Automatic Control and Instrumentation

Tutorial 2
*adopted from Principles and Practice of Automatic Process Control, Carlos Smith, 3 rd edition and Automatic Control Systems, Farid.

1) Using a table of Laplace transforms and the properties of the transform, find the transform F(s) of the
following functions.
a) f(t)=u(t)+2t+3t2
b) f(t)=e-2t[u(t)+2t+3t2]
c) f(t)=u(t)+e-2t-2e-t
d) f(t)=u(t)-e-t + te-t

2) Find the inverse Laplace transform of the following functions. First, perform partial-fraction expansion on
G(s), then use the Laplace transform table.
1
s ( s 2)(s 3)
10
b) G(s) =
( s 1) 2 ( s 3)
1
c) G(s)=
( s 1)3
2s 1
d) G(s)= 3
s 6s 2 11s 6

a) G(s) =

3) Please simplify following systems:

a.

b.

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d.

e.

f.