ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book introduces the subject of modeling with a focus on multi-physics engineering dynamic systems. It identifies the basic elements of linear, lumped-parameter analytical models in the mechanical, electrical, fluid, and thermal domains. The book formally introduces analytical modeling of a dynamic system. It addresses the model category that concerns nonlinear model form and its conversion into a linear model form. The book presents linear graphs—an important graphical tool for developing and representing a model of a dynamic system. It treats transfer-function models and the frequency-domain analysis of dynamic systems. The book extends the concepts of equivalent circuits to other physical domains such as mechanical and fluid domains.
