Computer Aided Design in Control and Engineering Systems (eBook)

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Computer Aided Design in Control and Engineering Systems: Advanced Tools for Modern Technology 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
PREFACE 7
PART 1: PLENARY PAPERS 12
CHAPTER 1. EXPERT SYSTEMS TECHNIQUES IN A COMPUTER-BASED CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN ENVIRONMENT 12
INTRODUCTION 12
GENERIC ENVIRONMENT 13
DEVELOPMENT TEAM 14
DETAILS 14
CONCLUSIONS 19
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 19
REFERENCES 19
CHAPTER 2. DECISION AIDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF LARGE NON-JOB SHOP TYPE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS 20
INTRODUCTION 20
HIERARCHIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NON-JOB SHOP TYPE PLANTS 21
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 21
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING 23
PRODUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING 24
CONCLUSIONS 24
REFERENCES 25
PART 2: PANEL DISCUSSION REPORT 26
CHAPTER 3. STANDARDIZATION OF SOFTWARE FOR CACSD 26
INTRODUCTION 26
1. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES 26
2. SIMULATION LANGUAGES 26
3. GENERAL PURPOSE OPERATING SYSTEMS 27
4. GRAPHICAL SOFTWARE 27
5. MODELING AND DESIGN DATA BASES 27
6. USERS INTERFACES 27
7. DATA FORMAT STANDARDIZATION 28
8. INTERFACES TO NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS 28
CONCLUSIONS 28
PART 3: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN IN CONTROL EDUCATION 30
CHAPTER 4. CAD FOR EDUCATION OF DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS 30
INTRODUCTION 30
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DPACS 30
CONTROL EXAMPLES 32
CONCLUSION 33
REFERENCES 33
CHAPTER 5. CAD IN ROBOT CONTROL EDUCATION 34
TOPICS OF THE LECTURE "INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS AND HANDLING DEVICES" 35
LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS 35
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEACH ROBOT 35
LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS 35
TOPICS OF THE LECTURE "INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS AND HANDLING DEVICES" 35
REFERENCES 37
SUMMARY 37
CHAPTER 6. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF CONTROL SYSTEMS, AN INTEGRATED APPROACH 38
INTRODUCTION 38
THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF CACSD 39
THE NEED FOR AN INTEGRATED CACSD-FACILITY 39
REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INTEGRATED CACSD FACILITY 40
REFERENCES 42
CHAPTER 7. CAD IN CONTROL ENGINEERING EDUCATION 44
INTRODUCTION 44
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE KEDDC–PACKAGE 44
SOME FUNDAMENTAL DEMANDS FOR CACSAD-SYSTEMS IN CONTROL EDUCATION 45
THE ROLE OF CACSAD IN THE DIPLOMA-COURSE 45
EXAMPLE OF A TERMINAL SESSION (Schmid, 1985) 47
CONCLUSIONS 48
REFERENCES 48
PART 4: A NEW GENERATION OF CAD SYSTEMS 50
CHAPTER 8. THE INTERACTIVE SYSTEM BLAISE FOR CONTROL ENGINEERING 50
INTRODUCTION 50
SPECIFICATIONS 50
THE BLAISE SYSTEM: MAIN FEATURES 50
CONCLUSION 52
REFERENCES 52
CHAPTER 9. AN INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENT FOR COMPUTER AIDED CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 54
INTRODUCTION 54
THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S ARCHITECTURE 55
MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE 55
ACTION MANAGER 56
DATA MANAGER 56
CONCLUSIONS 57
REFERENCES 57
CHAPTER 10. AN EXPERT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR COPING WITH COMPLEXITY IN COMPUTER-AIDED CONTROL ENGINEERING 58
1. INTRODUCTION 58
2. KNOWLEDGE PARTITIONING 58
3. IMPLEMENTING A STRUCTURED PROCESS 59
4. PROTOCOL FOR COORDINATING SYMBOLIC AND NUMERIC COMPUTATIONS 61
5. CONCLUSION 61
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 62
REFERENCES 62
CHAPTER 11. COMPUTER-AIDED CONTROL ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT FOR NONLINEAR SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 64
1. INTRODUCTION 64
2. A SIMNON-BASED SIDF MODELING PROGRAM 64
3. NONLINEAR CONTROLLER SYNTHESIS PROGRAM (NCSP) 66
4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 68
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 68
REFERENCES 68
PART 5: INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN 70
CHAPTER 12. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS IN JAPAN OF COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN PACKAGES FOR CONTROL SYSTEMS 70
1. Introduction 70
2. CAD packages Used in Japanese Industries 70
3. Present Status of Usage 72
4. Advantages, Problems and Expectations 73
5· Researches 74
6. Conclusion 75
References 75
CHAPTER 13. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS OF COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN PACKAGES FOR CONTROL SYSTEMS: TRENDS AND PRACTICE 76
1. INTRODUCTION 76
2. RESULTS OF THE INQUIRY 76
3. CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL USE OF CACSD 76
4. APPLICATIONS 77
5. CONCLUSION 78
6. REFERENCES 79
CHAPTER 14. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF CAD PACKAGES FOR CONTROL SYSTEMS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 80
1. INTRODUCTION 80
2. APPLICATIONS OF CADCS 80
3. PROSPECT 84
4. REFERENCES 84
CHAPTER 15. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF CONTROL SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 86
1 INTRODUCTION 86
2 TOPICS IN CAD METHODOLOGY 86
3 SURVEY OF CURRENT U.K. WORK 87
4 CONCLUSIONS 89
5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 90
6 REFERENCES 90
CHAPTER 16. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF CAD-PACKAGES FOR CONTROL SYSTEMS IN THE USSR 92
INTRODUCTION 92
CONTROL ALGORITHM DESIGN 92
CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN 93
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF CAD-PACKAGES 94
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF CAD-PACKAGES 94
REFERENCES 95
PART 6: INPUT/OUTPUT COMMUNICATION 98
CHAPTER 17. INTEGRA, AN INPUT TRANSLATION FACILITY FOR COMPUTER AIDED CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 98
INTRODUCTION 98
REQUIREMENTS OF AN INPUT TRANSLATOR 99
INTEGRA 99
DIALOGUE DEFINITION SCHEMA 99
INTEGRA 99
TRANSLATION 101
DIALOGUE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS 102
INTERACTION TOOLS 102
THE APPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENT 103
CONCLUSIONS 103
REFERENCES 103
CHAPTER 18. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND VALIDATION OF INTERACTIVE IMAGES FOR A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM: AN INTEGRATED, DATA-BASE FOUNDED APPROACH 104
INTRODUCTION 104
BASIC PRINCIPLES 104
BASIC SOFWARE IMPLEMENTS 105
THE CAD SYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION 107
CONCLUSION 107
REFERENCES 107
CHAPTER 19. A FLEXIBLE DATA INTERPRETER FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF DYNAMICS SYSTEMS 108
INTRODUCTION 108
ARGOS-A GRAPHICAL OPERATING SYSTEM 109
CONCLUSIONS 110
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS 110
EVALUATION AND REQUIREMENTS 110
CONCLUSIONS 110
REFERENCES 110
CHAPTER 20. AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS ENVIRONMENT FOR CAD OF CONTROL SYSTEMS IN PARAMETER SPACE 114
1. INTRODUCTION 114
2. SUMMARY OF PARAMETER SPACE THEORY 114
3. STRUCTURE OF THE CACSD PACKAGE 115
4 COMPUTER REALIZATION OF THE DESIGN ENVIRONMENT 116
5. DESIGN EXAMPLES 117
6. CONCLUSION 118
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 118
REFERENCES 118
CHAPTER 21. A FLEXIBLE MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE FOR CACSD APPLICATIONS 120
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 120
BASIC COMMAND AND DATA STRUCTURES 120
THE IMPACT COMMAND LANGUAGE 121
MACRO FEATURES IN IMPACT 122
THE USE OF PARALLEL SESSIONS 122
SESSIONS VERSUS MACROS 123
THE QUERY FEATURE 124
QUERY MODE AND USER MACROS 124
SUMMARY 125
REFERENCES 125
PART 7: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF HARDWARE/SOFTWARE SYSTEMS 126
CHAPTER 22. EVALUATION OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN 126
1. INTRODUCTION 126
2. REQUIREMENTS 126
3. COMPUTER CONFIGURATIONS 127
CONCLUSION 130
REFERENCES 130
CHAPTER 23. INTEGRATED COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE/HARDWARE SYSTEMS 132
INTRODUCTION 132
REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INTEGRATED SUPPORT SYSTEM 133
FUNDAMENTALS OF THE ENGINEERING AND PROJECT-MANAGEMENT ORIENTED SUPPORT SYSTEM EPOS 134
REALIZATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INTEGRATED SUPPORT SYSTEM IN EPO 135
USE OF EPOS IN INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS 136
CHAPTER 24. MODELLING SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS ON A FINITE STATE MACHINE 138
INTRODUCTION 138
CODE CONCEPT 139
FSM HIERARCHY 140
RELATED EXPERIENCE 140
CODE AS A SPECIFICATION LANGUAGE 140
FUTURE 141
CONCLUSIONS 141
REFERENCES 141
PART 8: UNIVERSAL CAD PACKAGES 144
CHAPTER 25. SUNS: THE SUSSEX UNIVERSITY NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS SOFTWARE 144
INTRODUCTION 144
USER INTERFACE 144
DF BASED ROUTINES 144
TSYPKIN BASED PROGRAMS FOR CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS 145
APPLICATIONS 146
DISCRETE SYSTEMS 146
CONCLUSIONS 148
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 148
REFERENCES 148
CHAPTER 26. SIRENA +: A VERSATILE INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR SIMULATION, IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL DESIGN 150
INTRODUCTION 150
SIMULATION 150
IDENTIFICATION 151
CONTROL DESIGN TOOLS 152
NUMERICAL, STRUCTURAL AND COMMUNICATION ASPECTS 153
CONCLUSION 154
REFERENCES 154
CHAPTER 27. RECENT ADVANCES IN THE L-A-S SOFTWARE USED IN CAD OF CONTROL SYSTEMS 156
INTRODUCTION 156
L-A-S OPERATOR STATEMENTS 157
USER-DEFINED L-A-S SUBROUTINES 158
CONCLUSION 161
REFERENCES 161
CHAPTER 28. OUTLINE OF A NEW APPROACH TO COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF CONTROL SYSTEMS 162
INTRODUCTION 162
REVIEW OF EXPERT SYSTEMS 162
EXPERT SYSTEMS IN CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN 162
DECESION ANALYSIS IN CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN 164
CONCLUSION 164
REFERENCES 164
CHAPTER 29. CADOCS — COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN ON MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS — METHODS AND THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE 166
INTRODUCTION 166
ON-LINE IDENTIFICATION 166
FEEDBACK CONTROLLERS 167
STATE CONTROLLERS 168
FEEDFORWARD CONTROLLERS 169
THE CADOCS PACKAGE 169
CONCLUSIONS 170
REFERENCES 170
CHAPTER 30. INTERACTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF CONTROLLER AND PLANT PARAMETERS IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLE DESIGN OBJECTIVES 172
INTRODUCTION 172
FORMULATING THE DESIGN PROBLEM 172
SOLUTION OF THE DESIGN PROBLEM 174
APPLICATION 175
SUMMARY 177
REFERENCES 177
CHAPTER 31. SYSLAB: AN INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF LINEAR MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS 178
INTRODUCTION 178
SYSLAB FUNCTIONS 179
THE NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS 181
CONCLUSIONS 181
REFERENCES 181
CHAPTER 32. INTERACTIVE PROGRAM PACKAGE ANA FOR SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND CONTROL DESIGN 184
INTRODUCTION 184
CAPABILITIES OF ANA 185
INTERACTIVE CAPABILITIES 186
PROGRAM ORGANIZATION 186
REFERENCES 188
PART 9: SPECIALISED CAD PACKAGES 190
CHAPTER 33. TDP — A DISTIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS SIMULATOR 190
INTRODUCTION 190
TDP - A DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS SIMULATOR 190
TDP IN AN ATTACHED PROCESSOR 191
EXAMPLES 191
CONCLUSIONS 192
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 192
REFERENCES 192
CHAPTER 34. SELF-TUNING CAD PACKAGE AND ITS APPLICATION 196
1. INTRODUCTION 196
2. CADST PACKAGE 196
3. NUMERICAL CALCULATING EXAMPLE 198
4. THE DESIGN OF THICKNESS REGULATING SYSTEM OF REVERSING COLD ROLLING MILL 199
5. CONCLUSION 201
6. REFERENCES 201
CHAPTER 35. INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC DESIGN OF SIGNAL FLOW DIAGRAMS FOR SIMULATION 202
1. INTRODUCTION 202
2. SIGNAL FLOW DIAGRAM 202
3. THE PROGRAM PACKAGE DOSU 204
REFERENCES 206
CHAPTER 36. A DIGITAL SIMULATION SYSTEM OF LINEAR AND BILINEAR PROCESSES WITH OBSERVERS FOR STATE FEEDBACK CONTROL DESIGN 208
INTRODUCTION 208
SOFTWARE ASPECTS 208
LINEAR AND BILINEAR MODELS 209
LINEAR SYSTEMS CONTROL 210
BILINEAR SYSTEMS CONTROL 210
SIMULATION TECHNIQUES 210
SIMULATION EXAMPLES 211
CONCLUSION AND PROSPECTS 211
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 211
REFERENCES 211
CHAPTER 37. COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF DECENTRALIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS BY DYNAMIC DECOUPLING 214
INTRODUCTION 214
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION AND PROBLEM STATEMENT 214
SENSITIVITY OF SUBSYSTEMS 215
ADDITIONAL CRITERIA AND MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION 215
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE METHOD 216
EXAMPLE 217
CONCLUSION 219
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 219
REFERENCES 219
CHAPTER 38. INTERACTIONS IN DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS IDENTIFICATION 220
INTRODUCTION 220
METHODS AND ALGORITHMS FOR INTER-ACTIVE SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION 220
STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE INTERACTIVE SYSTEM 222
CONCLUSION 223
REFERENCES 224
CHAPTER 39. INTERACTIVE PACKAGE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ELEMENTS OF A CONTROL LOOP 226
INTRODUCTION 226
POSSIBILITIES OF INTER 226
IMPLEMENTATION OF INTER 228
THEORETICAL EXAMPLE 228
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION 228
CONCLUSION 229
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 229
REFERENCES 229
CHAPTER 40. A PROGRAM PACKAGE FOR MULTICRITERIA OPTIMAL DESIGN OF HIERARCHICAL AND DECENTRALIZED LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS 232
INTRODUCTION 232
MULTICRITERIA FORMULATION OF HIERARCHICAL AND DECENTRALIZED LINEAR STATE FEEDBACK CONTROL 233
PROGRAM PACKAGE GENERAL STRUCTURE AND MAIN FACILITIES 234
AN ALGORITHM FOR MULTICRITERIA OPTIMAL DESIGN 234
CONCLUSIONS 236
REFERENCES 236
CHAPTER 41. A CAD PACKAGE FOR MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS PRESENTED BY POLYNOMIAL MATRICES 238
INTRODUCTION 238
DIFFERENTIAL INPUT-OUTPUT RELATIONS 238
COMPOSITIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL INPUT-OUTPUT RELATIONS 238
POLYNOMIAL AND RATIONAL MATRICES 239
ANALYSIS OF INPUT-OUTPUT RELATIONS 239
ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITIONS 240
CAD PACKAGE 241
A NUMERICAL EXAMPLE 242
CONCLUSIONS 243
REFERENCES 243
CHAPTER 42. MAX – A PROGRAM SYSTEM FOR SYMBOLIC MANIPULATION OF POLYNOMIAL MATRICES 244
1. INTRODUCTION 244
2. DESIGN AND STRUCTURE OF MAX 244
3. SYNTAX AND AVAILABLE OPERATIONS 244
4. AN EXAMPLE 246
5. CONCLUSIONS 246
REFERENCES 247
CHAPTER 43. THE FREQUENCY DOMAIN DESIGN OF APPROXIMATELY DECOUPLING AND NORMALIZING COMPENSATORS FOR MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEM 248
REFERENCES 251
PART 10: ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS 254
CHAPTER 44. A DATABASE FOR PROCESS AUTOMATION DESIGN 254
INTRODUCTION 254
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 255
DATABASE OPERATIONS 255
IMPLEMENTATION 256
EXAMPLES 257
CONCLUSIONS 258
CHAPTER 45. COMPUTER AIDED CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN FOR POWER GENERATION PLANT 260
INTRODUCTION 260
DESCRIPTION 260
DATA ACQUISITION 261
DATA CHECKING 261
MODELLING 262
ADAPTIVE CONTROLLER 262
MODEL VERIFICATION 262
CONCLUSIONS 262
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 262
REFERENCES 262
CHAPTER 46. STABO – A PROGRAM PACKAGE FOR DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF STEAM BOILERS 266
INTRODUCTION 266
BACKGROUNDS FOR CALCULATION 266
BASIC NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS 268
ILLUSTRATION OF THE USE OF THE PROGRAM PACKAGE STABO 270
REFERENCES 270
PART 11: ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS 272
CHAPTER 47. DIPOS: A DATABASE FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN IN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS 272
INTRODUCTION 272
ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM EXPANSION PLANNING - THE CAD ENVIRONMENT 272
THE DIPOS DATABASE 273
SYSTEM STRUCTURE AND IMPLEMENTATION 275
CONCLUSIONS 275
REFERENCES 275
CHAPTER 48. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION NETWORK 278
INTRODUCTION 278
THE DATA BASE 278
THE STRUCTURE OF THE SYSTEM 279
CONVERSATION IN THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM 280
SUMMARY 280
REFERENCES 281
CHAPTER 49. COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS 282
INTRODUCTION 282
THE PROBLEM 283
THE MODEL 283
OUTLINS OF THE METHOD 285
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN SYSTEM 286
CASE STUDIES 287
REFERENCES 287
CHAPTER 50. DESIGN AND VERIFICATION OF SEQUENCE CONTROL SYSTEMS WITH TIMED PETRI NETS 288
INTRODUCTION 288
TIMED PETRI NETS 288
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION OF "INDEED" 289
VERIFICATION FOR DESIGN MODIFICATION 292
CONCLUSION 293
REFERENCES 293
PART 12: ELECTRICAL NETWORKS AND ELECTRONICS 294
CHAPTER 51. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS 294
INTRODUCTION 294
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING-CIRCUIT DESIGN 294
FUNCTIONAL DESIGN 296
PHYSICAL DESIGN 297
IC TECHNOLOGY 298
SUMMARY 298
CHAPTER 52. DESIGN AND TUNING OF CONTROLLERS IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER CONTROL 300
INTRODUCTION 300
DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER CONTROL 300
DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS 301
PROCESS SIMULATION AND CHARACTERIZATION 302
CONTROLLER DESIGN 302
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS 303
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 304
REFERENCES 304
PART 13: PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS 1 306
CHAPTER 53. DESIGN OF A CONTROLLER IN AN UNDERGROUND GASIFICATION PLANT 306
INTRODUCTION 306
PLANT DESCRIPTION AND MODELLING 306
DESIGN OF A CONTROLLER 307
OTHER USES OF THE MODEL. CONCLUSIONS 308
REFERENCES 308
CHAPTER 54. SEQUENTIAL DESIGN OF DECENTRALIZED CONTROLLERS WITH IDENTIFICATION AND SELFTUNING CONTROL METHODS 310
1. INTRODUCTION 310
2. SEQUENTIAL IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROLLER DESIGN 310
3. SEQUENTIAL SELFTUNING CONTROL 312
4. CONCLUSION 313
REFERENCES 313
CHAPTER 55. COMPUTER – AIDED DESIGN OF INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION 316
INTRODUCTION 316
COMPUTER-AIDED-LOGIC-DESIGN 319
FUTURE TRENDS IN CAD 319
CONCLUSION 321
REFERENCES 321
CHAPTER 56. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN SYSTEM FOR INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING 322
INTRODUCTION 322
DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM 322
PROGRESS OF THE COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN 323
CONCLUSION 325
REFERENCES 325
CHAPTER 57. COMPUTER-AIDED CONFIGURATION AND START-UP OF PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS 326
INTRODUCTION 326
SYSTEM PLANNING 327
SYSTEM TEST AND SIMULATION 329
SYSTEM INSTALLATION AND START-UP 330
SYSTEM OPERATION 331
REFERENCES 331
PART 14: PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS 2 332
CHAPTER 58. INTERACTIVE TOOL WITH TRANSPARENT REAL TIME SYSTEM SOFTWARE FOR PROCESS CONTROL 332
INTRODUCTION 332
DESCRIPTION OF THE 332
CONCLUSION 335
REFERENCES 335
CHAPTER 59. APPLICATION OF A MULTIVARIABLE ROBUST CONTROLLER DESIGN METHOD TO HARD-COAL PREPARATION 336
I. INTRODUCTION 336
II. THE MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS AND BASIC CONTROL REQUIREMENTS 336
III. STRUCTURE OF THE MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL LOOP 338
V. ROBUST MULTIVARIABLE DESIGN METHOD 338
V. APPLICATION OF THE INTERACTIVE COMPUTER AIDED CONTROLLER DESIGN 340
VI. REALIZED CONTROL LOOP 341
VII. CONCLUSIONS 341
VIII. REFERENCES 341
CHAPTER 60. TOWARDS SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ELEMENTARY TECHNOLOGICAL UNIT DESIGN 342
PROBLEM STATEMENT 342
ELEMENTARY TECHNOLOGICAL UNIT 342
ASSUMPTIONS 343
BASE ALGORITHM - CONTROL SYSTEM 343
STRUCTURE GENERATOR 344
MAIN PARTS OF THE SYSTEM 344
QUALITY COEFFICIENT 346
EXAMPLE 346
WORKING WITH THE SYSTEM 347
CONCLUSION 347
REFERENCES 347
CHAPTER 61. A FLEXIBLE COMPUTER PROGRAMME FOR CALCULATION OF ENERGY AND MATERIAL BALANCES IN A SUGAR FACTORY 348
INTRODUCTION 348
REQUIREMENTS TO THE PROGRAMME 348
THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE SUGAR FACTORY PROGRAMME 349
THE FLOWSHEETING PART 350
THE FLEXIBLE USER/PROGRAMME INTERFACE 350
THE DATA SPECIFICATION PART 350
GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION OF THE CALCULATIONS 351
APPLICATION EXPERIENCE 351
REFERENCES 351
CHAPTER 62. PRACTICAL CAD TOOLS FOR MATHEMATICAL MODELLING 354
ABSTRACT 354
DATA LOGGING SYSTEM 355
APPLICATIONS 356
Conclusions 358
References 358
PART 15: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 360
CHAPTER 63. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF SHIP CONTROL SYSTEMS 360
1. INTRODUCTION 360
2. MATHEMATICAL MODELS 360
3. LINEAR CONTROLLER DESIGN 361
4. PSI 362
5. CONTROLLER DESIGN WITH PSI 362
6. CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS 363
REFERENCES 363
CHAPTER 64. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF ROBUST MULTIVARIABLE STRUCTURE CONTROL SYSTEMS 364
INTRODUCTION 364
SYSTEM DEFINITION 364
SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION 365
HYPERPLANE DESIGN BY DIRECT EIGENVALUE ASSIGNMENT 366
EXAMPLE 367
CONTROLLER DESIGN 368
CONCLUSION 368
REFERENCES 368
CHAPTER 65. COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF SPACECRAFT CONTROL SYSTEMS 370
INTRODUCTION 370
THE KEDDC SYSTEM 371
SPACECRAFT DYNAMICS 372
CONTROL BENCHMARK 373
KEDDC APPLICATION 374
CONCLUSIONS 375
REFERENCES 375
CHAPTER 66. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF VARIABLE STRUCTURE (VSS) CONTROL SYSTEMS 376
INTRODUCTION 376
VARIABLE STRUCTURE CONTROL 377
MODEL - FOLLOWING CONTROL SYSTEMS 377
DESIGN PROCEDURE 379
THE COMPUTER PROGRAMME PACKAGES FOR DESIGNING OF VSAMFC 379
CONSLUSION 380
REFERENCES 380
CHAPTER 67. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM 382
INTRODUCTION 382
OUTLINE OF THE SYNTHESIS PROCEDURE 382
NUMERICAL ASPECTS OF THE SYNTHESIS PROCEDURE 383
SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION 384
AN EXAMPLE OF CONTROL SYNTHESIS 385
REFERENCES 387
CHAPTER 68. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF A HYDROFOIL CONTROL SYSTEM 388
INTRODUCTION 388
HYDROFOIL MODEL 389
GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS 389
CONCLUSION 391
REFERENCES 391
PART 16: CAD/CAE/CAM SYSTEMS 392
CHAPTER 69. ON-LINE DECISION AIDS IN COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING 392
INTRODUCTION 392
PERTURBATION ANALYSIS OF DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS 392
A LOW LEVEL SCHEDULING PROBLEM 394
CONCLUSIONS 396
REFERENCES 396
CHAPTER 70. SELECTION AND EVALUATION OF CAD/CAM SYSTEMS FOR THE MECHANICAL INDUSTRY 398
INTRODUCTION 398
CAD/CAM SYSTEMS 400
CONSIDERATION AND CRITERIA FOR SELECTING CAD/CAM SYSTEMS 401
CONCLUSION 403
REFERENCES 403
CHAPTER 71. THE SPECIFICATION OF A COMPUTER AIDED SYSTEM FOR THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF LIGHTING COLUMNS 404
INTRODUCTION 404
THE SERC CASE SCHEME 404
OTHER COMPANY INVOLVEMENT WITH COMPUTING 405
THE COMPANY 405
PREVIOUS COMPANY EXPERIENCE WITH CAD 405
STANDARDS FOR DESIGN 406
EXTENT AND SCOPE OF CAD 406
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 406
LINKS BETWEEN LIGHT INTENSITY AND CAD PACKAGES 407
CAD/CAM INTERACTIONS 407
CONCLUDING REMARKS 407
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 408
PART 17: MATHEMATICAL METHODS 410
CHAPTER 72. A NUMERICALLY RELIABLE ALGORITHM FOR FITTING A SUM OF EXPONENTIALS OR SINUSOIDS TO NOISY DATA 410
INTRODUCTION 410
STATE SPACE MODEL AND SOME USEFUL PROPERTIES 411
DERIVATION OF THE ALGORITHM 412
INFLUENCE OF THE NOISE: SUBOPTIMALITY 413
NUMERICAL RESULTS 413
CONCLUSIONS 415
REFERENCES 415
CHAPTER 73. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF DIGITAL CONTROLLERS FOR MULTIVARIABLE PROCESSES BASED ON SERIES EXPANSIONS APPROACH 416
Introduction 416
Relations of series expansions of pulse transfer function matrices 416
Conclusions 418
REFERENCES 419
CHAPTER 74. THE INTERACTION VECTOR APPROACH TO THE DESIGN OF LINEAR MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT CONTROL SYSTEMS 422
INTRODUCTION 422
INTERACTION VECTOR PLOTS 422
UNCERTAINTY BOUNDS ON THE INTERACTION VECTORS 423
PROGRAMMING ASPECTS 423
CONCLUSIONS 424
REFERENCES 424
AUTHOR INDEX 428
SUBJECT INDEX 430