49662-14-31P AID: 194937 |

30/01/2020

Refer to Figure P14.31 in the textbook.

Redraw the circuit diagram in Laplace domain with equivalent model of initialized
capacitor.

Consider Figure 1. It shows the circuit diagram in Laplace domain.

V  s
The voltage, C , by nodal analysis is given by,
 20 
VC  s    
 s   VC  s   0
 1  40  10
 
 0.1s 
20
VC  s  
1
s
5
Apply inverse Laplace transform.
 
 20 
L 1 VC  s    L 1 
1
s  
 5
t
  1  A  
vC  t   20e 5u
 t  L  s  a   Ae u  t  
 at

   
20
1
s
V  s 5 and the
Therefore, the voltage, C , across the capacitor in Laplace domain is
t

vC  t  20e 5u
 t
voltage, , across the capacitor in time domain is .