Electrical Engineering - Control Systems - 2cnd Order System

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In an electrical engineering discussion on second-order control systems, the focus is on plotting Bode plots for overdamped systems where the damping coefficient ζ is greater than 1. The challenge arises from the angle Θ, which becomes imaginary when ζ exceeds 1, complicating the plotting process. Participants note that in overdamped cases, the roots of the characteristic equation lie on the real negative axis, making Bode plotting more straightforward compared to underdamped systems. The conversation also touches on the physical interpretations of trigonometric functions outside their real domains. Understanding these concepts is crucial for accurately representing system behavior in control engineering.
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Homework Statement



Given a electrical circuit as one below

SPnOUPs.png


One can find the transfer function

9PPdYxi.png


For second order systems this can be written as

OWMjA6f.png


I know that the damping coefficient can be found using the following formula

xBvs1cn.png


In the over damped case ζ>1 can easily occur depending on the values of the components above.

My question is how would you plot a bode plot when ζ>1? I know that when 0<=ζ<=1 Θ can be found using, Θ=arccos(ζ). In the over damped case you would get the arccosine of a value greater than one. In which case Θ is imaginary so how would you go about plotting it such a angle? I know how to solve such a equation such as arccosine(2), but am unsure of the physical conclusions from such a equation. I'm just intrigued by learning physical representations of the trigonometric functions that fall out side of their real domains. I would like to learn more on this subject.

Thanks for any help.
 
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You replace ##s## by ##jω## and this gives an expression with a complex number in the denominator. Determine the magnitude of the expression, and its angle.
 
GreenPrint said:

Homework Statement



Given a electrical circuit as one below

SPnOUPs.png


One can find the transfer function

9PPdYxi.png


For second order systems this can be written as

OWMjA6f.png


I know that the damping coefficient can be found using the following formula

xBvs1cn.png


In the over damped case ζ>1 can easily occur depending on the values of the components above.

My question is how would you plot a bode plot when ζ>1? I know that when 0<=ζ<=1 Θ can be found using, Θ=arccos(ζ). In the over damped case you would get the arccosine of a value greater than one. In which case Θ is imaginary so how would you go about plotting it such a angle? I know how to solve such a equation such as arccosine(2), but am unsure of the physical conclusions from such a equation. I'm just intrigued by learning physical representations of the trigonometric functions that fall out side of their real domains. I would like to learn more on this subject.

Thanks for any help.

When the system is overdamp[ed the roots of the characteristic equation both lie on the real negative axis. So that's actually much easier to Bode-plot than for an underdamped system.

What are the Bode plots of ab/(s+a)(s+b)?
 

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