Solution 10.8.7.2
The characteristic equation is
1+GH(s)=0:
If we let
GH(s)=
(s)
(s)
;;
then we can write
1+
(s)
(s)
=0;;
or
(s)+(s)
(s)
=0:
Clearly,another waytowrite the characteristic equation is
(s)+(s)=0:
We next divide both sides of
1+GH(s)=0
by GH(s)toobtain
1
GH(s)
+1=0:
We then rewrite this last expression using
GH(s)=
(s)
(s)
;;
to obtain
1
GH(s)
+1 =
1
(s)
(s)
+1
=
()
(s)
+1
=
(s)+(s)
(s)
:
Thus, we see that, as must be the case, that
1+GH(s)=0;;
1
j Im(s)
Re(s)
III
I*
r =
8
Figure 1: Root locus
and
GH(s)
;1
+1=0
are simply dierentways of writing the characteristic equation. If we use
GH(s)
;1
+1=0;;
Then wesimply reverse the roles of the poles and zeros of GH(s), but ev-
erything else remains the same.
Now consider
GH(s)=
K(s+4)
(s+1)(s;2)
Then
GH(s)
;1
=
(s+ 1)(s;2)
K(s+4)
Wenow draw the Nyquist plot for the contour shown in Figure 1 The Bode
phase and magnitude plots are shown in Figure 2. SInce GH has a pole in
the righthalfplane, GH
;1
will haveazeroin the righthalfplane and as
aresult the phase goes from 180
to 200
and then swings backto90
as
! goes from zero to innity. Since GH
;1
has twozeros and one pole its
2
10
-1
10
0
10
1
10
2
10
3
-80
-60
-40
-20
0
20
10
-1
10
0
10
1
10
2
10
3
100
120
140
160
180
200
Figure 2: Bode magnitude and phase plots
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Re(s)
Im(s)
a
b
Figure 3: B GH(I)
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Re(s)
Im(s)
III
II
Figure 4: Completed Nyquist plot
magnitude will increase without bound as ! !1.Thus, the Nyquist plot
for part I of the
contour is shown in Figure 3
As weevaluate GH
;1
along the semicircle of ininite radius, the mag-
nitude of GH
;1
remains innite, but the angle rotates through 180
in the
clockwise direction. This is because wehavetwozeros contributing 180
eachintheclockwise direction and a pole contriubting ;180
in the clock-
wise direction. The evaluation of GH
;1
along I
is just the mirror image of
GH(I). The completed Nquist plot is shown in Figure 4.
Wenowcan complete the analysis. One thing to remember. The gain
K is in the denominator so that as we increase K the NYquist plot shrinks
and as wedecrease the gain the Nyquist plot expands. The value of gain K
that makes GH
;1
=1can be determined from the Bode plots. The phase
starts at 180
and reaches 180
for the second time when ! =1:5rad/s.
The Bode magnitude plot was drawn for K =100,and we see from the
Bode magnitude plot that the point'a'isat
jGH
;1
(j0)j=
js;2jjs+1j
100js+4j
s=0
= ;44 dB = 0:006:
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If We divide both sides by 0.006 weobtain
jGH
;1
(j0)j=
js;2jjs+1j
0:6js+4j
s=o
=1:
For this same gain of 100 the point'b'is at
jGH
;1
(j1:5)j= ;40 dB = 0:01:
If we decrease the gain byafactor of 100 to 1, the pointbwill pass through
the point(;1;;0) in the GH plane. If wedecrease the gain byafactor of 44
dB, or 158.48, the point 'a' will pass through the point(;1;;0). Remember
we are working with the inverse of the loop transfer function and K is in
the denominator, so that as K increases the points `a' and `b' movetothe
right.
Thus, for 0 <K<0:6thepoint(;1;;0)will be region I. For 0:6 <K<1,
the point(;1;;0) will be region II. Finally,forK>1thethepoint(;1;;0)
will be region III.
Recalling the GH(s)
;1
has no pole in the righthalf -planem in region I
the Nyquist equation is
z = N + P
= 1+0
= 1
Thus there is one closed loop pole in the righthalfplane.
In region II the Nyquist equation is
z = N + P
= 2+0
= 2
Thus there are twoclosedlooppoles in the right half plane.
Finally,forK>1inregion III there are no encirclements and the
Nyquist equation is
z = N + P
= 0+0
= 0
and there are no closed loop poles in the right half plane.
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Re(s)
Im(s)
XX
Figure 5: Root locus
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Thus, the the system is stable for K>1. This can, of course, be seen
from the root locus shown in Figure 5. It is easy calculate the gain for
which the system becomes stable. This occurs when the closed loop pole
that originates from the loop transfer function pole at s = ;1 reaches the
origin. The gain to achievethis is
K =
js;2jjs+1j
js+4j
s=j1:5
=1:055;;
whichiscloseto the value wecomputed from the Bode plot and Nyquist
analysis.
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