Dynamic Systems

Bingen 'Ben' Yang is Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California, where he has taught for more than three decades. Being an active researcher, he has more than 230 publications in the areas of structures, dynamics, vibrations, controls, and mechanics. His current research interest lies in modeling, analysis, control and design of flexible structures, electromechanical systems, and computational methods for problems in engineering applications. A fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dr. Yang received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Inna Abramova is a senior lecturer of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California, where she has taught for seven years. Her research interests lie in the areas of dynamics and controls, with emphasis on collaborative operations of autonomous agents. Dr. Abramova received her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Fundamentals of mathematics; 3. Mechanical systems; 4. Electrical systems; 5. Thermal and fluid systems; 6. Combined systems and system modeling techniques; 7. System response analysis; 8. Introduction to feedback control systems; 9. Application problems; Appendix A. Units; Appendix B. MATLAB/Simulink basics; Appendix C. Wolfram Mathematica basics; Index.

'A good teaching reference, particularly for new faculty in this area. Certainly, the book is also good for students as it contains lots of sample codes in MATLAB and Mathematica.' Jian-qiao Sun, University of California, Merced