ENGS 22 Systems

Laplace Transform Table

Largely modeled on a table in DAzzo and Houpis, Linear Control Systems Analysis and Design, 1988

F (s) f (t) 0 t
1. 1 (t ) unit impulse at t = 0
1 1 or u(t ) unit step starting at t = 0
2.
s
1 t u(t) or t ramp function
3.
s2
1 1
4. t n 1 n = positive integer
sn ( n 1)!
1 as u (t a ) unit step starting at t = a
5. e
s
1 as
u(t) u(t a) rectangular pulse
6. (1 e )
s
7.
1 e at exponential decay
s+a
1 1
8. t n1e at n = positive integer
( s + a) n (n 1)!
1 1
9. (1 e at )
s ( s + a) a
1 1 b at a bt
10. s(s + a)(s + b) (1 e + e )
ab ba ba
s + 1 b( a) at a( b) bt
11. [ e + e ]
s( s + a)(s + b) ab ba ba
1 1
12. (s + a)(s + b) (e at e bt )
ba
s 1
( ae at be bt )
13. ( s + a )( s + b) ab

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F(s) f(t) 0t
s + 1
14. ( s + a )( s + b ) [( a)e at ( b)e bt ]
ba
1 eat ebt ect
15. ( s + a)(s + b)(s + c) + +
(b a)(c a) (c b)(a b) (a c)(b c)
s + ( a)eat ( b)ebt ( c)ect
16. (s + a)(s + b)(s + c) + +
(b a)(c a) (c b)(a b) (a c)(b c)
sin t
17. 2
s + 2
s cos t
s + 2
18. 2
s+ 2 + 2
19. 2
s +2 sin(t + ) = atan2(, )

s sin + cos sin(t + )
20.
s2 + 2
1 1
21. s ( s 2 + 2 ) (1 cost )
2
s+ 2 +2
22. s ( s 2 + 2 ) cos( t + ) = atan2(, )
2 2
1 e at 1
23. (s + a)(s 2 + 2 ) + sin(t )
a +
2 2
a +
2 2

= atan2(, )
1 1 at
24. (s + a) 2 + b 2 e sin(bt )
b
1 1
24a. 2 e nt sin(n 1 2 t )
s + 2 n s + n
2
n 1 2
s+a e at cos( bt )
25. ( s + a ) 2 + b 2
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F(s) f(t) 0t
s + ( a ) 2 + b 2 at
26. ( s + a ) 2 + b 2 e sin( bt + ) = atan2(b, a)
b
26a.
s +
(
n n ) 2

+1 e nt sin( n 1 2 t + )
s2 + 2ns +n
2 1 2
= atan2(n 1 2 , n )
27. 1 1
1 + eat
sin(bt ) = atan2( b, a )
a +b b a +b
2 2 2 2

s[(s + a)2 + b2 ]
27a. 1 1
1 ent sin(n 1 2 t + )
n 2
n 2 1 2
s(s 2 + 2n s + n
2
= cos 1
28. 1 ( a) 2 + b2 at
s + + e sin(bt + )
a +b b
2 2
a +b
2 2

s[(s + a)2 + b2 ] = atan2( b , a ) atan2( b , a )

28a. 1 t
s + + ( ) 2
+ (1 2
) e
sin( 1 2
n
t +)
n n 1 n
2 n
2

s(s2 + 2n s + n )
2

= atan2(n 1 2 , n ) atan2( 1 2 , )
29. e ct e at sin(bt )
1 + = atan2(b, c a)
(c a) 2 + b 2 b (c a) 2 + b 2
(s + c)[(s + a)2 + b2 ]

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F(s) f(t) 0 1
30. 1 ect eat sin(bt )
1 +
c(a2 + b2 ) c[(c a)2 + b2 ] b a2 + b2 (c a)2 + b2
s(s + c)[(s + a)2 + b2 ]
= atan2(b,a) + atan2(b, c a)
31. (c )e ct
+
s + c(a 2 + b 2 ) c[(c a) 2 + b 2 ]
s(s + c)[(s + a)2 + b2 ] ( a) 2 + b 2
+ e at sin(bt + )
b a 2 + b 2 (c a) 2 + b 2
= atan2(b, a) atan2(b,a) atan2(b, c a)
1 1
32. s 2 ( s + a ) 2
(at1+ eat )
a
1 1
(1 eat ateat )
33. s(s + a)2 a2

s + 1
[ eat
+ a(a )teat
]
34. s(s + a)2 a2

s 2 + 1s + 0 0 a2 1a + 0 at b2 1b + 0 bt
35. s(s + a)(s + b) + e e
ab a(a b) b(a b)
s 2 + 1s + 0 0 1 2 2
+ [(a b 1 a + 0 ) 2
36. s[(s + a) 2 + b 2 ] c 2 bc
1
+ b (1 2a) ] eat sin(bt + )
2 2 2

= atan2[ b( 1 2a ), a 2 b 2 1 a + 0 ] atan2( b, a )
c2 = a2 +b2

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F(s) f(t) 0 1
37. (1 / ) sin(t + 1 ) + (1 / b)e at sin(bt + 2 )
1 1

(s2 +2 )[(s + a)2 +b2 ] [ 4a + ( a + b ) ]

2 2 2 2 2 2 2

1 = atan2(2a, a2 + b2 2 )
2 = atan2(2ab, a 2 b 2 + 2 )
38. 1 2 + 2 2
1

s + ( ) sin(t + 1 )
c
(s2 +2 )[(s + a)2 +b2 ]
1 ( a)2 + b2 2 at
1
+ [ ] e sin(bt +2 )
b c
c = (2a)2 + (a2 + b2 2 )2

1 = atan2( , ) atan2( 2a , a 2 + b 2 + 2 )
2 = atan2(b, a) + atan2(2ab, a 2 b 2 2 )
s + 1
1 2 a [b + ( a ) ] at
2 2 2
39. s2[(s + a)2 + b2 ] ( t + 1 )+ e sin( bt + )
c c bc
c = a 2 + b2
= 2atan2(b, a) + atan2(b, a)
s 2 + 1s + 0 1 +0t 0 (a + b) 1 1 0
(1 + )eat
40. s 2 (s + a)(s + b) ab (ab) 2
a b a a 2

1
(1 1 + 20 )ebt
ba b b

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