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Mechanical engineering, an engineering
discipline born of the needs of the industrial revolution, is once again
asked to do its substantial share in the call for industrial renewal.
The general call is urgent as we face profound is- sues of productivity
and competitiveness that require engineering solutions, among others.
The Mechanical Engineering Series features graduate texts and research
monographs intended to address the need for information in contemporary
areas of mechanical engineering. The series is conceived as a
comprehensive one that will cover a broad range of concentrations
important to mechanical engineering graduate ed- ucation and research.
We are fortunate to have a distinguished roster of consulting editors,
each an expert in one of the areas of concentration. The names of the
consulting editors are listed on the front page of the volume. The areas
of concentration are applied mechanics, biomechanics, compu- tational
mechanics, dynamic systems and control, energetics, mechanics of
material, processing, thermal science, and tribology.Professor Marshek,
the consulting editor for dynamic systems and con- trol, and I are
pleased to present this volume of the series: Mechatronics:
Electromechanics and Contromechanics by Professor Denny K. Miu. The
selection of this volume underscores again the interest of the
Mechanical Engineering Series to provide our readers with topical
monographs as well as graduate texts.
This book is concerned with electromechanical
systems, particularly the interaction between and the control of the
electrical (electronic) and mechanical components. As electronics is
becoming increasingly important in controlling machines, the problems of
mechanical engineering can be less and less separated from those of
electronic engineering and control engineering. This graduate-level text
fills a gap in the literature by considering these problems from a
unified perspective; it requires only a background in undergraduate
mechanical engineering as a prerequisite. The first part of the book
deals with electromechanical sensors and actuators, beginning with a
review of mechanics and electrodynamics. These fundamentals are then
applied to simple devices such as stepper motors, DC motors, and
piezoelectric devices. Part two focuses on issues involving control, and
begins with a review of classical control theory. Subsequent chapters
discuss computer-controlled electromechanical systems, residual
vibration, and active damping.
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