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!anuay 23, 2014
LL 324: S|gna|s ano Systems ll
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lntoouct|on
uurlng Lhls lab, my classmaLes and l re-famlllarlzed ourselves wlLh Slmullnk and Slgnals and
SysLems l meLhods. We derlved common represenLaLlons for seemlngly unrelaLed sysLems. ln
addlLlon, we slmulaLed Lhe sysLem response Lo varlous lnpuLs.

le-|ab
1. Argue that the |ntegrator system |s L1I and therefore |t |s character|zed by |ts |mpu|se
response.
1he deflnlng properLles of any L1l sysLem are llnearlLy and Llme lnvarlance.
LlnearlLy proof:
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= !!"
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1lme lnvarlance proof:
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1hen !
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1herefore, Lhe lnLegraLor ls an L1l sysLem.

2. Ver|fy that the |ntegrator's |mpu|se response (response to an |mpu|se |nput) |s a un|t
step, wh|ch denoted by u(t). Do the ver|hcat|on both ana|yt|ca||y and by us|ng
S|mu||nk w|th an |mpu|se generator b|ock and a scope b|ock.

AnalyLlcal roof:
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!! ! ! !


Slmullnk roof:

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1he flgure above shows Lhe lmpulse response of Lhe lnLegraLor sysLem.

3. Compute the Lap|ace transform of the |ntegrator and show that |t |s n(s) =
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. What |s
|ts reg|on of convergence?
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8eglon of convergence: !" ! ! !

Laboatoy Ass|gnment

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1. Cons|der the c|rcu|t descr|bed |n I|gure 1. I|rst, der|ve the |ntegro-d|fferent|a|
equat|on assoc|ated w|th the c|rcu|t. |(t) |s a current. 1he equat|on be|ow re|ates |(t)
the vo|tage, (|ts t|me der|vat|ve
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, and |ts t|me |ntegra| !!!!!"
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) across the
components.
uslng reslsLance, lnducLance, and capaclLance equaLlons:
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2. Descr|be re|at|on g|ven by the |ntegro-d|fferent|a| equat|on as a b|ock d|agram. 1he
current |(t) |s an |nput to the system. Der|ve the b|ock d|agram by so|v|ng the equat|on
for
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, and use an |ntegrat|on b|ock to obta|n v(t) and another |ntegrat|on b|ock to
obta|n !!!!!"
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.
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3. Set the va|ue of res|stor |nductor and capac|tor to the fo||ow|ng: k = 1ku, n = 100mn,
and C = 1mI. |ace a scope to measure the vo|tage v(t), and s|mu|ate the un|t step
response of the system (th|s |s the response of v(t) when the |nput |s a step generator
of amp||tude one). keport the p|ot of the step response |n an appropr|ate sca|e. (ou
may need to change the s|mu|at|on parameters to get better p|ots).

ln dlagram:
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1he flgures above show Lhe response of Lhe sysLem. 1he rlghL-mosL flgure ls a zoomed ln
verslon.

4. Next, change the va|ue of k to 1Mu, what do you note about the step response |n th|s
case as compared to the prev|ous one?
WlLh Lhe value of 8 belng 1MU, Lhe reslsLor baslcally becomes an open clrculL aL LhaL
polnL. 1hls clrculL Lhen becomes an LC clrculL because Lhe effecL Lhe reslsLor has on Lhe
clrculL ls baslcally lgnored. ?ou can see Lhe response ln Lhe nexL flgure.


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S. 1o ver|fy that seem|ng|y d|fferent systems have the same b|ock d|agram, cons|der the
mechan|ca| system |n I|gure 2. nere, the |nput |s the force f(t). Wr|te the |ntegro-
d|fferent|a| equat|on re|at|ng the f(t) to the mass ve|oc|ty v(t), acce|erat|on (|ts
der|vat|ve), and pos|t|on (|ts |ntegra|). keca|| that the |nert|a| force |s !
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, the spr|ng
force |s !!!!!"
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, and the fr|ct|on force |s 8 v(t).

lnLegro-dlfferenLlal equaLlon:

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6. Compare the two equat|ons and der|ve the correspondence between M,k,8 of the
mechan|ca| system w|th k,L,C of the e|ectr|ca| system. r|nt and report the b|ock
d|agram of the mechan|ca| system, when M = 1 kg 8 = 0.1 Ns]m, and k = 1 N]M.
Solvlng for
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8lock dlagram:

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1he response:

Analysls:
M corresponds Lo C, k corresponds Lo 1/L, 8 corresponds Lo 1/8.

Conc|us|on
1he purpose of Lhls lab ls Lo become famlllar wlLh Lhe baslcs of Slmullnk. lL's lmporLanL Lo flnd
Lhe lnLegro-dlfferenLlal equaLlon ln order Lo solve elecLrlcal and mechanlcal sysLems wlLhln
Slmullnk. l belleve Lhls lab has glven a good foundaLlon for us Lo use Slmullnk ln Lhe fuLure.