918 Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology
Problem 10. Use Table 45.1 to determine the Laplace transforms
of the following waveforms:
(a) a step voltage of 10 V which starts at time t D 0
(b) a step voltage of 10 V which starts at time t D 5s
(c) a ramp voltage which starts at zero and increases at 4 V/s
(d) a ramp voltage which starts at time t D 1 s and increases at
4V/s
(a) From 2 of Table 45.1, Lf10gD10Lf1gD10
1
s
D
10
s
The waveform is shown in Figure 45.10 (a).
(b) From 4 of Table 45.1, a step function of 10 V which is delayed by
t D 5 s is given by:
10
e
sT
s
D 10
e
5s
s
D
10
s
e
−5s
This is, in fact, the function starting at t D 0 given in part (a), i.e.,
10/s multiplied by e
sT
, where T is the delay in seconds.
The waveform is shown in Figure 45.10 (b).
(c) From 7 of Table 45.1, the Laplace transform of the unit ramp,
LftgD1/s
2
Hence the Laplace transform of a ramp voltage increasing at 4 V/s
is given by:
4
LftgD
4
s
2
The waveform is shown in Figure 45.10(c).
(d) As with part (b), for a delayed function, the Laplace transform is
the undelayed function, in this case 4/s
2
from part (c), multiplied
by e
sT
where T in this case is 1 s. Hence the Laplace transform is
given by: .4=s
2
/e
−s
The waveform is shown in Figure 45.10 (d).
Problem 11. Determine the Laplace transforms of the following
waveforms:
(a) an impulse voltage o
f 8 V which starts at time
t D 0
(b) an impulse voltage o
f 8 V which starts at time
t D 2s
(c) a sinusoidal current of 4 A and angular frequency 5 rad/s
which starts at time t D 0
0
10
V
t
(a)
0
V
(c)
4
0
V
(d)
4
1
t
1
t
0
10
V
(b)
5
t
2
Figure 45.10