
6-22 
REFERENCE 
DATA 
FOR ENGINEERS 
where  the  last  term  in  each  equation  represents  the 
initial conditions.  For example, in  Eq.  (20b) the last 
term  would  represent,  in  an  electrical  circuit,  the 
quantity of electricity existing on a capacitor at time 
t 
= 
0, 
the instant when the driving force 
e(t) 
begins to act. 
Resolution into Partial Fractions-The  solution 
of  the  operational form of  the equations of  a  system 
involves rational fractions that must be simplified before 
the  inverse  transform  is  found.  Let  the  fraction  be 
h(p)/g(p) 
where 
h(p) 
is of  lower degree than 
g(p), 
for 
example 
(3p 
+ 
2)/(p2 
+ 
5p 
+ 
8). 
If 
h(p) 
is of equal or 
higher degree than 
g(p), 
it can be reduced by division. 
The reduced fraction can be expanded into partial frac- 
tions.  Let the factors 
of 
the denominator be 
(p 
- 
p,) 
for the 
n 
nonrepeated roots 
pr 
of the equation 
g(p) 
= 
0, 
and 
(p 
- 
p,) 
for a root 
pa 
repeated 
m 
times. 
There  is  a  summation  term  for  each  root  that  is 
repeated.  The constant coefficients 
A, 
and 
B, 
can be 
evaluated by  reforming  the  fraction  with  a  common 
denominator.  Then the coefficients of each power of 
p 
in 
h(p) 
and the reformed numerator are equated and the 
resulting  equations  solved  for  the  constants.  More 
formally, they may be evaluated by 
where 
andf('-')(p,)  indicates that the 
(r 
- 
1)th derivative 
of 
f(p) 
is to be found, after which we  set 
p 
= 
Fractions of the form (Alp 
+ 
A2)/(p2 
+ 
o 
) 
or, more 
generally 
4.. 
where 
b 
> 
u2 
and 
o2 
= 
b 
- 
a2 
need not be reduced 
further. From the Laplace transforms the inverse trans- 
form of  (22a) is 
exp(-@(A 
COSW~ 
+ 
B 
sinor) 
where 
(Eq. 22b) 
h(-a 
+ 
jw) 
g'(-a 
+ 
jw) 
h(-a 
- 
jo) 
g'(-a 
- 
jo) 
A= 
+ 
(Eq. 
22c) 
Similarly, the inverse transform of  the fraction 
is exp (-@(A  coshat 
+ 
B 
sinhat), where 
A 
and 
B 
are 
found by (22c) and (22d), except that 
jw 
is replaced by 
a 
and the coefficientj is omitted in the expression for 
B.