Hi, I want to write a transfer function in matlab. I know we usually write in the following way

trans = tf([1 0 0], [1 0 1]);
This gives something as a function of 's'.

what if i wanted to write an equation that was a function of 's+x', where x is a constant. So instead of H(s), i want to write a function and evaluate at values of say H(s+5).

thanks

 

Hi, I want to write a transfer function in matlab. I know we usually write in the following way

trans = tf([1 0 0], [1 0 1]);
This gives something as a function of 's'.

what if i wanted to write an equation that was a function of 's+x', where x is a constant. So instead of H(s), i want to write a function and evaluate at values of say H(s+5).

thanks

The numbers you use for the vectors in the "tf" command can be variables too. For example, the following would be allowed.

A=1;
B=0;
C=0;
D=1;
E=0;
F=1;
trans = tf([A B C], [D E F]);

 

hmm, sorry, but i might have not been clear with my question. I see in the case you listed above that you can define the coefficients as variables. In my case, what i desire is that instead of computing

s^2/ s^2+1

i want to compute

(s+j5)^2/((s+j5)^2+1)

is this possible?

edit: on second thought, i could probably expand the polynomial in this case, but if this was a nth order polynomial, that may not be convenient, so i'd still like to know how to code this function, thanks

edit edit: now that i have actually expanded the polynomial, i find that i know longer have a function of 's', rather, i am left with a bunch of real numbers. can i still use the bode() and tf() calls here?

 

I'm not following what you are trying to do.

 

Not quite sure what is your question.

Have you actually tried this in Matlab?

You can type

s = 2


s + 5i

or

s + 5j


(s+5j)^2/((s+5j)^2+1)

 

I probably don't see the real issue here, but if you want to evaluate H(s+5) you could transform your variable:

input=10;
trans_input=input+5;
H(trans_input);

If, however, you want to use the tf function to evaluate the shifted-polynomial transfer function, you might need to play a bit with the polynomial functions library. I 'll get back to you when I get home.