Routh’s Stability Criterion: Applications

 For the system shown in the following

10 K
s  s 2  3s  7 
2

 1. Please evaluate the stability of the open‐loop system

 2. Please find the closed‐loop TF & system order
 3. Please find the characteristic equation.
 4. Please find the range of K such that the closed‐loop system is
stable.

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 Q.1 Find the number of poles in the LHP, the RHP, and on the j‐axis
for the system by using Routh’s stability criterion.

 Q.2 Determine the number of right‐half‐plane poles in the closed‐

loop transfer function

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 Q.3 Discuss the range of gain, K, for the following control system
that will cause the system to be
 (A). stable
 (B). unstable
 (C). marginally stable.
 Note that K > 0.
 Also complete the Routh table for each case.

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 Q4. Consider an open‐loop transfer function

R s  s  2 Y s 
s  1s  3s 2  8s  32

 (a). Determine the gain K that makes the system oscillate. That is,
the closed‐loop poles are located at imaginary axis.
 (b). Also find the position of the complex conjugate poles.

 PS: in the later chapter (root‐locus), the above condition is known as

a crossing point.

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