Control SystemsLect.8 Root Locus TechniquesBasil Hamed

Chapter Learning OutcomesAfter completing this chapter the student will be able to:

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Root Locus – What is it?• W. R. Evans developed in 1948.• Pole location characterizes the feedback system

stability and transient properties.• Consider a feedback system that has one parameter

(gain) K > 0 to be designed.

• Root locus graphically shows how poles of CL system varies as K varies from 0 to infinity.

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L(s): open-loop TF

Root Locus – A Simple Example

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Characteristic eq.

K = 0: s = 0,-2K = 1: s = -1, -1K > 1: complex numbers

Root Locus – A Complicated Example

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Characteristic eq.

• It is hard to solve this analytically for each K.• Is there some way to sketch a rough root locus by

hand?

8. 1 Introduction• Root locus, a graphical presentation of the closed-loop poles as a

system parameter is varied, is a powerful method of analysis and design for stability and transient response(Evans, 1948; 1950).

• Feedback control systems are difficult to comprehend from a

qualitative point of view, and hence they rely heavily upon mathematics.

• The root locus covered in this chapter is a graphical technique that gives us the qualitative description of a control system's performance that we are looking for and also serves as a powerful quantitative tool that yields more information than the methods already discussed.

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8.2 Defining the Root LocusThe root locus technique can be used to analyze and design the effect of loop gain upon the system's transient response and stability.

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Assume the block diagram representation of a tracking system as shown, where the closed-loop poles of the system change location as the gain, K, is varied.

8.2 Defining the Root LocusThe T.F shows the variation of pole location for different values of gain k.

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Pole location as a function of gain for the system

8.4 Sketching the Root Locus

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1. Obtain the open-loop function kG(s)H(s) Characteristic Eq.: 1+kG(s)H(s)=0

2. Mark Poles with X and Zeros with O3. Draw the locus on the real axis to the left of an odd number of real

poles plus zeros.4. The R-L is Symmetrical with respect to the real axis.

8.4 Sketching the Root Locus5. The R-L originates on the poles of G(s)H(s) and terminates on the

zeros of G(s)H(s)6. Draw the asymptotes α = n – m α :numb of asymptotes, n: numb of zeros, m: numb of poles 1+kG(s)H(s) = 0, k =

7. The break away points will appear among the roots of polynomial obtained from: = 0 OR -D(s)

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Example

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Find R-L

ExampleSketch R-L

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Solution:

Indicate the directionwith an arrowhead

ExampleIntersections of asymptotes =

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Asymptotes(Not root locus)

Breakaway points are among roots of

s = -2.4656, -0.7672 ± 0.7925 j

Example

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Breakaway point-2.46K=.4816

Root Locus – Matlab Command “rlocus.m”

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Example

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There are three finite poles, at s = 0, — 1, and - 2, and no finite zeros

Example

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Example 8.2 P. 400PROBLEM: Sketch the root locus for the system shown in Figure

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SOLUTION: Let us begin by calculating the asymptotes α = n – m =4-1=3 =±60,+ 180 Breakaway point= -D(s)==-.44

Example 8.2 P. 400

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Root-locus diagrams that show the effects of adding poles to G(s) H(s)

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a>0

b>a>0

Root-locus diagrams that show the effects of adding poles to G(s) H(s)

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another pole is added to G(s)H(s) at s = -c

addition of a pair of complex conjugatepoles to the transfer function

Root-locus diagrams that show the effects of adding a zero to G(s)H(s)

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ExampleGiven : find R-L when b=1,i) a=10, ii)a=9, iii)a=8 , iv) a=3, v) a=1Solution: i)a = 10. Breakaway points: s = -2.5 and -4.0.

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Example

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ii) a = 9. The breakaway point at s = -3.

iii) a = 8. No breakaway point on RL

Example

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iv) a = 3.

v) a = b = 1. The pole at s = -a and the zero at -b cancel each other out, and the RL degenerate into a second-order case and lie entirely on the jw-axis.

ExampleConsider the closed loop system with open loo functionK a) sketch R-Lb)What range of k that ensures stability?Solution:

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Example

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Not valid

ExamplePart b) Charct Eq, 1+kGH=0 1+=0 Using R-H array

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For stability needb= (-1/4)(k-10)>0 k<10

C= k-6 k> 6 6<k<10

Example

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Find R-L and find k for critical stability

Solution

Breakaway points are among roots of

Example

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ExampleCharacteristic equation

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Routh array

When K = 30

Example

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