Source-Load Synthesis
Forbes T. Brown · 2006
An engineer usually starts to model an engineering system by subdividing it, conceptually, into components with explicit boundaries. In the simplest case only two components are defined: a source and a load. In somewhat more complex instances the source and the load may be interconnected by a third component. This chapter considers sources and loads that either are joined directly or have one or more components between to form a chain. Each component is characterized in isolation, and these characterizations are combined to reveal the behavior of the assembled system. The engineer also wants to know how to configure a particular system to achieve the best possible behavior.