Exercises — Nyquist stability criterion — encirclements of −1
3.5.43 · D4· Physics › Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) › Nyquist stability criterion — encirclements of −1
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Level 1 — Recognition
Exercise 1.1
Open-loop transfer function hai Kuch bhi draw kiye bina, batao (RHP open-loop poles ki count).
Recall Solution
WHAT karte hain: poles dhoondho, jo woh values of hain jo denominator ko zero banate hain. WHY: sirf unhi poles ko count karta hai jinка real part positive hai.
set karo ya .
Dono ka real part negative hai, toh dono left-half plane (LHP) mein hain. Koi bhi RHP mein nahi hai.
Exercise 1.2
Kisi ka Nyquist plot point ke around do baar, dono baar clockwise wrap karta hai. Plant mein RHP open-loop poles hain. nikalo aur batao loop stable hai ya nahi.
Recall Solution
WHAT: seedha mein plug in karo. WHY: woh formula hi Nyquist criterion hai — ek baar aur pata chalne ke baad koi drawing nahi chahiye.
Do clockwise wraps matlab . ke saath: , toh loop mein RHP mein 2 closed-loop poles hain → unstable.
Level 2 — Application
Exercise 2.1
Is ke liye compute karo (zero frequency, pe value) aur ka phase jab . Phir batao ke liye plot kaun se quadrants mein rehta hai.
Recall Solution
Step 1 — WHAT: pe evaluate karo. WHY: point wahan hai jahan Nyquist curve real axis pe start karti hai. Ek positive real number: curve pe positive real axis pe start karti hai.
Step 2 — WHAT: high frequency pe phase. WHY: limit mein har pole phase contribute karta hai, jo batata hai curve kahan khatam hoti hai. Do poles phase , aur magnitude (denominator ki tarah grow karta hai).
Step 3 — quadrants. pe start hoke (phase ) aur phase tak rotate hote hue jab woh origin ki taraf shrink hoti hai, curve fourth quadrant se clockwise sweep karti hai (positive real, negative imaginary) aur negative-real side se origin ke paas pohonchti hai.
Figure kya dikhata hai (image ke bina bhi padho): solid blue curve positive real axis pe pe start hoti hai (pale yellow mein marked), phir fourth quadrant mein neeche aur left ki taraf bow karti hai — uska imaginary part negative ho jaata hai, real part shrink hota hai — aur woh origin mein spiral ho jaati hai. Pink negative real axis pe mark karta hai. Sabse important baat, blue curve picture ke right half mein bilkul rehti hai (real part apne leftmost point pe roughly ) aur kabhi pink ko surround nahi karti. Dashed lighter-blue curve ke liye mirror image hai; saath mein woh ek closed loop banate hain jo ko bahar chhod deti hai.

Yeh kabhi tak reach nahi karta, jo foreshadow karta hai.
Exercise 2.2
Wohi lo. determine karo, phir . Stable hai?
Recall Solution
WHAT: Ex. 2.1 ki curve ke around wraps count karo. WHY: woh akela missing piece hai se pehle.
Curve se start hoti hai, fourth quadrant mein dip karti hai, aur origin mein slide ho jaati hai — point negative real axis pe baitha hai, us chhote loop ke bahar jo curve trace karti hai. Curve kabhi usse surround nahi karti. Ex. 1.1-style factoring se, pe poles dete hain. Isliye
Level 3 — Analysis
Exercise 3.1
Is ke liye woh value of nikalo jis par Nyquist curve negative real axis ko exactly pe cross kare. (Yeh woh critical gain hai jahan encirclements switch on hote hain.)
Recall Solution
Step 1 — WHAT: substitute karo aur woh jagah dhoondo jahan curve purely real ho. WHY: real-axis crossing wahan hai jahan phase hoti hai; yahi woh exact point hai jo hit kar sakta hai.
Denominator multiply out karo: distribute karo: Toh
Step 2 — WHAT: denominator ko purely real banao taaki real ho. WHY: real numerator ke saath, curve real axis ko exactly tab cross karti hai jab denominator ka zero imaginary part ho: (, origin pole, discard karte hain.)
Step 3 — wahan evaluate karo. pe denominator purely real hai: . Toh Yeh crossing pe land karti hai jab
Exercise 3.2
3.1 ke result ko use karke, , , aur ke liye stability classify karo. (Yaad karo yahan hai — origin pe pole upar define kiye anusaar RHP se bahar indent kiya gaya hai, aur LHP mein hain.)
Recall Solution
WHAT: crossing point ko se compare karo. WHY: agar crossing se left hai (zyada negative), toh curve ab ke around wrap karti hai, ko se kar deti hai.
- : crossing pe. Woh se right mein hai → enclosed nahi → → stable.
- : crossing exactly pe → curve danger point se guzarti hai → marginally stable (ek pole imaginary axis pe baitha hai; lekin boundary pe).
- : crossing pe, se left mein → ab do baar clockwise enclosed → → unstable (2 RHP closed-loop poles).
Figure kya dikhata hai: teen coloured dots negative real axis pe (blue, ), (yellow, ), aur (pink, ) pe baithe hain. Chalk-white pe fixed danger point hai. Jaise badhta hai, crossing dot steadily leftward slide karta hai; jis moment woh se guzarta hai ( aur uske upar ke beech) curve ko surround karne lagti hai aur encirclements switch on ho jaate hain.

Level 4 — Synthesis
Exercise 4.1
Ek unstable plant hai Yahan hai ( pe ek pole, RHP mein). Closed loop stable ho iske liye hume chahiye. use karke ki required value batao, aur words mein explain karo ki plot ki woh geometric behaviour kaisi dikhegi.
Recall Solution
WHAT: ko ke liye solve karo ke saath. WHY: stability se define hoti hai; baaki sab bookkeeping hai. Negative matlab ka ek counter-clockwise encirclement.
Woh kaisa dikhta hai: Nyquist curve ko danger point ke around ek baar loop karna hai, counter-clockwise spin karte hue. Yeh unstable plants ke liye Nyquist ka surprising heart hai — encirclement yahan warning sign nahi hai, yeh cure hai: yeh feedback se RHP open-loop pole ke cancel hone ka hisaab lagata hai.
Exercise 4.2
Usi ke liye, real-axis start point compute karo aur ki woh range nikalo jo required deta ho (aur isliye stability).
Recall Solution
Step 1 — WHAT: rationalize karo. WHY: geometry dekhne ke liye hum real aur imaginary parts alag karte hain. Toh
Step 2 — key points.
- pe: (negative real axis pe).
- Jab : .
Full curve (negative ke liye uski mirror image ke saath) ek circle hai jo aur origin se guzarti hai, plane ke left half mein baithkar.
Figure kya dikhata hai: do circles draw hain, dono origin se guzarti hain. Blue circle () real axis pe sirf tak pohonchti hai — yellow pe uske bahar hai. Pink circle () tak pohonchti hai, toh yellow pe ab uske andar hai. Andar = encircled = .

Step 3 — circle ke andar kab hai? Circle origin () se real axis pe tak span karti hai. Point exactly tab andar hota hai jab Tab curve ko ek baar counter-clockwise encircle karti hai, , jo deta hai → stable.
Agar , toh point circle ke bahar hai: , toh → unstable.
Level 5 — Mastery
Exercise 5.1
Ek GNC attitude loop use karta hai Dhyan do origin pe double pole (do integrators), zero at (ek numerator factor, upar define kiya gaya), aur pe ek LHP pole. (a) Right-indent rule use karke determine karo. (b) Koi finite gain nikalo jis par plot cross kare. (c) determine karo aur isliye ki stable range nikalo.
Recall Solution
Part (a) — WHAT: RHP poles count karo. WHY: hume ke liye chahiye. Denominator : poles pe (double, imaginary axis pe — upar diye definition ke anusaar right ki taraf indent kiya gaya, toh RHP mein count nahi) aur pe (LHP). Isliye
Part (b) — WHAT: har real-axis crossing nikalo. WHY: curve sirf wahan ko touch kar sakti hai jahan woh purely real ho; agar woh kisi finite negative value pe real nahi hoti siwaaye ek computable ke, toh woh value decide karti hai ki cross hua ya nahi. substitute karo: Top aur bottom ko conjugate se multiply karo: Numerator expand karo (zero-factor identity use karke): Toh Real-axis crossing ke liye chahiye. Lekin kisi bhi finite ke liye kabhi zero nahi hota (numerator ). Isliye
Part (c) — WHAT: quadrants aur indent arc track karke determine karo. WHY: koi finite real-axis crossing nahi hone ke saath, phase sweep se fix ho jaata hai, toh hum poori locus chalte hain.
- Chhota : aur . Curve third quadrant se aati hai (dono parts negative), ke paas thoda neeche tilt hoke. DC pe total phase: do integrators dete hain, zero aur pole negligible hain → phase .
- Bada : magnitude ; phase . Toh woh khatam bhi phase pe origin approach karte hue hoti hai, yani negative real axis ke along, second/third quadrant boundary se.
- Beech mein: kyunki sab ke liye (woh ke barabar hai, hamesha negative), ki poori branch lower half-plane mein rehti hai (third quadrant, real part bhi poore time negative kyunki sab ke liye). Yeh kabhi real axis ke upar nahi aati, toh ke around loop nahi kar sakti.
- pe indent: double pole ke around chhoti right-half semicircle ek large clockwise arc of radius pe map hoti hai jo sweep karta hai ( angle ko double karta hai isliye) infinity pe, contour ko right side pe close karte hue — se door.
- ke liye mirror: real axis ke baare mein reflection us branch ko upper half-plane mein daal deta hai.
Saath mein: dono finite branches lower/upper left region mein hug karti hain finite point ko kabhi encircle kiye bina; closing arc infinity pe right mein baithti hai. ki net winding isliye hai Isliye Sabak: pe zero phase lead inject karta hai (upar define kiya gaya), jo ek integrator ke ko cancel kar deta hai pehle koi crossing frequency form ho sake, toh imaginary part kabhi zero nahi lauta aur curve wrap nahi karti. Ek well-placed zero (lead compensation) hi woh cheez hai jo ek two-integrator GNC loop ko useable banata hai. Dekho Stability Margins in GNC Loops aur Bode Plot & Gain/Phase Margins.
Exercise 5.2
Level-3 critical gain ko alag tarike se cross-check karo: ke characteristic polynomial pe Routh–Hurwitz Criterion apply karo aur confirm karo ki marginal gain hai.
Recall Solution
Step 1 — WHAT: characteristic polynomial banao. WHY: closed-loop poles ke roots hain, yani ke.
Step 2 — WHAT: Routh array banao. WHY: Routh–Hurwitz first column mein sign changes se RHP roots count karta hai; marginal stability tab hoti hai jab first-column entry zero hit kare.
entry hai .
Step 3 — marginal condition. Yeh tab vanish hoti hai jab : Yeh exactly Exercise 3.1 mein nikali Nyquist real-axis crossing se match karta hai — do independent methods, ek answer. ke liye first column entries sab positive hain (koi sign change nahi → , stable); ke liye third entry negative ho jaata hai jabki positive rehta hai, do sign changes deta hai (positive→negative→positive) → , unstable. Yeh Nyquist ke se match karta hai aur disguise mein Root Locus ka imaginary axis crossing hai.
Active recall
Recall Quick self-test
ka critical gain? ::: . ke liye stable range? ::: (needs since ). ki real-axis crossing kaun se par hoti hai? ::: . ke liye, kya loop ke liye kabhi unstable hai? ::: Nahi — aur curve kabhi nahi pohonchti, toh hamesha. Double integrator ke liye pe zero kya karta hai? ::: phase lead add karta hai, ko one-signed rakhta hai toh plot kabhi wrap nahi karta → sab ke liye stable.
Connections
- Nyquist stability criterion — encirclements of −1 — woh parent criterion jise yeh exercises drill karte hain.
- Argument Principle (Cauchy) — kyun wraps count karna poles count karna hai.
- Routh–Hurwitz Criterion — Ex. 5.2 mein cross-check karne ke liye use hua.
- Root Locus — imaginary-axis crossing hi marginal gain hai.
- Bode Plot & Gain/Phase Margins & Stability Margins in GNC Loops — Ex. 5.1 ka lead-zero rescue.
- Feedback Control Basics — jahan aur lead compensation aate hain.