How to Calculate the Laplace Transform of a Function TerminologySolving the transformDiscontinuous FunctionsUsing Properties of Laplace Transforms Edited y Caido!

" Flic#ety" $areen" %arshepp and & others The Laplace transform is an integral transform which allows a differential e'uation to e converted into a (hopefully) simpler alge raic e'uation" ma#ing it easier to solve* +hile you can use ta les of Laplace Transforms" it is never a ad idea to #now how to do the transform yourself* EditSteps ,-now whether you are trying to find the unilateral (one.sided) Laplace transform or the ilateral (two.sided) Laplace transform of the function* /f the type of Laplace transform is not specified" it can e assumed that you should calculate the unilateral version* 0 unilateral Laplace transform is defined as1 0 ilateral Laplace transform is defined as1

2Put your function" f(t)" into the definition of the Laplace transform* Edit3ethod , of &1 Terminology ,Consider 4Laplace Transforms4 .. in part it is a system to convert time dependent domain relationships to a set of e'uations e5pressed in terms of the Laplace operator 6s6* Then" the solution of the original pro lem is effected y 4comple5.alge ra manipulations4 in the 6s6 or Laplace domain rather than the time domain17,8 40pplying Laplace Transforms is analogous to using logarithms to simplify certain types of mathematical operations* 9y ta#ing logarithms" num ers are transformed into powers of ,: or e (natural logarithms)* 0s a result of the transformations" mathematical multiplications and divisions are replaced y additions and su tractions respectively*47,8 24Similarly" apply Laplace Transforms to the analysis of systems which can e descri ed y linear" ordinary time differential e'uations overcomes some of the comple5ities encountered in the time.domain solution of such e'uations*4" and" also17,8 The Laplace Transform involves integrating from : to infinity of a time varia le f(t) arrived at y multiplying f(t) y e .st* f(t) is your applied function which must e defined for all positive values of t* s is a comple5 alge ra varia le defined y1 s ; a <= where j = sqrt(-1), so you will be partly using imaginary numbers. The symbol i (j in electrical engineering) is used to represent -1. There!ore, !or e"ample, (-#) = $i. The number called i, or 1i , or "i are called purely imaginary numbers. %ne use o! the comple" plane is &nown as the s-plane. 't is used to (isuali)e the roots o! the equation describing a system*s beha(ior (the characteristic equation) graphically. The equation is normally e"pressed as a polynomial in the parameter *s* o! the +aplace trans!orm, hence the name *s* plane.,1.omple" plane using /rgand diagrams show the )-plane, where ) = " 0 iy and may use )-Trans!orms as well as the +aplace. 'n mathematics and signal processing, the 1trans!orm con(erts a discrete time-domain signal, which is a sequence o! real or comple" numbers, into a comple" !requency-domain representation. 't can be considered as a discrete-time equi(alent o! the +aplace trans!orm. This similarity is e"plored in the theory o! time scale calculus. Through bilinear trans!ormation, the comple" s-plane (o! the +aplace trans!orm) is mapped to the comple" )-plane (o! the )-trans!orm). 1 = a0 ib, = r e2itheta, a = real part o! ), b = imaginary part o! ), r = modulus o! ), theta = argument o! ), a 3 b are real numbers. 4hile this mapping is (necessarily)

nonlinear, it is use!ul in that it maps the entire j5 a"is o! the s-plane onto the unit circle in the )-plane6 i.e., that the j5 a"is is in the region o! con(ergence o! the +aplace trans!orm. 7dit8ethod $ o! #9 :ol(ing the trans!orm 1.arry out the integration using integration by parts. ;epending on your !unction, !(t) you may need to carry out integration by parts multiple times in order to !ully integrate the integral. '! you are calculating the bilateral +aplace trans!orm replace the < limit with -= $>ut the limits into your result. 4rite out the equation replacing t with in!inity then write out the negati(e o! the same equation, this time replacing t with <. :impli!y this down as much as you can, remembering the !ollowing (alues9 ?.hec& your answer using a table o! +aplace trans!orms. 7dit8ethod ? o! #9 ;iscontinuous @unctions / discontinuous !unction can be written as9

where c is a constant and a and b can be either constants or !unctions o! t. 4hile this e"ample has only two parts, there can be any !inite number. 14rite out the sum o! the +aplace trans!orms o! each part o! the discontinuous !unction, using the limits speci!ied, rather than the usual < to =. $.alculate the +aplace trans!orms as shown abo(e. Aemember to substitute in the correct limits, rather than < and =. This e"ample assumes a and b to be constants, the result will be more complicated i! they are !unctions o! t ?:impli!y the result as much as possible. This e"ample assumes a and b to be constants, the result will be more complicated i! they are !unctions o! t 7dit8ethod # o! #9 Bsing >roperties o! +aplace Trans!orms 1 /ttempt to deri(e a +aplace trans!orm o! a !unction, i! it closely resembles one or more other !unctions, which you do &now the trans!orm o!. @or e"ample9 The +aplace trans!orm o! a linear combination o! !unctions is the same linear combination o! the +aplace trans!orms. The +aplace trans!orm o! t!(t) is equal to -@*(s), where @(s) is the +aplace trans!orm o! !(t) and @*(s) is its deri(ati(e (>roo! ,$-). The +aplace trans!orm o! !*(t) is equal to s@(s)-!(<). The +aplace trans!orm o! e2(at)!(t) is equal to @(s-a). The +aplace trans!orm o! a con(olution o! two !unctions ! and g is equal to the product o! their +aplace trans!orms. $Bse the (arious &nown properties o! +aplace trans!orms to be able to deri(e them using the steps abo(e. 't is also use!ul to &now the meaning behind each property. ?7"amine this simpli!ied general statement, CThe +aplace Trans!orm o! !(t) equals !unction @ o! sC and write9,?-laplaceD!(t)E = @(s) :imilarly, the +aplace trans!orm o! a !unction g(t) would be written9 laplaceDg(t)E = F(s)

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/n introduction, +aplace Trans!orm 1, to de(elop a (ery basic property. 7ditTips +aplace Trans!orms ha(e many applications in mathematics, physics, optics, electrical engineering, control engineering, signal processing, and probability theory. 'ts in(ention in about 1KL$ was in wor& on probability. 'n physics, it is used !or analysis o! linear systems such as electrical circuits, harmonic oscillators, optical de(ices, and mechanical systems.,#-