Mellodge Publishes Book on Dynamical Systems for
Engineers
Patricia Mellodge, associate
professor of electrical and computer engineering in CETA, has had her latest
book published, A Practical Approach to Dynamical Systems for Engineers,
by Woodhead Publishing, November 2015.
Mellodge's third book takes the
abstract mathematical concepts behind dynamical systems and applies them to
real-world systems, such as a car traveling down the road, the ripples caused
by throwing a pebble into a pond, and a clock pendulum swinging back and forth.
Topics covered include modeling systems using differential equations, transfer
functions, state-space representation, Hamiltonian systems, stability and
equilibrium, and nonlinear system characteristics with examples including
chaos, bifurcation, and limit cycles. MATLAB and Simulink are used throughout
to apply the analysis methods and illustrate the ideas.
Applications in engineering are used
to show the adoption of dynamical system analytical methods. Examples are
provided on the dynamics of automobiles, aircraft, and human balance, among
others, with an emphasis on physical engineering systems.
Mellodge's previous books are:
P. Mellodge and P. Kachroo, Model Abstraction in Dynamical Systems:
Application to Mobile Robot Control, Springer, October 2008; and P. Kachroo
and P. Mellodge, Mobile Robotic Car Design, McGraw-Hill, August 2004.
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