Control Systems: Three Basic Representations

Power amplification

Dennis Papin

Understanding and controlling segments of the environment

<p>Differential equation model of a governor</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An arrangement of physical components forming an entirety or whole</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Regulate, direct, or command</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mathematical models, block diagrams, signal flow graphs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When quantitative relationships are required</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Impulses, steps, ramps, parabolas, sinusoids</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transforms a problem from the time domain to the s-domain</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ratio of output Laplace transform to input Laplace transform with zero initial condition</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transforms from s-domain to time domain</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Design by analysis is accomplished by modifying the characteristics of an existing or standard system configuration.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Design by analysis involves modifying an existing system configuration, while design by synthesis directly defines the form of the system from its specifications.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Analysis in control systems engineering is the investigation of the properties of an existing system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The design problem involves the choice and arrangement of system components to perform a specific task.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The two methods for design are design by analysis and design by synthesis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Continuous-time control systems contain or process only continuous-time (analog) signals and components.</p> Signup and view all the answers