Process Control and Dynamics

  1. Dynamic Response Analysis
    1. First-Order Systems
      1. Standard Form
        1. System Parameters
          1. Time Constant
            1. Steady-State Gain
            2. Response to Standard Inputs
              1. Step Response
                1. Impulse Response
                  1. Ramp Response
                    1. Sinusoidal Response
                    2. Physical Examples
                      1. Parameter Estimation
                      2. Second-Order Systems
                        1. Standard Form
                          1. System Parameters
                            1. Natural Frequency
                              1. Damping Ratio
                                1. Natural Period
                                2. Response Classifications
                                  1. Overdamped Response
                                    1. Critically Damped Response
                                      1. Underdamped Response
                                      2. Performance Specifications
                                        1. Rise Time
                                          1. Peak Time
                                            1. Settling Time
                                              1. Maximum Overshoot
                                                1. Decay Ratio
                                                2. Physical Examples
                                                3. Higher-Order Systems
                                                  1. Characteristic Equation
                                                    1. Dominant Pole Analysis
                                                      1. Pole-Zero Cancellation
                                                        1. Model Order Reduction
                                                        2. Time Delay Systems
                                                          1. Sources of Dead Time
                                                            1. Transportation Delay
                                                              1. Measurement Delay
                                                                1. Processing Delay
                                                                2. Mathematical Representation
                                                                  1. Padé Approximations
                                                                    1. Effect on System Performance
                                                                    2. System Interactions
                                                                      1. Interacting Systems
                                                                        1. Non-Interacting Systems
                                                                          1. Thermal Capacitance Effects

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