Solution 5.8.1.34
G
H
C
R
+
-
Figure 1: Nonunityfeedbackconguration
For the system shown above
GH(s)=
K(s+3)
s(s +2)(s+15)
:
To drawtheroot locus wemakeuseofthe data in Table 1, whichindicates
there is no break-in or break-out points between s = ;15 ands = ;3.
s ;14 ;13 ;12 ;11 ;10 ;8 ;6 ;4
K 15.3 28.6 40 49.5 57.1 67.2 72 88
Table 1: Gains along the real axis
The root locus on the real axis is between the poles at s =0ands = ;1,
and to the left of the pole at s = ;15. The pole/sero excess is two, so there
will be asymptotes at 90
and 270
.The asymptotes intersect the negative
real axis at
i
=
;2;15 + 3
2
= ;7:
The root locus is shown in Figure 2
1
Re(s)
j Im(s)
-2
-3
-15
-7
Figure 2: Completed rootlocus
2