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Lecture2 Methods of Determining Stability-Rhc

The document discusses methods for determining stability in control systems. It describes the Routh-Hurwitz criterion, which is an algebraic method that analyzes the characteristic equation of a system to determine if any roots have a positive real part, indicating instability. The document also mentions the Nyquist criterion and Bode diagram as other semi-graphical methods. It provides an example using the Routh-Hurwitz criterion to analyze the stability of a third-order system.

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Lecture2 Methods of Determining Stability-Rhc

The document discusses methods for determining stability in control systems. It describes the Routh-Hurwitz criterion, which is an algebraic method that analyzes the characteristic equation of a system to determine if any roots have a positive real part, indicating instability. The document also mentions the Nyquist criterion and Bode diagram as other semi-graphical methods. It provides an example using the Routh-Hurwitz criterion to analyze the stability of a third-order system.

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Methods of Determining Stability

Eng R. L. Nkumbwa Copperbelt University 2010

Determining Stability

For all practical purposes, there is no need to compute the complete system response to determine stability. When the system parameters are all know the roots of the characteristic equation can be found using various methods including the Automatic Control Systems Software (ACSYS) in conjunction with MATLAB Toolbox.
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Determining Stability

What are some of the methods for determining stability in control engineering?

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Methods for Determining Stability

RouthHurwitz Criterion this is an algebraic method that provides information on the absolute stability of a system that has as characteristic equation with constant coefficients. The criterion tests whether any of the roots of the characteristic equation lie in the right half s-plane. Nyquist Criterion this is a semi graphical method that gives information on the difference between the number of poles and zeros of the closed loop transfer function that are in the right half s-plane by observing the behavior of the Nyquist plot of the loop transfer function.
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Methods for Determining Stability

Bode Diagram this is the diagram plot of the magnitude of the loop transfer function G(j) H (j) in dB and the phase of G (j) H (j) in degrees, all verses frequency . The stability of the closed loop system can be determined by observing the behavior of these plots.
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Tip Off

It will be evident throughout this course, that most of the design and analysis techniques on control systems will represent alternative methods of solving the same problem. The designer simply has to choose the best analytical tool, depending on the particular situation.
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In the course of normal system design, it is not merely necessary that the system be stable. It is essential that the system be sufficiently stable that transient disturbances will decay quickly enough to permit rapid recovery by the controlled variable. In the next sections, however, the major emphasis is on concepts and methods of determining system stability. Eng. R. L. Nkumbwa @ CBU
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Routh-Hurwitz Criterion

What is RHC Analysis? The RouthHurwitz Criterion (RHC) represents a method of determining the location of zeros of a polynomial with constant real coefficients with respect to the left half and right half of the s-plane, without actually solving for the zeros.

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Reminder

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Output Signals Characteristic for Stability, Neutral & Unstable

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Stability Condition

A necessary and sufficient condition for a feedback system to be stable is that all the poles of the system transfer function have negative real parts.

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Routh-Hurwitz Criterion

The RouthHurwitz Criterion (RHC) represents a method of determining the location of zeros of a polynomial with constant real coefficients with respect to the left half and right half of the s-plane, without actually solving for the zeros.

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Routh-Hurwitz Criterion Background

The stability analysis has occupied the interest of many engineers including Maxwell and Vishnegradsky. In the late 1800s, A. Hurwitz and E.J. Routh independently published a method of investigating the stability of a linear system. The Routh-Hurwitz stability method provides an answer to the question of stability by considering the characteristic equation of the system.
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Routh-Hurwitz Criterion

The Routh-Hurwitz criterion is based on ordering the coefficients of the characteristic equation:

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Routhian Array

Into an array as follows:

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Routhian Rows

The rows of the schedule are then completed as follows:

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Routhian Rows

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Hurwitz Determinants

Where,

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RHC Principle

The Routh-Hurwitz criterion states that the number of roots of D(s) with positive real parts is equal to the number of changes in sign in the first column of the Routh Array. This criterion requires that there be no changes in sign in the first column for a stable system. This requirement is both necessary and sufficient.
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Four Cases for First Column Array


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No element in the first column is zero. There is a zero in the first column, but other elements of the row contain a zero in the first column are non-zero. There is a zero in the first column, the other elements of the row contain a zero are also zero. There is a zero in the first column, and the other elements of the row contain the zero are also Eng. R. L. Nkumbwa @ CBU zero, with repeated roots on the jw axis.
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Example: Third-Order System

The characteristic polynomial of a thirdorder system is:

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Example: Third-Order System

The polynomial satisfies all the necessary conditions because all the coefficients exist and are positive. Utilizing the Routh array, we have:

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Example: Third-Order System

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Example: Third-Order System

Because there are two changes in sign in the first column, we find that two roots of D(s) lie in the right- hand plane, and our prior knowledge is confirmed.

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Exercise

To illustrate this method clearly, you are required to do a research for each case.

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Routh-Hurwitz Criterion Limitations

Routh-Hurwitz Criterion is only valid, if the characteristic equation is algebraic with real coefficients. If any one of the coefficients is complex or if the equation is not algebraic, for example, containing experimental functions or sinusoidal functions of s, RHC simply cannot be applied.

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Routh-Hurwitz Criterion Limitations

The RHC cannot be applied to any other stability boundaries in a complex plane, such as the unit circle in the z-plane, which is the stability boundary of discrete data systems.

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MATLAB & ACSYS LAB

Spend time in the lab learning MATLAB and ACSYS Software.

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