EE-379

LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS

Lecture No 40

“CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING”

Text Book: Chapter 4 (nn 6th Ed)
TIME RESPONSE

4.10 Laplace Transform Solution of State Equations

page: 199

Instructor: Dr. Farid Gul

Class: BEE 5C
Electrical Engineering Department

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 Laplace Transform Solution of State
Equations
State equations

Output equations

Taking the Laplace transform

of the state equation

Taking the Laplace transform

of the output equation

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 Eigenvalues and Transfer Function
Poles
Axi = λi xi
 λi I - A  xi = 0
for xi  0
a nonzero solution exists if
The eigenvalues, λi, of
det  λi I - A  = 0 matrix A can be found by
solving the polynomial
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Let the output, Y(s), and the input, U(s), be scalar quantities Y(s)
and U(s), and the initial state vector x(0) is equal to 0
adj  sI - A 
Y(s) = CX(s) + DU(s) X(s) = BU(s)
det  sI - A 
adj  sI - A 
Y(s) = C BU(s) + DU(s)
det  sI - A 

The roots of the denominator

are the poles of the system
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Exercise 4.9
PROBLEM: Given the system represented in state space by

Do the following:
a. Solve for y(t) using state-space and Laplace
transform techniques.
b. Find the eigenvalues and the system poles.

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Solution

a.

b.
s 2  5s  6  0
s  2, and  3 6
End of Lecture