Books by Clarence W. (University of British Columbia de Silva

This book incorporates the fundamentals into analytical methods, modeling approaches, numerical methods, experimental procedures, and design techniques throughout. Concepts, approaches, and tools are demonstrated through a large number of examples and case studies. It is an outgrowth of the author's experience in teaching courses in mechanics of materials, statics, dynamics, modeling, vibration, instrumentation, testing, design, and control. The practical considerations, design issues, engineering techniques, and applications, and the simplified snapshot-style presentation of advanced theory and concepts, make this a useful reference for professionals as well.

Suitable for students of engineering, this text offers the multidisciplinary approach needed to develop a foundation in mechatronics. It covers electrical and mechanical components, sensors and instrumentation, drives and actuators, controls, signal processing, component interfacing, modeling, and design.

A combination of research, teaching and industrial applications in the field of intelligent and fuzzy-logic control. The book introduces traditional control techniques and contrasts them with intelligent control. Several methods of representing and processing knowledge are presented.

Discusses such core subjects as dynamic system modeling, electrical components and analysis, mechanical components and analysis, robotics, drives and actuators, control systems, digital processing and hardware, communication and interfacing, software tools, design, and prototyping.