Laplace Transforms
Transfer Functions
Controllers
Stability
Potpourri
100

Laplace Transforms move time-domain functions to this domain.

What is the s-domain or Laplace-domain?

100

A transfer function is the ratio of an output function to this type of function.

What is input function?

100
These are the three controller parameters.

What are proportional gain, integral time, and derivative time?

100

Stability analysis requires this type of transfer function?

What is open-loop?

100

LOOP-PRO uses this tuning method.

What is IMC?

200

The Laplace Transform of this function is 24/s.

What is 24?

200

A first-order plus time delay transfer function includes these three parameters.

What are process gain, process time constant, process time delay?

200

Increasing integral time leads to this type of response in a closed-loop system.

What is less aggressive?

200

A Bode Plot contains these two plots.

What are phase angle and amplitude ratio?

200

This control scheme contains two controllers, with one controlled by the other.

What is cascade?

300

Laplace Transforms convert differential equations into this type of equation.

What is an algebraic equation?

300

This type of transfer function only contains a gain term.

What is zero-order?

300

A closed-loop response plot will exhibit this if the controller is set to Proportional-only control.

What is offset?

300

The phase angle is equal to -180o at this value.

What is the crossover frequency?

300

Closed-loop stability can be determined using this by-hand method.

What is direct substitution?

400

This method is used to find partial fraction residues.

What is Heaviside Expansion?

400

The roots of the polynomial in the numerator of a transfer function are known as this.

What are zeros?

400

A controller is said to be in this mode if it is set to automatic.

What is closed-loop?

400

This tuning method utilizes stability plots.

What is Ziegler-Nichols?

400

A system is stable if all of its poles meet this condition.

What is negative real part?
500

This theorem is used to insert time delays into time-domain response functions.

What is the Real Translation Theorem?

500

Transfer functions can be determined through these two methods.

What are step tests and dynamic modeling?

500

Controllers make process input manipulations based on this measure.

What is error?

500

Phase angle has this type of relationship with controller gain.

What is none?

500

Linearization of dynamic models is based on this mathematical expansion.

What is Taylor Series Expansion?

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