LAPLACE TRANSFORM

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MATHEMATICS CENTRE

2000

DEFINITION
The Laplace transform f ( s ) of a function f(t) is defined by:

f (s) =

st

f (t ) dt

TRANSFORMS OF STANDARD FUNCTIONS

f(t)

f (s)

1
s

et

1
s+

1 Tt
e
T

1
1+ sT

1 e t

s (s + )

te t

(s + )2

e t e t

( s + )(s +

1
s2

tn

n!
sn +1

e t t n

n!

(s + )n +1

s + 2

sin t

s
s + 2

cost

f(t)

f (s)

e t sin t

(s + )2 + 2

e t cos t

s+

(s + )2 + 2
2
s s2 +

1 cost

1
2

(sin

t t cos t )

(s

t
sin t
2

(s

e t cos t sin t

1
2

s
2

2 2

2 2

+
s

(s + )

s sin + cos
s2 + 2

sin ( t + )
e t +

sin t cos t

( s + )(s 2 +

sin 2 t

s s 2 + 4
cos2 t

s 2 + 2

s s 2 + 4

s 2

sinh t

cosh t

s
s 2
2

2
2

f(t)

f (s)

e t sinh t

( s + )2
s +

e t cosh t

( s + )2

t sinh t

(s

t cosh t

t cosh

t sinh

2
2

t)

(s

2 2

(t)

Unit step :

H(t)

1
s

Ramp:

tH(t)

1
s2

Delayed Unit Impulse: (t-T)

e-sT

Delayed Unit Step:

H(t-T)

e sT
s

Rectangular Pulse:

H(t)-H(t-T)

1 e sT
s

2 2

Transforms of Special Functions

Unit impulse :

1
2

2 2

s2 +

(s
1

TRANSFORM THEOREMS
f(t)
e-t f(t)

f (s + )

f(t-T)H(t-T)

e sT f ( s )

f(kt)

1 s
f
k k

Damping:
Delay:

f (s)

Time scale:

Integral:

1
f ( s)
s

f (t ) dt

Differentiation
sf ( s ) f ( 0)

d
f (t )
dt
d2
f (t )
dt 2
dn
f (t )
dt n
Initial Value:

s 2 f ( s) sf ( 0) f '( 0)
s n f ( s) sn 1 f ( 0) sn 2 f '( 0) ... f n 1 ( 0)

{ f (t )} = lim {s f ( s) }
lim
t 0
s

Final Value:

{ f (t )} = lim {s f ( s) }
lim
t
s 0

Periodic Functions:

If f(t) has period T then:

f ( s) =

1
1 e sT

f (t )e

st

dt

further, if g(t) is defined as the first cycle of f(t), followed by zero, then f ( s ) =

g ( s)
1 e sT

Square Wave:
f (t ) = 1
f (t ) = 0

0< t <
T
<t <T
2

T
2

f (s) =

1 e T e T
1 +
2s e T + e T

2
<t <

f (t ) = sin t

0<t<

Half-Wave Rectified Sine:

f (t ) = 0

Full-Wave Rectified Sine:

, where

f (t ) = sin t

f ( s) =

f (s) =

1 + e s /

s 2 + 2 1 e s /

s
4

2
s + 1 e s /
2

Saw-Tooth Wave:

t
f (t ) = 0 < t < T
T

1
e sT
f (s) = 2
s T s 1 e sT