MAE 506: Advanced System Modeling,

Dynamics and Control

Lecture 9
HW 3 is due next Tues, Sept. 23 at the beginning of class
Reading in Williams and Lawrence text: pp. 48-72

Spring Berman
Fall 2014

Computing the Time Response of a System

We consider LTI state-space models with multiple
inputs and multiple outputs.
Numerically: ode45()
Analytically: state equation solution
- Use the matrix exponential

Analyzing the System Time Response

1st-order systems
2nd-order systems

Basic time-domain test signals u(t) for control systems

(a) Step function
(b) Ramp function (c) Parabolic function

Automated Control Systems, 8/E by Benjamin C. Kuo and Farid Golnaraghi

Copyright 2003 John Wiley & Sons. Inc. All rights reserved.

Unit-Step Response and Time-Domain Specs

Automatic Control Systems, by Benjamin C. Kuo and Farid Golnaraghi, 9th edition

Identification of System Parameters from Response

k, B, m = ?

x(t)

Characterization of System Time Response

Business Jet
Longitudinal Dynamics
Flight Dynamics, by Robert Stengel, Princeton University Press, 2004

Time Response: Acceptable

Time Response: Acceptable?

No