MATH319 Exercises

3 Assessed Exercise 1

A1.1 Express the following differential and integral equations as block diagrams

y=4d2udt2+3u+6u; (i)
y+4d2ydt2=2dudt+7u. (ii)

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A1.2 (i) Express the following coupled differential equations as a block diagram, where u is the input, y is the output, x is a state variable, and a,b,c and d are constants:

dxdt=ax+bu,

and

dydt=cx+du.

(ii) Express the following coupled differential and integral equations as a block diagram, where u1 and u2 are the inputs, y is the output, x is a state variable, and a,c,b1,b2,d1 and d2 are constants:

dxdt=ax+b1u1+b2u2,
dydt=cx+d1u1+d2u2.

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A1.3 A simple harmonic oscillator satisfies

md2xdt2+kx=u,

where t is time, x is displacement, u is the input, and k and m are positive constants. By introducing an extra state variable v=dx/dt, write this as a first order system of differential equations in matrix form (A,B,C,D).

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A1.4 Let

A=[(1410020003)].

Find (sI-A)-1, where s is an algebraic variable.

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