Solution 10.8.7.3
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, 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+3)
(s;1)(s;2)
Then
GH(s)
;1
=
(s;)(s;2)
K(s+3)
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 twopoles
in the right half plane, GH
;1
will havetwozeros in the righthalfplane and
as a result the phase goes from 380
to 90
as ! goes from zero to innity.
Since GH
;1
has twozeros and one pole its 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
2
10
-1
10
0
10
1
10
2
10
3
-60
-40
-20
0
20
40
10
-1
10
0
10
1
10
2
10
3
100
150
200
250
300
350
Figure 2: Bode magnitude and phase plots
3
Re(s)
Im(s)
Figure 3: B GH(I)
4
Re(s)
Im(s)
_
8
a
I
II
Figure 4: Completed Nyquist plot
counterclockwise direction. This is because wehavetwozeros contributing
180
eachintheclockwise direction and a pole contributing ;180
in the
clockwise 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
1
jjs
2
j
100js+3j
s=0
5
= ;30 dB = 0:03162
Then if we divide both sides by0.03162 weobtain
js
1
jjs
2
j
3:162js+3j
s=0
=1:
Thus, the pointawillpass through the point(;1;;0) in the GH plane for
K =3:162. Remember weareworking with the inverse of the loop transfer
function and K is in the denominator.
Thus, for 0 <K<3:162 the point(;1;;0) will be region I. For 3:162K<
1,thepoint(;1;;0) will be region II.
Since GH(s)
;1
has no poles inside the righthalf plane, in region I the
Nyquist equation is
Z = N +P
= 2+0
= 2
Thus there are twoclosedlooppoles in the right half plane.
In region II the Nyquist equation is
Z = N +P
= 0+0
= 0;;
and there are no closed loop poles in the right half plane.
Thus, the the system is stable for K>3:12. 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 poles reach
the imaginary axis at about ! =3:2. that originates from the loop transfer
function pole at s = ;1reaches the origin. The gain to achieve this is
K =
js;2jjs;1j
js+3j
s=j3:2
=2:88;;
whichiscloseto the value wecomputed from the Bode plot and Nyquist
analysis.
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-8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
Real Axis
Imag Axis
Figure 5: Root locus
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