineering |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.32" W x 9.42" (1.47 lbs) 317 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During the past decade we have had to confront a series of control design prob- lems - involving, primarily, multibody electro-mechanical systems - in which nonlinearity plays an essential role. Fortunately, the geometric theory of non- linear control system analysis progressed substantially during the 1980s and 90s, providing crucial conceptual tools that addressed many of our needs. However, as any control systems engineer can attest, issues of modeling, computation, and implementation quickly become the dominant concerns in practice. The prob- lems of interest to us present unique challenges because of the need to build and manipulate complex mathematical models for both the plant and controller. As a result, along with colleagues and students, we set out to develop computer algebra tools to facilitate model building, nonlinear control system design, and code generation, the latter for both numerical simulation and real time con- an outgrowth of that continuing effort. As trol implementation. This book is a result, the unique features of the book includes an integrated treatment of nonlinear control and analytical mechanics and a set of symbolic computing software tools for modeling and control system design. By simultaneously considering both mechanics and control we achieve a fuller appreciation of the underlying geometric ideas and constructions that are common to both. Control theory has had a fruitful association with analytical mechanics from its birth in the late 19th century. |