//Example 9.8 // Natural Response of a Series LRC Circuit // From figure 9.17 L=0.1; R=14; C=1/400; // Since Excitation is zero by definition of natural response ,we set v_s'=0 in standard 2nd order diffrential equation // homogeneneous differential equation will be // i_L''+(R/L)*i_L'+(1/(L*C))*i_L=0 s=%s; p=s^2+(R/L)*s+(1/(L*C)); // characteristic equation //comparing this equation with standard 2nd order diffrential equation we get alpha=R/(2*L); omega=sqrt(1/(L*C)); r=roots(p); // roots of characteristic equation // Let us assume values for A's A_1= -5; A_2= 7; t=0:0.001:0.1; i_l=A_1*exp(r(2)*t)+A_2*exp(r(1)*t); plot(t,i_l) // typical plot of Overdamped Response xlabel('t') ylabel('i_l(t)') title("Overdamped Response of series LRC circuit")