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Soumen Mandal · Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute

I will explain you by a very simple example. Time domain refers to Views 54455
variation of amplitude of signal with time. For example consider a typical
Electro cardiogram (ECG). If the doctor maps the heartbeat with time say Followers 40
the recording is done for 20 minutes, we call it a time domain signal.
However, as in ECG a number of peaks are there (of different types). Say Answers 11
in one heartbeat 4 types of peaks or variation in amplitude occurs. So in
frequency domain, over the entire time period of recording, how many
times each peak comes is recorded. Frequency is nothing but the number
of times each event has occured during total period of observation.
Frequency domain analysis is much simple as you can figure out the key
points in the total interval rather than putting your eye on every variation
which occurs in time domain analysis.
In ECG frequency domain analysis is used

Dec 19, 2012

Edi Kurniawan · Indonesian Institute of Sciences

Time domain : how the signals change over time
Freq - domain : how much signals lie in the frequency range, theoretically
signals are composed of many sinusoidal signals with different
frequencies (Fourier series), like triangle signal, its actually composed of
infinite sinusoidal signal (fundamental and odd harmonics frequencies)

Sep 2, 2012

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Pedro Bittencourt · Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

well, almost everything... in time domain your model/system is evaluated
according to the progression of it's state with time. In Frequency domain
your model/system is analyzed according to it's response for different
frequencies.
In linear system you can find a transformation (usually fourier transform)
to "transport" your model into frequency domain from time domain.

I suppose the keywords for your search in the topic are: Fourier
Transform, System modelling.
I recommend a signals and systems introductory book such as Haykin's :
http://books.google.com.br/books?
id=QA9LAQAAIAAJ&source=gbs_similarbooks

Aug 31, 2012

Yong Kuen Ho · University of Malaya

Time domain simplyResearchGate
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equations network
are cast in the form for scientists and researchers.
time, for example tau*dp/dt + p = Kp*u. You can convert this equation into
the frequency domain, which physically meant how your system would
response to a sinusoidal wave of different frequencies. In control, you can
easily obtain the frequency domain AR and phase angle by substituting s
= j*w in the Laplace domain. I would recommend the book "process
dynamics and control" by Seborg.

Sep 1, 2012

Poom Jatunitanon
Very thank, Pedro Bittencourt and Yong Kuen HO

Sep 1, 2012

Edi Kurniawan · Indonesian Institute of Sciences

Time domain : how the signals change over time
Freq - domain : how much signals lie in the frequency range, theoretically
signals are composed of many sinusoidal signals with different
frequencies (Fourier series), like triangle signal, its actually composed of
infinite sinusoidal signal (fundamental and odd harmonics frequencies)

Sep 2, 2012

Adolfo Silva · National Institute for Space Research, Brazil

Time domain usually put the equations at the form of state space, then
you're capable of looking "inside" of your system I mean the internal
variables that are invisible when you use frequency domain(transfer
function).

But when you study the system in frequency domain you stabilish a
relationship beetween input and output by laplace transform.

Summarizing the both approaches are useful when you're desing a

system.

Sep 21, 2012

Purushotam Y.R.
If one wants to understand the dynamics of a system or in other words he
or she intends to know the output of a system for a perticular input before
applying such an input to the actual system one needs to model the
system and the input using mathematics. If we use differential or
difference equation to model the system dynamics (and also the input ) it
is said that we are representing the system dynamics in the time domine.If
we are obtaining the transfer function then we are performing the analysis
in the frequency domine. solving a differential equation is difficult as one
needs to assume the solution as a first step. getting a solution in the
frequency domine is much easy than in the time domine.

Sep 22, 2012

Azzi Abdelmalek · Université de Béjaïa

Let us explain a signal x in a time domain, it 's simply a variation of your
signal at each time. x(t) is a function of a time t. Any real signal can be
represented as a sum of many sine wave with different pulses, amplitudes
and phases. The differents sine wave components, also named
harmonics represent the frequency representation of your signal, which is
in a frequency domain. Look at my website www.azzimalik.com

Nov 18, 2012

Soumen Mandal · Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute

I will explain you by a very simple example. Time domain refers to
variation of amplitude of signal with time. For example consider a typical
Electro cardiogram (ECG). If the doctor maps the heartbeat with time say
the recording is done for 20 minutes, we call it a time domain signal.
However, as in ECG a number of peaks are there (of different types). Say
in one heartbeat 4 types of peaks or variation in amplitude occurs. So in
frequency domain, over the entire time period of recording, how many
times each peak comesResearchGate is the professional
is recorded. Frequency network
is nothing but the number for scientists and researchers.
of times each event has occured during total period of observation.
 Frequency domain analysis is much simple as you can figure out the key
points in the total interval rather than putting your eye on every variation
which occurs in time domain analysis.
In ECG frequency domain analysis is used

Dec 19, 2012

Mark Alan Mendlovitz · Raytheon Company Space and Airborne

Systems
Simply put, the frequency domain is the dual (complex) coefficient set of
the complete sinusoidal basis of the time domain signal.

Jan 9, 2013

Pias Ali Pitafi · Sukkur Institute of Business Administration

The analysis of a system with respect to time is known as time domain
analysis and with respect to frequency is frequency domain analysis. we
usually change our systems from time to frequency by using (fourier,
laplace ) to make it easy to understand the response of the system
because time domain is more complex for higher orders.

Nov 28, 2014

Ali Esmaeili · University of Lisbon

Thanks all,

I have a problem, I have a signal in time domain, actually, acceleration

was calculated in time domain and the acceleration changes between
[-4,4] m/s2. Then I did an FFT on the signal and converted to frequency
domain; but the amplitude of acceleration in frequency domain is between
[10e-4,1]. Why this difference? acceleration is normalized during the FFT
transform or not?

What does FFT transform affect on the acceleration unit? is it m/s2 in

frequency domain?

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