Control Systems II CYS201S

Tutorial 3_2015
1. For all systems defined in Tutorial 2, determine the inverse Laplace transform.
2. Determine the Laplace transforms for:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

A step voltage of magnitude 4V which starts at t 0 s .

A step voltage of magnitude 8V which starts at t 4 s .
A ramp voltage of 5V/s which starts at t 0 s .
A ramp voltage of 4V/s which starts at t 3s .
An impulse of magnitude 3V at t 0 s .
An impulse of magnitude 10V at t 4 s .

3. Determine the Laplace transforms for:

e 2t .
2 t
b) 5e

a)

c)

Vo e

d) 1 e

2 t

e)

5 1 e 2t

f)

Vo 1 e

4. Determine the Laplace transforms of the following:

2 /( s 3)
b) 2 /(3s 1)
c) 2 / s ( s 3)
d) 2 / s (3s 1)
a)

5. Using the final and initial value theorems, calculate the initial and final values of the signals
giving the following Laplace transforms:
a)

5
s

b)

5
s ( s 2)

6. Use partial fractions to determine the signal variation with time which yielded the following
Laplace transforms:
a)

4s 5
s s2
2

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b)
c)

6s 8
s ( s 1)( s 2)
1
2
s 3s 2

7. Find the initial value of f (t ) / t when the Laplace transform of f (t ) is given by:

2s 1
s s 1
2

8. Determine the inverse Laplace transform of:

5( s 2)
s ( s 1)( s 3)
1
b. F ( s )
2
s(s 2 )
a.

F (s)

s 4 2s 3 3s 2 4s 5
c. F ( s )
s ( s 1)
s 1
d. F ( s )
2
s ( s s 1)
e.

F (s)

5e s
s 1

9. Solve the following differential equations:

x(0) 0
x (0) 3
x(0) 0
x (0) 0
t
The forcing function e is given at t 0 when the system is at rest.

x 3 x 6 x 0
t
b. x 2 x 10 x e
a.

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Control Systems II CYS 201S

Tutorial 3

February 2015