AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE

SANTIAGO CAMPUS

ACTIVITY #3
TRANSFER FUNCTION

Group 3
Mart Dave Cayaban
Sheena Jane Miguel
Wynner Ronn Silva

July 29, 2013

EENG03

I.INTRODUCTION

Course
BSCOE/BSECE

Subject:

1.TRANSFER FUNCTION - A Transfer Function is the ratio of the output of a

system to the input of a system, in the Laplace domain considering its initial
conditions and equilibrium point to be zero. If we have an input function of X(s), and
an output function Y(s), we define the transfer function H(s) to be:
[Transfer Function]

Readers who have read the Circuit Theory book will recognize the transfer
function as being the impedance, admittance, impedance ratio of a voltage divider
or the admittance ratio of a current divider.

2. SYSTEM RESPONSE- The order of a system is defined as being the highest

power of derivative in the differential equation, or being the highest power of s in

the denominator of the transfer function. A first-order system only has s to the
power one in the denominator, while a second-order system has the highestpower
of s in the denominator being two.
Types of the input functions (or test input signals) commonly used are:
Impulse function: In the time domain, u(t) = cd(t). In the s domain, U(s) = c.
Step function: In the time domain, u(t) = c. In the s domain, U(s) = c/s.
Ramp function: In the time domain, u(t) = ct. In the s domain, U(s) = c/s2.
Sinusoidal function: In the time domain, u(t) = csin(wt). In the s domain, U(s) =
cw/(s2+w2).
It is a primary function of control engineering to establish the response of the
system to a particular input.. Considering a step input of x i = x a.. applied from time
t = 0. It can be proved that the response of the system =
xo=x

(1-cos n.t ) .... By making

= (k 1k

)/M

Note: In reality the actual mass would not oscillate but would tend to stop due to
friction forces within the system.Assuming zero or low friction the reponse is clearly
unacceptable. The ideal response is for the system to rapidly move to the required
position x a. This can be conveniently achieved by introducing additional damping to
the system. Damping is included by attaching a viscous damper to the mass. This
damping would introduce a Force (F d ) which is proportional the velocity of the
mass. F d = - C.Dx o where C is the damping factor.

II.PROBLEMS

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d. PLOT THE IMPULSE REPONSE CURVE

1. s=poly(0,'s')
num= 1;
den=s+2;
xs=syslin('c',num/den);
t=-8:.1:8;
xt=csim('impulse',t,xs)
plot2d(t,xt)

2. s=poly(0,'s')
num=(4*(s^3))+(4*(s^2));
den=(4*(s^3))+(12*(s^2))+(10*s)+2;
xs=syslin('c',num/den);
t=-8:.1:8;
xt=csim('impulse',t,xs)
plot2d(t,xt)

PLOT THE UNIT STEP RESPONSE CURVE

1. s=poly(0,'s')
num=1;
den=s+2;
xs=syslin('c',num/den);
t=-8:.1:8;
xt=csim('step',t,xs)
plot2d(t,xt)

2. s=poly(0,'s')
num=(4*(s^3))+(4*(s^2));
den=(4*(s^3))+(12*(s^2))+(10*s)+2;
xs=syslin('c',num/den);
t=-8:.1:8;
xt=csim('step',t,xs)
plot2d(t,xt)