ME451: Control Systems Course Roadmap
ME451: Control Systems Course Roadmap
ME451: Control Systems Course Roadmap
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DC motor example (cont’d) Step response for 1st-order system
If La<<Ra, we can obtain a 1st-order system Input a unit step function to a first-order system.
Then, what is the output?
u(t)
u(t) y(t)
y(t)
0 0
step function):
0.8
Controller
u(t)
u(t)
1 T : Time constant 0.6
Amplitude
Time when response
0 0.4
rises 63% of final value
Indication of speed of 0.2
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Amplitude
1 1 Unknown
Amplitude
1 1
0
0 5 10
0
0 5 10 Can you obtain a transfer function? How?
Time Time
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Ramp response for 1st-order system Ramp response for 1st-order system
K =1 ,T =1
Amplitude
u(t)=t
u(t)=t y(t)
y(t) 3
Amplitude
slope
2
0 0
1
0
0 1 2 3 4 5
Time
T im e