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Systems with Time Delays
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Systems with Time Delays
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ABSTRACT
Mathematical models of systems with time delays were introduced in Section 2.2.2. If there is a time delay in a linear system, then its transfer function includes a term e −hs where h > 0 is the delay time. For this class of systems, transfer functions cannot be written as ratios of two polynomials of s. The discussion on Routh-Hurwitz and Kharitanov stability tests, and root locus techniques do not directly extend to systems with time delays. In order to be able to apply these methods, the delay element e −hs must be approximated by a rational function of s. For this purpose, Padé approximations of delay systems will be examined in this chapter.