NETWORK RESPONSE PREDICTION BY MEANS OF A HIGH SPEED DIGITAL COMPUTER,

Abstract

Two methods are presented for programming the IBM 704 high speed digital computer to predict the response-vs-frequency characteristics of an arbitrary linear system. The first method, using a Fortran program supplemented by a complex arithmetic package, has been particularly useful with ladder networks. The second method applies to any system describable by Kirchhoff's laws put into determinantal form. It uses existing program for determining the coefficients and roots of the characteristic equation for a given matrix. It has the advantage of easier programming for complex systems and of explicitly locating their zeroes and poles. Both procedures yield phase and attenuation information suitable for machine plotting on either the complex plane or response-vs-frequency planes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 02, 1959
Accession Number
AD0832304

Entities

People

  • C. H. Nute

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arithmetic
  • Attenuation
  • Coefficients
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Kirchhoff'S Law
  • Linear Systems
  • Plotting

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Linear Algebra