PDC Lecture 1

Engr. Rainier Gomez

Review of Laplace Transform
Determine the Laplace transform of the following:
6 5 + 3 + 5 3 + 3 sinh 2 3 cos 3
Review of Inverse Laplace Transform
Determine the inverse Laplace transform
6 3 7 6s 3
+ + 5+ 2 + 2
8 s s + 25 s 49
Application of Laplace Transform to Initial
Value Problems
Consider a horizontal spring-mass system with a mass of 1 kg and a
force of 12.8N is required to stretch it by a length of 0.2m. If damping
is not present and there is no external force, determine the position
of the spring after 2 seconds. The initial position is 1/3 m away from
equilibrium in the positive direction, and the initial velocity is 2 m/s
towards equilibrium.
Heaviside Function
0 <
=
1
Example
Write the following function in terms of Heaviside functions

4 < 6
25 6 < 8
=
16 8 < 30
10 30
Example
Determine the Laplace transform of the following

1) = 1012 + 2 6 3 6 7 123 4

4 < 5
2) 4 1
+ 3 sin 5
10 2
Example
Determine the inverse Laplace transform of the following

4 6
=
3+2 2 3