1st Edition

Mechatronics An Integrated Approach

By Clarence W. de Silva Copyright 2005
    1348 Pages 699 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    While most books on the subject present material only on sensors and actuators, hardware and simulation, or modeling and control, Mechatronics: An Integrated Approach presents all of these topics in a single, unified volume from which users with a variety of engineering backgrounds can benefit. The integrated approach emphasizes the design and instrumentation of mechatronic systems.

    A versatile text that spans several courses in mechatronics, the book offers a strong foundation in such core subjects as dynamic system modeling, electronic components and analysis, mechanical components and analysis, robotics, sensors/transducers and instrumentation, stepper motors, dc and ac motors and drives, hydraulic and pneumatic actuators, fluidics, automatic control, digital processing and hardware, communication and interfacing, software tools, design, and prototyping. Appendices provide additional background on Laplace and Fourier transform techniques, and software tools including MATLABÒ, SIMULINKÒ, and LabVIEWÒ. The book emphasizes practical situations and applications with numerous worked examples, problems, and exercises. An entire chapter is devoted to practical case studies.

    Mechatronics: An Integrated Approach seamlessly incorporates advanced theory and concepts, various considerations of practical applications including tools, instrumentation, design issues, automatic control, and industrial techniques using a reader-friendly, snapshot style that is ideal for students with a basic engineering background

    Table of

    MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING
    Mechatronic Systems
    Study of Mechatronics
    References and Further Reading

    DYNAMIC MODELS AND ANALOGIES
    Terminology
    Analogies
    State-Space Representation
    Model Linearization
    Linear Graphs
    State Models From Linear Graphs
    Electrical Systems
    Fluid Systems
    Thermal Systems
    Bond Graphs
    Transfer-Function Models
    Frequency Domain Models
    Response Analysis And Simulation

    MECHANICAL COMPONENTS AND ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS
    Mechanical Components
    Transmission Components
    Robotic Manipulators
    Robotic Grippers

    COMPONENT INTERCONNECTION AND SIGNAL CONDITIONING
    Component Interconnection
    Impedance Characteristics
    Amplifiers
    Analog Filters
    Modulators and Demodulators
    Analog-Digital Conversion
    Bridge Circuits
    Linearizing Devices
    Miscellaneous Signal Modification Circuitry
    Signal Analyzers And Display Devices


    PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION AND ANALYSIS
    Parameters For Performance Specification
    Linearity
    Instrument Ratings
    Bandwidth Design
    Instrument Error Analysis
    Statistical Process Control

    ANALOG SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS
    Terminology
    Motion Transducers
    Variable-Inductance Transducers
    Permanent-Magnet Transducers
    Variable-Capacitance Transducers
    Piezoelectric Sensors
    Effort Sensors
    Strain Gages
    Torque Sensors
    Tactile Sensing
    Gyroscopic Sensors
    Optical Sensors and Lasers
    Ultrasonic Sensors
    Thermo-Fluid Sensors
    Other Types of Sensors

    DIGITAL TRANSDUCERS
    Advantages Of Digital Transducers
    Shaft Encoders
    Incremental Optical Encoders
    Absolute Optical Encoders
    Encoder Error
    Miscellaneous Digital Transducers

    STEPPER MOTORS
    Principle of Operation
    Stepper Motor Classification
    Driver And Controller
    Torque Motion Characteristics
    Damping of Stepper Motors
    Stepping Motor Models
    Control of Stepper Motors
    Stepper Motor Selection and Applications

    CONTINUOUS-DRIVE ACTUATORS
    DC Motors
    DC Motor Equations
    Control of DC Motors
    Motor Driver
    DC Motor Selection
    Induction Motors
    Induction Motor Control
    Synchronous Motors
    Linear Actuators
    Hydraulic Actuators
    Hydraulic Control Systems
    Fluidics

    DIGITAL LOGIC AND HARDWARE
    Number Systems and Codes
    Logic and Boolean Algebra
    Combinational Logic Circuits
    Sequential Logic Devices

    MICROPROCESSORS AND PLCS
    Digital Computer
    Programmable Logic Controllers
    Data Acquisition And Control

    CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Control Engineering
    Control System Performance
    Control Schemes
    Stability and Routh-Hurwitz Criterion
    Root Locus Method
    Frequency Domain Analysis
    Controller Design and Tuning
    Compensator Design in the Frequency Domain
    Controller Tuning
    Design Using Root Locus
    Digital Control

    CASE STUDIES IN MECHATRONICS
    Design of a Mechatronic System
    Robotics Case Study
    Iron Butcher Case Study
    Projects

    Appendix A. Transform Techniques
    Laplace Transform
    Response Analysis
    Transfer Function
    Fourier Transform
    The S-Plane

    Appendix B. Software Tools
    SIMULINKÒ
    STATEFLOW
    MATLABÒ
    Control Systems Toolbox
    LabVIEWÒ

    Index

    Biography

    Clarence W. de Silva