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Book SynopsisDiscontinuously working elements (on-off controls) are widely used in automatic control systems. From an engineering point of view they are attractive because they are nearly always Simpler, more rugged, and cheaper to build than continuous controls. But prediction of their effects in the controlled system is sometimes so complicated that engineers
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. v*CONTENTS, pg. vii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*1. THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION OF MOTION, pg. 9*2. DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTROLLING MECHANISM, pg. 10*3. THE SOLUTION OF THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION OF MOTION AND ITS CONTINUITY QUALITIES, pg. 18*4. COMPLETE THEORY OF THE MOTION WITH POSITION CONTROL, pg. 23*5. COMPLETE THEORY OF THE MOTION WITH VELOCITY CONTROL, pg. 53*6. EFFECTS UPON MOTION WITH POSITION CONTROL, pg. 87*7. EFFECTS UPON MOTION WITH VELOCITY CONTROL, pg. 111*8. THE LONGITUDINAL MOTION OF A MISSILE, pg. 123*APPENDIX I. TABLE VII AND VIII, pg. 161*APPENDIX II. CONSTRUCTION OF LOGARITHMIC SPIRALS BY AN APPROXIMATE METHOD, pg. 163*INDEX, pg. 167
