Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- A method for establishing a first order differential equation set for electro-mechanical systems
- In
- Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Transactions
- Imprint
- vol. EM5, Nov 1963, pp. 53-
- Description
[This paper was awarded the R. J. N. Franki Prize 1964]
- Abstract
Most of the advanced theory of automatic control systems assumes that a set of first order differential equations exist to describe the performance of the system. The steps involved in obtaining such a set of equations starting from a physical description of the system are given and are carried out for a mechanical and an electro-mechanical system. The similarity between the basic topological steps for mechanical and electrical systems is noted and a general rule for the topological treatment of any system is given. Comments are made about non-linear circuits and constraints which may be imposed on the behaviour of the system.
