MECHANICAL
SYSTEMS
DESIGN
HANDBOOK
THE
Modeling, Measurement,
and Control
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OSITA D. I. NWOKAH
YILDIRIM HURMUZLU
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
MECHANICAL
SYSTEMS
DESIGN
HANDBOOK
THE
Modeling, Measurement,
and Control
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Preface
This handbook is targeted as a reference for the use of engineers and scientists in industry. We have
compiled a collection of selected topics that are directly related to the design and control of mechanical
systems. The main motivation for the book is to present a practical overview of fundamental issues
associated with design and control of mechanical systems. The reader will find four sections in the
handbook: (1) Manufacturing, (2) Vibration Control, (3) Aerospace Systems, and (4) Robotics. Although
the sections are arranged in a certain order, each contribution can stand alone to represent its subject.
Thus, people can read the handbook in any order they see fit.
The late Professor Osita Nwokah envisioned this project. Unfortunately, he could not see it through
to completion. Professor Nwokah was the chairman of the mechanical engineering department at South-
ern Methodist University and a distinguished member of the control community when he passed away
on April 20, 1999. It was important to me to finish one of Professor Nwokah’s last projects.
The reader will find a broad range of thoroughly covered important topics by well-known experts in
their respective fields. Section I encompasses control issues related to manufacturing systems including
several topics from precision manufacturing to machine vibrations. Section II deals with active vibration
control including a diverse spectrum of topics such as suspension systems and piezoelectric networks.
Section III touches upon aerospace systems, and the authors have presented a detailed analysis of
tensegrity structures. Section IV covers robotics and is an encyclopedic review of most issues related to
the control and design of robotic systems.
It has been a pleasure to work with the four section editors, each a renowned international expert in
his respective area. They, in turn, recruited very competent people who wrote chapters that, in my view,
are individually important contributions to the design and control of mechanical systems. I also thank
the people at CRC Press whose energy and constant support were essential to the completion of this
handbook. I especially thank Nora Konopka who has spent numerous hours developing and producing
this handbook.
Yildirim Hurmuzlu
Dallas, Texas
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Editors
Yildirim Hurmuzlu
currently serves as the Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He has been with the department since 1987, and has
served as assistant, associate, and full professor. Dr. Hurmuzlu's research interests are in the field of
dynamic systems and controls, with particular emphasis on robotics and biomechanics. His research has
been supported by the National Science Foundation, Whitaker Foundation, and Texas National Labora-
tory Commission, and industrial corporations such as Bell Helicopter, Raytheon, Saudi Aramco, and
Alcatel Corp. He has authored more than 50 articles in journals and conference proceedings and has
organized sessions at national and international conferences.
Dr. Hurmuzlu is an associate editor of the
ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control
. He has also served as the chairman of
IEEE Dallas–Fort Worth Control Systems Society and the ASME DSC biomechanics panel.
Osita Nwokah
was a leading international authority on the application of multivariable design methods
for the control of high-performance, high-bypass ratio turbomachinery. As a graduate student at the
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, England, he was a
member of the team that wrote the initial control algorithms for the regulation of the Rolls Royce
Concordce Olympus 925 Engines using the inverse Nyquist array in 1971. After moving to the United
States, Dr. Nwokah continued this line of work and developed fundamental methodologies to combine
the inverse Nyquist array with the quantitative feedback theory (QFT) design method of Horowitz. At
the time of his death, Dr. Nwokah was studying multivariable control design and implementation for
the RASCAL Helicopter for NASA and U.S. Army at NASA Ames RC, Moffet Field, California.
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