Lag Compensator Root Locus.
Cuthbert Nyack
This applet shows the root locus of a 2 pole system with a Lag
Compensator. The screen shows a rectangular portion of the s plane
of width xwk, height yhk and centered at (xck, yck). Some
cases are mentioned below.
Parameters (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 10.0, 3.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 7.5, 8.0) show
P control of a 2 pole system.
Parameters (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 10.0, 3.0, 10.0, 0.0, 0.0, 7.5, 8.0) show
Lag compensation of a 2 pole system.
Parameters (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 10.0, 3.0, 10.0, -0.1, 0.0, 0.25, 0.21) show
Lag compensation with an expanded view of the area close to
the origin. 2 Loci start at the 2 poles 0 and -0.01, they meet,
break away into the complex plane, meet at ~-0.205, one ends at the zero at -0.1 while the moves to the left to meet the loci which started at the pole at -2.0. (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 10.0, 3.0, 10.0, -0.9, 0.0, 2.4, 1.0)
Parameters (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 10.0, 3.0, 0.6, 0.0, 0.0, 7.5, 8.0) show
Lead compensation of a 2 pole system. The behaviour near the origin
is now different because the zero of the compensator is closer to
the pole at the origin unlike the lag compensator where the
pole is closer.
Gif image below show how the applet should appear.
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