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Activity No. 3 The Transfer Function and System Response

The document describes determining the transfer function of a linear time-invariant system defined by a differential equation. It provides the differential equation, shows the steps to take the Laplace transform and obtain the transfer function, and describes using the transfer function to determine the system response to a unit step input and plot the response over time.

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Activity No. 3 The Transfer Function and System Response

The document describes determining the transfer function of a linear time-invariant system defined by a differential equation. It provides the differential equation, shows the steps to take the Laplace transform and obtain the transfer function, and describes using the transfer function to determine the system response to a unit step input and plot the response over time.

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Activity No.

3
THE TRANSFER FUNCTION AND SYSTEM RESPONSE

Introduction
In the field of control system, a process or plant is usually presented in the form of a block. A
block represents the transfer function H(s) of a linear-time invariant (LTI) system as shown.

The transfer function is defined as

with initial conditions equal to zero


Where: X(s) = the Laplace transform of the input x(t)
Y(s) = the Laplace transform of the output y(t)
H(s) = transfer function
Given an LTI system that is characterized by the input-output relationship described by the
2 ()

()

differential equation 2 + 4 + 100() = 100().


With the use of Laplace transform, determine the transfer function of the aforesaid system. Show
your mathematical solution below:

Write and evaluate the following code:


n=[100];
%
d=[1 4 100]; %
sys=tf(n,d)
%
What is the result after running it in Matlab? __________________________
How is it compared to the transfer function you obtained earlier? ____________________
Fill out the comments describing the line statements in the code above. Write them after each %
symbol above.

1, > 0
If the input x(t) of the system is a unit step function () = {
,
0, < 0
determine the system response () = ()(). Write the result below:

Using manual mathematical computation, determine the time-domain system response y(t) by
taking the inverse Laplace transform of Y(s). Write your solution below:

Write the m-file that will take the inverse Laplace transform of Y(s) above. Run the code and
write the results below:

Using the system response y(t) you obtained, write a short Matlab program code that will plot y(t)
from t=0 and t=3 sec.

Draw the plotted figure below:

Write and run the program code as follows:


close all
clear all
clc
n=[100];
d=[1 4 100];
sys=tf(n,d);
t=[0:0.01:5];
step(sys,t);

%
%
%
%
%

Draw the results below. How does it compare to the one you previously plotted? What can you
say about the two graphs?

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