Affiliation:
1. Senior Lecturer in Engineering Systems, University of Wolverhampton, UK
Abstract
Digital computer simulation of a continuous control system furnishes the designer with a convenient means of assessing the effects of control strategies and can also provide an independent check on the transient and frequency responses obtained from a theoretical analysis. Although commercial packages are widely available, it is instructive to build an initial simulation using a discrete transfer function representation of the dynamic elements. The bilinear transform can be used to derive a suitable transfer function, with the necessary algebraic manipulations being performed by the computer. The method produces an inherently flexible simulation and is equally applicable to linear and nonlinear systems.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Education