For a critically damped system, the closed-loop poles are

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  1. purely imaginary
  2. real, equal and negative
  3. complex conjugate with negative real part
  4. real, unequal and negative

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Option 2 : real, equal and negative
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Important Points:

  • If the poles are the real and left side of the s-plane, the step response approaches a steady-state value without any oscillations.
  • If the poles are the complex and left side of the s-plane, the step response approaches a steady-state value with the damped oscillations.
  • If poles are non-repeated on the jω axis, the step response will have fixed amplitude oscillations.
  • If the poles are the real and right side of the s-plane, the step response reaches infinity without any oscillations.
  • If the poles are the real and right side of the s-plane, the step response reaches infinity without any oscillations.
  • If the poles are the complex and right side of the s-plane, the step response reaches infinity with damped oscillations.

System

Damping ratio

Roots of the

Characteristic equine.

Root in the ‘S’ plane

Undamped

ξ =0

s = ±jω­n

Imaginary 

 

Underdamped (Practical system)

0 ≤ ξ ≤ 1

Complex Conjugate

 

Critically damped

ξ = 1

Real, equal and negative

 

Overdamped

ξ > 1

Real and unequal

 

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