AN INVESTIGATION OF DESCRIBING FUNCTION DEVELOPMENT.

Abstract

This paper reviews some of the most common methods of describing function development. The describing function has been used primarily for stability analysis on the Nichols, polar, and Nyquist plots. This paper shows the use of the real and imaginary components of the describing function on the parameter plane. In addition a generalized digital computer program is developed for generating describing function data for a large class of nonlinearities. Data is computed and tabulated for a number of common nonlinearities, and these tables are included as an appendix.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0487843

Entities

People

  • Jerry Michael Loveless

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.