Introduction to Simulink

Part One

Pavel Karban

University of West Bohemia,

Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
Department of Theory of Electrical Engineering

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Contents:

1. What is Simulink?
2. Getting Started
3. Dynamic System Definition
4. Preparing Problem for Simulation
5. Creation of Simuling Model – Standard Block Descripton
6. Analyzing Results

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1. What is Simulink?

Simulink (SIMUlation and LINK) is an extension of

MATLAB by Mathworks Inc

-intended to modeling, simulating, and analyzing of

dynamical systems under GUI
-linear and nonlinear analyses
-hierarchical model

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2. Getting Started

Simple model – Sine wave and its integral

1. Start Simulink
a)From Command Window: type simulink
b)From Main toolbar

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2. Simulink Library Browser

3. Create new model (by new file icon)

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4. Workspace for your model

5. Explore Library browser for become familiarized

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6. Drag from Sources group block with name Sine

Wave to workspace

7. Save your work to harddisk

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8. Continue to build model by adding blocks to your

model window.

From Sinks library: Scope

From Continuous library: Integrator
From Signal Routing library: Mux
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8. Continue to build model by adding blocks to your

model window.

From Sinks library: Scope

From Continuous library: Integrator
From Signal Routing library: Mux
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2. Getting Started

9. Establish connection between the blocks

To make a connection: left-click while holding down

the control key (on your keyboard) and drag from
source port to a destination port.
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2. Getting Started

10. Run the simulation

Double click on the Scope block to display of

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NOTE:
From math:
Primitive function to sine function is –cosine function

Real integrator:
Definite integral of input variable (area under sine
wave function between 0 and t)
t
y (t )   u (t ) dt
0

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3. Dynamic System Definition

A dynamic system is in fact a way how to describe

real objects and phenomena. It is possible to say,
that the dynamic system is a set of variables and
relations. Dynamic system can describe relations
between variables and causality between
variables as well. Variables describing an object or
a phenomenon can be divided into to sets –
parameters and state of system.
State of system is such a set of variables the
knowledge of which and the input function, with
the equation describing the dynamics, will provide
the future state and output of the system.
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3. Dynamic System Definition

The state of a system is described by a set of first-order differential

equations in terms of the state variables. This set of differential
equations can be written in matrix form as follows:

x  Ax  Bu
In general the output of dynamic system can be related to the
state variables and the input signal by the output equation
y  Cx  Du
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3. Dynamic System Definition

The state of a system is described by a set of first-order differential

equations in terms of the state variables. This set of differential
equations can be written in matrix form as follows:

x  Ax  Bu
In general the output of dynamic system can be related to the
state variables and the input signal by the output equation
y  Cx  Du
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3. Dynamic System Definition

.
u x x y
B S integrator C S

x  Ax  Bu
y  Cx  Du x inner state vector
u input vector
x output vector

A matrix of dynamics of the system

B input matrix
C output matrix
D matrix of direct acting of input to output
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4. Preparing Problem for Simulation
Simulate electrical circuit

Given circuit can be described

by this equation:
diL
R2iL  L 0
dt
With initial condition:
U0
iL (0) 
R1  R2

TASK: Find time evolution of current iL

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4. Preparing Problem for Simulation
After some rearrangement we will get:
diL R2
  iL
dt L
It is possible to rewrite previous
equation in the "matrix" form

x1  Ax1
y  Cx1
where
R2
x1  i L A  105 C 1
L
Initial condition (integrator):
U0
x(0)   5 103
R1  R2
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5. Creation of Simuling Model
Block diagram of simple dynamic system

Simulink model of simple dynamic system

1
s
Integrator Scope

Gain

-1e3/10e-3

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5. Creation of Simuling Model
Setting up Initial condition
(double click on Integrator block)

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5. Creation of Simuling Model
Setting up simulation preferences
(menu item Simulation > Configuration Parameters …)

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6. Analyzing Results
Time evolution of current iL
(double click on Scope block)

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Thank you for your kind attention

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