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EE553 Lect 2

This document summarizes key concepts from a lecture on nonlinear systems. It introduces common mathematical models for nonlinear systems, including state-space and input-output models. It also defines autonomous and non-autonomous systems, and explains that autonomous systems can be approximated by time-invariant linear models while non-autonomous systems use time-varying linear models. Finally, it defines equilibrium points as states where the time derivative is zero, and provides examples of modeling nonlinear systems and finding their equilibrium points.

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EE553 Lect 2

This document summarizes key concepts from a lecture on nonlinear systems. It introduces common mathematical models for nonlinear systems, including state-space and input-output models. It also defines autonomous and non-autonomous systems, and explains that autonomous systems can be approximated by time-invariant linear models while non-autonomous systems use time-varying linear models. Finally, it defines equilibrium points as states where the time derivative is zero, and provides examples of modeling nonlinear systems and finding their equilibrium points.

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Nonlinear Systems Notes ( EE 553 )

Lecture 2
K. Hariche
IGEE/UMBB
November 5, 2020

1 Introduction
In this lecture we will consider typical mathematical modelling of nonlinear
systems and some basic de…nitions.

2 System models
Typically a nonlinear system is modelled mathematically either as an internal
( state space) model or as an external ( input/output or I/O ) model.
It may also be described by a characteristic curve representing output versus
input.
dX
The state space model for a nonlinear control system is of the form dt = f [X(t); u(t); t]; X(0) = X0
y(t) = g[X(t); u(t); t]
where X(t) is the state vector of dimension n; u(t) the control input of dimension
m and y(t) the output vector of dimension p:
The system may as well be modelled as an I/O model in the form y(t) =
G[u(t); t]
For a large class of nonlinear control systems , the dynamics are described
by an nth order nonlinear di¤erential equation relating the output y(t) to the
input u(t) as
dn y(t) n 1

dtn = F [y; dy
dt ; ; ddtn y
1 ; u(t); t]

This can be expressed in state space form by de…ning the states as:
x1 (t) = y(t)
x2 (t) = dy(t)
dt
..
. n 1
xn (t) = ddtn 1y

1
0 dx1 1 0 1
dt x2
B dx2 C B x3 C
dX(t) B dt C B C
leading to the state space equation dt =B .. C=B .. C
@ . A @ . A
dxn
F [x1 ; x2 ; ; xn ; u(t); t]
dt
dX
in the form dt = f [X(t); u(t); t]
In this course, we will be mainly concerned with state space models as they
describe the input/output relationship as well as the internal dynamics of the
system. In the analysis part, we are mainly concerned with the dynamic be-
haviour of the system under no control or under some speci…ed control. Hence,
in this part we might as well consider u(t) as a parameter.
If we de…ne fu (X; t) = f (X; u; t) and gu (X; t) = g(X; u; t) we obtain the
model used during the analysis part as:
dX dX
dt = fu (X; t) or simply as dt = f (X; t)
y(t) = gu (X; t) y(t) = g(X; t)

3 Basic de…nitions
dX
= f (X; t)
dt
De…nition 1 The system is said to be autonomous if the
y(t) = g(X; t)
functions f; g do not depend explicitely on time t; otherwise it is non-autonomous
dX
= f (X) dt
Clearly an autonomous system is described simply by :. The
y(t) = g(X)
dependence on t is implicit through the state X(t): Autonomy is the counterpart
of time-invariance for linear systems. It essentially means that that the choice
of time origin is irrelevant in the analysis od the system.
dx1
dt = x21 + tx2
Example 2 The system dx2 is clearly a nonautonomous non-
dt = x21 + x22
linear system of order 2
dx1 2
dt = 1 x1 + 2 x1 x2
Example 3 The system dx2 is an autonomous nonlin-
dt = 1 x1 + 2 x1 x2
ear system of order 2

A non-autonomous system may be approximated by a time-varying linear


model while an autonomous one may be approximated by a time-invariant linear
model.
In this course, we are mainly concerned with autonomous nonlinear systems
dX
i.e systems of the form dt = f (X); X(0) = X0 :
y(t) = g(X)

De…nition 4 A state Xe is said to be an equilibrium point of the system at


time t0 if and only if f (Xe ; t) = 0 for all t t0

2
Clearly if Xe is an equilibrium point of the system at time t0 ; then it is
an equilibrium point for all t t0 . Now if the system is autonomous Xe is
an equilibrium point for all t: Hence for an autonomous system : Xe is an
equilibrium point , f (Xe ) = 0 8t:
The expression f (Xe ) = 0 8t means that dXdt = 0 once the state reaches the
equilibrium point Xe . It follows that once an equilibrium reached, the system
will remain there forever under no external force.

Example 5 Consider a pendulum with mass m and length l: If the pendulum is


deviated by an angle from its rest position, it can be shown that its dynamics
2 2
satisfy the nonlonear di¤ erential equation l ddt2 +g sin = 0 or ddt2 + gl sin = 0
where g is the gravity constant.
dx1
x1 = dt = x2
Setting the state variables d we obtain the state equation dx2 g
x2 = dt dt = l sin x1
x2 = 0
; It follows that the equilibrium points of the pendulum satisfy g
l sin x1 = 0
k
, hence Xe = for k = 0; 1; 2;
0
0
In fact we have only two distinct equilibrium points : Xe1 = and
0
Xe = . The …rst is the rest position ( stable) while the second is clearly
0
unstable.

Example 6 Consider now a particle of mass m moving in a potential …eld and


assume for simplicity a one-dimensional motion. At the position x from the
origin the particle is subjected to a force F (x) by the …eld. The equation of
2
motion is then m ddt2x = F (x):
dx1
Setting the state variables as
x1 = x
we get the state equation dt = x2
dx dx F (x1 )
x2 = dt dt =
2
m
x2 = 0
and the equilibrium points satisfy :
F (x1 ) = 0
Hence the equilibrium points of the system are the roots of F (x):

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