Marine Systems Identification, Modeling and Control

A concise and practical guide to control systems for marine engineering students and professionals, with marine control examples and applications throughout

Tony Roskilly (Author), Rikard Mikalsen (Author)

9780080999968, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 9 March 2015

190 pages, 200 illustrations
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.3 cm, 0.28 kg

Marine Systems Identification, Modeling and Control is a concise, stand-alone resource covering the theory and practice of dynamic systems and control for marine engineering students and professionals. Developed from a distance learning CPD course on marine control taught by the authors, the book presents the essentials of the subject, including system representation and transfer, feedback control and closed loop stability. Simulation code and worked examples are provided for both Scilab and MATLAB, making it suitable for both those without access to expensive software and those using MATLAB in a professional setting. This title considers the key topics without superfluous detail and is illustrated with marine industry examples.

1. Introduction
2. System representation in the time domain
3. System transfer functions
4. Feedback control
5. Closed loop stability
6. Frequency domain analysis
7. System realities and practice
Appendix A. Modeling dynamic systems in Scilab
Appendix B. Mathematics background
Appendix C. Laplace transforms table

Subject Areas: Marine engineering [TTS], Ship design & naval architecture [TRLD], Automatic control engineering [TJFM]