Exercises — Transfer function — Laplace domain, poles and zeros
3.5.27 · D4· Physics › Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) › Transfer function — Laplace domain, poles and zeros
Prerequisites jo aap khule rakh sakte ho: the parent note, Laplace transform, Second-order systems - damping ratio and natural frequency, Stability - Routh-Hurwitz criterion.
Ek reminder un symbols ka jo hum use karte hain (yahan kuch bhi assumed nahi hai — har symbol parent note mein earn kiya gaya hai):
Level 1 — Recognition
L1.1 — Parts ko naam do
Diya gaya hai har pole, har zero, aur bahut bade par ki value (yaani "high-frequency gain trend") list karo.
Recall Solution
Zeros = numerator ke roots. Ek finite zero. Poles = denominator ke roots. Do poles. Large- trend. Hum sirf highest powers kyun compare karte hain: jab bahut bada hota hai, toh polynomial ke andar har term apne top-degree term se dab jaati hai (jaise mein, baaqi aur ko swamp kar deta hai). Toh do polynomials ka ratio sirf unke leading terms ke ratio tak collapse ho jaata hai. Yahan . Toh high frequency par output shrink hoti hai — yeh machine ek low-pass shape hai.
L1.2 — Poles dekh ke stability classify karo
Kuch solve kiye bina, har system ko stable (all poles ) ya unstable (any pole ) classify karo: (a) poles at ; (b) poles at ; (c) poles at ; (d) poles at .
Recall Solution
(a) Dono real parts negative → stable. (b) Real part hai dono ke liye (complex pair) → stable (yeh par ring karta hai lekin decay hota hai). (c) par ek pole hai jiska → unstable. (d) Exactly par ek pole hai jiska — woh term hai, ek constant jo kabhi decay nahi hoti. Yeh marginally stable hai (asymptotically stable nahi). Kyunki hamaara stability test strictly maangta hai, yeh stable nahi hai.
Level 2 — Application
L2.1 — ODE se transfer function
Ek GNC actuator yeh equation follow karta hai nikalo, uske poles batao, aur bolo ki yeh stable hai ya nahi.
Recall Solution
Step 1 — har term ka Laplace lo, zero initial conditions. Kyun: parent note ka derivative rule , kar deta hai, bas hona chahiye. Step 2 — factor out karo, kyunki hum ratio chahte hain: Step 3 — ratio banao: Poles: . Dono LHP mein → stable, non-oscillatory. Time response kaisi dikhti hai. Exponentials kyun aate hain: har pole inverse Laplace transform mein term deta hai (parent note ka ). Toh kisi bhi bounded input ka response iss shape ka hoga , jahan aur constants (residues) hain — fixed numbers jo input aur partial-fraction split har pole ko assign karti hai. Yeh har decaying piece ki size set karte hain; poles rate set karte hain. Inki exact values particular input par depend karti hain, lekin chahe kuch bhi ho, dono terms decay karti hain → system settle ho jaata hai.
L2.2 — Second-order model ke poles
Is ke liye ise standard form se match karo, natural frequency aur damping ratio padho, phir poles locate karo.
Recall Solution
Coefficients ko standard denominator se term-by-term compare karo.
- Constant term: Yeh pehle kyun: ismein sirf hai, isliye yeh natural frequency isolate karta hai. .
- ka coefficient: Yahan kyun aata hai: standard form mein poora middle term hai, isliye uska numeric coefficient ( ko multiply karne wala number) ke barabar hona chahiye. Setting them equal, .
Kyunki hai, system underdamped hai (yeh ring karta hai). Poles: Toh . Real part (decay hota hai), imaginary part (ring karta hai) — stable, oscillatory.
Figure neeche padho: do purple × marks yahi poles hain. Coral arrow real part hai (envelope kitni jaldi decay hoti hai); slate arrow imaginary part hai (yeh kitni jaldi ring karta hai). Dono mint LHP band ke andar hain, jo stability ek nazar mein confirm karta hai.

Level 3 — Analysis
L3.1 — Pehle inspection se stability, phir confirm karo
Is ke liye poles ke real part ka sign solve karne se pehle predict karo, phir solve karke confirm karo.
Recall Solution
Forecast (80/20 shortcut) — aur uski precondition. Standard form mein ka coefficient hai. Monic second-order polynomial ke liye, shortcut "agar -coefficient ka sign bata de stability" tabhi valid hai jab constant term positive ho, yaani . Precondition kyun matter karti hai: agar constant term negative hota, toh roots already real opposite signs wale hote (ek guaranteed RHP mein) chahe middle coefficient kuch bhi kare — isliye pehle constant term check karo. Yahan constant term hai ✓, toh shortcut apply hota hai. -coefficient hai — negative — toh hum instability smell karte hain. Quadratic formula se confirm karo: Real part → poles RHP mein → term badhta hai → UNSTABLE (yeh par oscillate karta hai aur saath mein blow up bhi hota hai).
L3.2 — Kaun sa pole dominate karta hai?
Ek system ke poles aur par hain (aur koi zero nahi). Response ki slow tail mein kaun sa pole dominate karta hai, aur unke time constants ka ratio kya hai?
Recall Solution
Har pole ek term deta hai jiska time constant hai (apni value ka tak decay hone ka time).
- Pole : .
- Pole : . pole ka term () essentially tak vanish ho jaata hai, jabki pole ka term () seconds tak rehta hai. Toh slow pole (imaginary axis ke sabse paas) long-term response mein dominate karta hai. Time constants ka ratio : slow mode zyada time tak rehta hai.
Figure neeche padho: purple curve slow mode hai, coral curve fast mode . Notice karo ki coral wala near zero crash kar chuka hai (uska shaded area gone) jab purple wala barely muda bhi nahi — woh visual gap hi nearest pole ka domination hai.

L3.3 — Ek zero transient ko reshape karta hai
Do systems ke poles same hain: ( mein odd-dikhne wala constant bas uska DC gain ke barabar rakhta hai, taaki hum shape compare karein, size nahi.) Dono stable hain poles ke saath. Partial-fraction decomposition use karke, quantitatively dikhao ki zero transient ko kaise reshape karta hai, aur batao ki agar zero RHP mein jaaye (jaise ) toh kya hoga.
Recall Solution
Stability identical hai — dono ke poles LHP mein par hain. Zeros exponents mein kabhi enter nahi karte, isliye yeh stability nahi tod sakte.
Mechanism, quantitatively. Partial fractions kyun: yeh ko one-pole pieces ki sum mein split karte hain, jinka har ek mein invert hota hai. Residue us decaying mode ka weight hai.
ke liye, cover-up se milta hai toh impulse response hai. par yeh hai, aur smoothly ek single hump tak rise karta hai — apne khud ke peak se koi overshoot nahi, dono same-signed exponentials bas cleanly add aur subtract hote hain.
ke liye, zero at residues ko reweight karta hai: Ab response hai. Notice karo ki numbers badal gaye jabki poles nahi: fast mode ka weight se tak jump kar gaya kyunki zero origin ke paas hai aur near-pole residues amplify karta hai. Bada fast-mode weight output ko jaldi shoot up karata hai aur phir final value ki taraf relax karta hai — woh early spike hi overshoot hai. Toh zero location literally residue arithmetic set karta hai, aur residues overshoot set karte hain.
RHP zero (): cover-up numerator ke saath dobara karo. Residue signs is tarah flip hote hain ki initial slope galat direction mein point kare: response pehle apni final direction ke opposite move karta hai. Yeh non-minimum-phase "wrong-way" motion hai — aircraft ki stick upar kheecho aur pehle yeh neeche dip karta hai badhne se pehle. Phir bhi stable (poles unchanged), lekin transient ulta shuru hota hai.
Level 4 — Synthesis
L4.1 — Apne chahe hue poles design karo
Tumhe ek stable second-order GNC mode chahiye jiska natural frequency aur damping ratio ho, aur unity DC gain ho (). , uske poles likho, aur verify karo ki .
Recall Solution
Step 1 — standard form se shuru karo (choose kiya kyunki yeh directly ko parametrise karta hai): Numerator exactly wahi hai jo banata hai, free mein unity DC gain deta hai. Step 2 — numbers plug karo: , : Step 3 — poles: Toh . LHP → stable. DC gain verify karo: ✓
L4.2 — Behaviour se transfer function banao
Ek sensor ko chahiye ki (i) DC completely block kare (constant input ke liye output zero — zero at ), (ii) poles aur par ho (dono rehne chahiye — inhe cancel mat karo), (iii) bahut high frequency par gain ho. construct karo.
Recall Solution
Requirement (i): "DC block karo" matlab , yaani par zero → numerator mein factor hoga. Requirement (ii): par poles → denominator , aur dono rakhne hain, isliye numerator mein kuch ya cancel nahi kar sakta. Requirement (iii): high-frequency gain . Pehle sabse simple numerator try karo jo (i) satisfy kare: Large check karo: , nahi . Numerator degree () denominator degree () se ek kam hai. Yeh kyun matter karta hai: high-frequency gain do leading (top-degree) terms ka ratio hai, jo nonzero sirf tab hota hai jab degrees match karein. Toh ek second zero chahiye, kahin aisa place karo jo pole par na ho (warna cancel ho jaayega). Doosra zero choose karo (koi bhi value chalegi): Ab leading terms hain, toh unit high-frequency gain ke liye set karo. Teeno requirements check karo:
- ✓ (DC block karta hai),
- poles abhi bhi aur par ✓ (kuch cancel nahi hua — ),
- ✓. Yeh ek washout / high-pass shape hai (DC par zero, upar unity gain) — exactly wahi jo ek rate-damping GNC sensor use karta hai, aur yeh dono required poles rakhta hai.
Level 5 — Mastery
L5.1 — Full pipeline with stability verdict
Ek pitch-rate loop ko yun model kiya gaya hai (a) nikalo. (b) Zeros locate karo. (c) Stability determine karo. Agar factoring ugly lage toh Routh–Hurwitz shortcut use karo (Stability - Routh-Hurwitz criterion).
Recall Solution
(a) Transform karo, zero initial conditions. Hum initial-condition terms kyun drop kar sakte hain: derivative rule hai, lekin ek transfer function zero ICs assume karta hai — yahan aur . Woh last wala right-hand side par matter karta hai: tabhi hoga jab . Toh:
- Left side: .
- Right side: ( use karke). (b) Zeros: numerator . Ek zero, par. (c) Stability. Denominator . Cubic factoring ugly hai, toh Routh–Hurwitz use karo, jo poles ke signs bina poles nikale bata deta hai. Coefficients sab positive hain (necessary condition pass). Array banao:
jahan , aur last row hai. First column: — sab positive, toh koi sign changes nahi → RHP mein zero poles → system stable hai. Final answer. — ek zero par, teeno poles LHP mein, isliye stable. (Zero transient ko shape karta hai lekin, hamesha ki tarah, stability ko touch nahi karta.)
L5.2 — Response se reverse-engineer karo
Ek engineer ek system ka step response measure karta hai aur paata hai ki yeh ki tarah decay karta hai (ek repeated exponential -multiplier ke saath) aur unit step ke liye final value par settle hota hai. Isse consistent ek transfer function reconstruct karo.
Recall Solution
Time signature padho. term par ek pole se aata hai. term ek repeated pole at (double root) ki fingerprint hai. Kyun: . Toh denominator hai. Structure: (response shape se zero ka koi evidence nahi). fix karo final value se. Final value theorem kehta hai ki step ka steady state hai ( unit step ka Laplace hai). set karo: Answer: . Poles: par double (LHP → stable); DC gain ✓; response mein aur ✓.
Wrap-up recall
Recall Ek-line self-test
Stability decide hoti hai ::: poles ke real part ke sign se (sab = stable); zeros kabhi isko affect nahi karte.
Connections
- Parent topic
- Second-order systems - damping ratio and natural frequency — L2 & L4 mein use ki gayi mapping
- Stability - Routh-Hurwitz criterion — L5.1 mein use ki gayi array shortcut
- Root locus — gain badhne par poles kaise migrate karte hain
- Laplace transform — L5.2 mein time signatures ke peeche inverse pairs