12.7. Root Locus Plot (State-Space Representation)

When a control system is represented in state-space form, the command used to plot the root locus for the system is

rlocus(A, B, C, D)

The gain vector K is calculated adaptively to produce a smooth plot curve. There are two more types of this rlocus command.

rlocus(A,B,C,D,K)Uses a user-specified vector K of gains.
[r,K]=rlocus(A,B,C,D,K)Returns the matrix r of complex root locations for the gains K.
Example 12.11.

Consider the system whose behaviour is described by the following state-space equations:

Obtain the root locus plot using MATLAB.

Solution:

%Program to Plot the root locus for system ...

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