KM 3473 SYSTEM DYNAMICS & CONTROL
ENGINEERING
TRANSIENT RESPONSE STABILITY
You will learn the following:
- How to determine the stability of a system represented as a transfer function.
- How to determine the stability of a system represented in state space.
- How to determine system parameters to yield stability.
DR. MEOR IQRAM MEOR AHMAD
6th MAY 2021
- Total response of a system:
𝑐 𝑡 = 𝑐𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡 + 𝑐𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 (𝑡)
A linear, time-invariant system is stable if the natural response approaches zero as
time approaches infinity.
A linear, time-invariant system is unstable if the natural response grows without
bound as time approaches infinity.
A linear, time-invariant system is marginally stable if the natural response neither
decays nor grows but remains constant or oscillates as time approaches infinity.
Figure 1 Closed-loop poles and response: a) stable system and b) unstable system
Recall:
For LHP, poles in the left half of the plane and have negative real part – Stable system.
For RHP, poles in the right half of the plane and has positive real part – Unstable system.
How about the stability of these systems?
Original system
Equivalent system
The factors of the denominator consist of products of terms (s+𝑎𝑖 ), where 𝑎𝑖 is real and
positive, or complex with a positive real part. Stable system
The condition of the system is unstable if all signs of the coefficient of the denominator
are not the same.
If power of s are missing, the system is either unstable or marginally stable.
ROUTH-HURWITZ CRITERION
Two steps:
1. Generate a data table called a Routh table
2. Interpret the Routh table to tell how where poles are located: the left half-plane, the
right half-plane, and on the jω-axis.
RHC: Generating Table
Characteristic polynomial of order system:
RHC: Generating Table
31
RHC: Interpreting Table
31
ROUTH-HURWITZ CRITERION: SPECIAL CASES
1. The Routh table sometimes will have a zero only in the first column of a row.
2. The Routh table sometimes will have an entire row that consists of zero.
0 𝜖
6𝜖 − 7
𝜖
42𝜖 − 49 − 6𝜖 2
12𝜖 − 14
-1.75
x-plane
ROUTH-HURWITZ CRITERION: ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES
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- This is an individual assignment.
- Please submit your answer at the link provided in the UKMFolio by 20th May 2021.
- Total marks are 100%.
A. Consider the characteristic equations below, comment on their system stability?
1. D(s)=𝑠 4 + 2𝑠 3 + 8𝑠 2 + 4𝑠 + 3
2. D(s)=𝑠 5 + 𝑠 4 + 3𝑠 3 + 3𝑠 2 + 6𝑠 + 4
B. Find the range of values of K for the closed loop system to remain stable?