System Dynamics: Modeling, Simulation, and Response

System Dynamics covers linearity-based modeling techniques before delving into nonlinear systems. It compares the Bond Graph technique against traditional techniques (Newton’s law, Kirchhoff’s law, the law of the conservation of energy, and the heat transfer law).

Presenting transient response analyses of first- and second-order systems subjected to various inputs, the book provides a thorough discussion of computational analyses of transient responses using MATLAB(R)/Simulink and 20-sim software. It introduces the Lagrangian method and its application in handling mechanical and electrical systems. The book reviews the classical method for solving differential equations and includes Laplace Transforms.

The book is intended for upper-level undergraduate mechanical and aerospace engineering students taking System Dynamics courses.

Instructors will be able to utilize a Solutions Manual and Figure Slides for their course.

Osama Gad received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1997. He is a lecturer at Kuwait University College of Engineering and Petroleum, Mechanical Engineering Department and has almost 40 years of experience as an instructor and teaching assistant in Mechanical Engineering, namely in dynamics, system dynamics, theory of machines, vibrations, and control. He has written numerous articles for reputed journals.