Mar 19, 2015 #1 K kenambo Full Member level 6 Joined Feb 26, 2012 Messages 393 Helped 52 Reputation 104 Reaction score 48 Trophy points 1,308 Location India Visit site Activity points 3,859 Hi all I come across damping ratio line in a root locus method, in which i can't able to understand How a damping ratio is drawn in a cartesian graph. For example damping ratio = 0.456 means they draw a line of 117.13 deg on the root locus in norman Nise book of control engineering. How a damping ratio of 0.456 converts into a line of 117.13 deg.? Thanks
Hi all I come across damping ratio line in a root locus method, in which i can't able to understand How a damping ratio is drawn in a cartesian graph. For example damping ratio = 0.456 means they draw a line of 117.13 deg on the root locus in norman Nise book of control engineering. How a damping ratio of 0.456 converts into a line of 117.13 deg.? Thanks
Mar 19, 2015 #2 erikl Super Moderator Staff member Joined Sep 9, 2008 Messages 8,108 Helped 2,695 Reputation 5,370 Reaction score 2,308 Trophy points 1,393 Location Germany Visit site Activity points 44,123 0.456 = -cos(117.13deg)
Mar 19, 2015 #3 K kenambo Full Member level 6 Joined Feb 26, 2012 Messages 393 Helped 52 Reputation 104 Reaction score 48 Trophy points 1,308 Location India Visit site Activity points 3,859 But May I know why we need to take cos(damping_ratio) Is there any specific reason ..? Thanks