Solution to Assignment 1

Question 1:
Code:
clear all;
close all;
clc;

b = 50; % Coefficient of Friction
m = 1000; % Mass of the car
u = 500; % Step force

Num = [1/m]; % Numerator
Den = [1, b/m]; % Denominator
sys=tf(Num,Den); % Transfer Function

figure,
step(u*sys); % Plots step response with amplitude 'u'


Question 2:
Code:
clear all;
close all;
clc;

Num = [2 1]; % Numerator
Den = [1 2 5]; % Denominator
sys=tf(Num,Den); % Transfer Function

figure,
Step Response
Time (sec)
A
m
p
l
i
t
u
d
e
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
System: untitled1
Settling Time (sec): 78.2
System: untitled1
Final Value: 10
System: untitled1
Final Value: 10
System: untitled1
Rise Time (sec): 43.9
impulse(sys); % Plots impulse response

figure,
step(sys); % Plots step response with amplitude '1'

Impulse Response:

Step Response:

Question 3:
Impulse Response
Time (sec)
A
m
p
l
i
t
u
d
e
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
System: sys
Settling Time (sec): 3.47
System: sys
Settling Time (sec): 3.47
Step Response
Time (sec)
A
m
p
l
i
t
u
d
e
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
System: sys
Peak amplitude: 0.625
Overshoot (%): 212
At time (sec): 0.663
System: sys
Settling Time (sec): 4.4
System: sys
Settling Time (sec): 4.4
System: sys
Rise Time (sec): 0.0875
Related to Question 1, factor b/m is a real pole on sigma axis in S-domain. Adjusting values of b or m
or both affects the time constant of the system. The observations are consistent with the fact that
system transients decay faster with increasing value of sigma see figures below:


0 20 40 60 80 100 120
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
x 10
-3
Impulse Response
Time (sec)
A
m
p
l
i
t
u
d
e
b = 50, m= 1000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
x 10
-3
Impulse Response
Time (sec)
A
m
p
l
i
t
u
d
e
b=100, m=1000

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
x 10
-4
Impulse Response
Time (sec)
A
m
p
l
i
t
u
d
e
b=50, m=1500