MECHANICAL &
AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING
MEC3457
Systems and Control
where ,
TheLaplaceTransformationprovidesaconvenientmethodtofindsolutionsmanually.
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Laplace Transform basics
LaplaceTransformallowstransformationofatimedomaindifferentialequationintothe
algebraicsdomain,representedbycomplexoperator .Itisdefinedas:
, 0
where isthefunctiontobetransformed
denotesLaplaceTransform
and istheLaplaceTransformof
Examples:1
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Laplace Transform and Transfer functions
LaplacetransformcanbedirectlyassociatedtoTFgiventhefollowingconditions:
Time, 0
Systemisinequilibriumat 0 (i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
TFonlydescribechangeson and fromtheirinitialsteadystatevalues
InthiscasetheTFinDdomainistransformedintothesdomainbysimply:
Substituting sforD
andreplacing by and by
TFonlydescribechangeson and fromtheirinitialsteadystatevalues
Nomenclaturenote:capitallettersareusetodenotefunctionsonthesdomainandthe(s)
variableisoftennotwritten.
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Solution of Transfer functions by means of the Laplace Transform
GeneralmethodtosolveDEandTFusingLaplaceTransform:
1. FindtheDEorTFinDdomain
2. ObtainLaplacetransformationoftheDEorTF
3. Solvetheresultingalgebraicequationinthesdomain
4. ObtainthetimedomainsolutionbyInverseTransformationof
Theinversetransformationorconvolutionintegralconsiston:
with 0
Allusefulfunctionshavebeenlistedandpreviouslysolved.
Followingtablescontainthemostcommononesthatwillbeusedinthisunit.
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Laplace Transform pair tables 1
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Laplace Transform pair tables 2
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Laplace Transform pair tables 3
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Laplace Transform properties
Finalvaluetheorem:
lim lim
Initialvaluetheorem:
lim lim
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Example 1: First order system with step input in equilibrium
Transferfunction Stepinput
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Example 1: First order system with step input in equilibrium
Comparetothetotalsolution
Particularsolution,steadystate:
Complimentarysolution,transientsolution
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Systems not in equilibrium
Intheabsenceofotherindicationsallwaysassume:
0 0 0 0 0
SothatscanbesubstitutedbyDintheTF
However,iftheresponseanalysisdoesnotstartinequilibrium,thisisnotpossible.
ThentheRealdifferentialtheoremmustbeapplied:
0
0 0
orinthegeneralform:
0 0 0 0 0
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Example 2: First order system with step input not in equilibrium
Transferfunction Stepinput
; With 0
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Example 2: First order system with step input not in equilibrium
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Exercise 1
Findthetimedomainequationof
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1 2
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Exercise 1 v2
Findthetimedomainequationof
3
1 2
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Exercise 2
Findthetimedomainequationof
2 3
1
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Exercise 3
FindthetimedomainequationofthisDE
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Exercise 4
FindthetimedomainequationofthisDE
;with 0 & 0 and
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Exercise 4
FindthetimedomainequationofthisDE
;with 0 & 0 and
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Exercise 4
FindthetimedomainequationofthisDE
;with 0 & 0 and
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Summary
LaplaceTransformprovidesausefultooltosolvecomplexmodelsandtheirequations
Themethodcanbesummarizedasfollows:
1. Formacontinuouslinearmodel:
Developanequationsetmodel
Formasingledifferentialequation(DE)
Formatransferfunction(TF)
Formablockdiagramforthesystem
2. SolvethesystemusingLaplaceTransform:
FindtheDEorTFinDdomain
ObtainLaplacetransformationoftheDEorTF
Solvetheresultingalgebraicequationinthesdomain
ObtainthetimedomainsolutionbyInverseTransformationof (usethepairstable)
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Week 5 Midterm exam
Next week Thursday 24th we will have our first Midterm exam.
Important information:
Venue: 23 College walk, Exam Hall 3 (same as for the tutorial sessions)
All students with last names starting from A to M must be present at 11 am.
All students with last names starting from N to Z must be present at 11:40 am.
Students will not we allowed to abandon the room until instructed.
The exam will last 30 min and contain questions and problems derived from the
material presented from weeks 1 to 4 (Laplace Transform).
This exam is worth 10% of your total assessment.
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