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STABILITY
1. Given the impulse responses of several linear continuous systems, determine if the impulse response represents a stable or
unstable system.

(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e)

2. Given the roots of the characteristic equations of several systems, determine whether the roots represent a stable, marginally
stable, or unstable system.
A.  1,2 B.  1,1 C.  3,2,0 D.  1  j ,1  j E.  2  j ,2  j ,2 j ,2 j
F. 2,1,3 G.  6,4,7 H.  2  3 j ,2  3 j ,2 I.  j , j ,1,1

3. Using the Routh stability criterion, determine whether the given characteristic equation represents a stable system:
s 3  4 s 2  8s  12  0

4. Given the characteristic equation

s 4  6 s 3  11s 2  6 s  K  0
Using the Routh stability criterion, what restrictions must be placed on K in order to ensure that the system is stable?

5. Construct a Routh table and determine the number of roots with positive real parts for the equation
2 s 3  4 s 2  4 s  12  0

6. Using the Hurwitz determinants, determine whether the system is stable or unstable if its characteristic equation is given by
s 3  8s 2  14 s  24  0

7. A system is designed to give satisfactory performance when a particular amplifier gain K=2. Using the general Hurwitz conditions,
determine how much K can vary before the system becomes unstable if the system’s characteristic equation is
s 3  (4  K ) s 2  6 s  16  8 K  0

8. Using the continued fraction stability criterion, determine the stability of the system with the characteristic equation
s 3  4 s 2  8s  12  0

9. Determine the bounds upon the parameter K for which a system with the given characteristic equation is stable
s 3  14 s 2  56 s  K  0

10. Using the jury test, determine whether the system is stable or unstable given the following characteristic equations
4 3 2
A. Q ( z )  z  2 z  3 z  z  1  0
 4 3 2
B. Q ( z )  2 z  2 z  3 z  z  1  0
5 4 3 2
C. Q ( z )  z  3 z  3 z  3 z  2 z  1  0