Publisher's Synopsis
This is a good book to read for technicians after you have been in the field for a while to transition from being equipment-oriented to system-oriented. The author's framework and modeling approach are practical and are a good first step into the rough waters of trying to model problems in the industry.
This guidebook goes right to the heart of engineering, teaching you how to:
- Understand and use the three basic types of engineering building blocks
- Recognize the analogies that can be drawn between the fundamental elements of electrical, mechanical, fluid, and thermal systems
- Develop math models for first- and higher-order systems using four fundamental methods
- Analyze the models you develop
- Perform frequency analysis and plot frequency responses
