MATH319 Slides

105 Example of gain and phase

Example

For a,b>0, u0 a constant and y(0)=y(0)=0, find the gain and phase of

ay′′+by+y=u0cosωt.

Then the Laplace transform is

(as2+bs+1)Y(s)=u0sω2+s2,

so that taking s=iω in the formula

T(s)=1as2+bs+1,
T(iω)=11-aω2+ibω=1-aω2-ibω(1-aω2)2+b2ω2,