- Insert a sine wave block (f=2*pi*0.22 and phase=rand), tf block (your num and den)
- Insert one mux block (three inputs) and the scope
- Now copy and paste the sine wave block two times
- Do the same for the transfer function block (paste it two times)
- Connect the sine waves to each transfer function block
- Connect the transfer functions outputs to the mux and the mux to the scope
How do I run a simulation with a transfer function block and a multi dimensional input ?
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Hello everyone,
[Context] I want to simulate a complex system many times in order to calculate the average behaviour of the system and I want to avoid the many compilations that would occur in a loop containing the sim(mdl) command. Notice that the only thing changing between each simulation of the system is the input signal values...
[Situation] Let’s take a very simple example to be clear : Create a new model with a “Sine Wave” block with the following parameters :
Sine Type : Time-based (Default)
Time (t) : Use simulation Time (Default)
Amplitude : [ 1 1 1 ]
Bias : [ 0 0 0 ]
Frequency : [1 1 1 ]*2*pi*0.22
Phase : rand(1,3) %Here is the only param that changes between simulations
Sample Time: 0
[Uncheck] Interpret vector parameters as 1-D
Add a “Transfer Fcn” block with the following parameters (for example) :
Numerator : [1]
Denominator : [1 0 1]
(Others to default value)
Connect the “Sine Wave” block to the “Transfer Fcn” block and the output of the “Transfer Fcn” to a “Scope” block. No need to change Configuration Parameters of simulation (Stop time etc...)
[Aim] Instead of running the simulation many times with one sinewave I want to exploit the possibility of generating many (=3 here) sinewaves once and run only one simulation...
[Problem] The simulation throws errors : “Error in port widths or dimensions.[...]” I know that the “Transfer Fcn” block does not feature Scalar expansion so do you have a solution to this problem or a workaround that avoids the repetitive compilations of the model ?
Thank you
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Paulo Silva
on 7 Jul 2011
I tested a model and found problems doing what you want, my workaround is:
Now with just one simulation you get three waves
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Paulo Silva
on 7 Jul 2011
You can run the simulation 100 times with a loop and save each output, in the end plot the data, it's easy to do. If you have any new question please ask like you did for this one.
I tried to do the same just with MATLAB but for some reason I can't find the results aren't the same from simulink
syms s
Numerator=[1];
Denominator=[1 0 1];
sys=tf(Numerator,Denominator)
clf
axes
hold all
t=0:0.01:10;
ex=evalc('sys')
[a b] = strread(ex, '%s %s', 'delimiter',char(10));
num=sym(char(a(2)));
den=sym(char(a(3)));
ext=ilaplace(num/den);
ext=subs(ext,'t',t);
for n=1:3
plot(t,ext.*cos(2*pi*0.22*t+rand))
end
More Answers (5)
Doug Eastman
on 7 Jul 2011
Another option is to discretize the transfer function because a discrete transfer function does allow a vector input signal.
If you have the Control System Toolbox, you can automatically calculate the discrete form of the transfer function using C2D.
Arnaud Miege
on 7 Jul 2011
The transfer function block only supports scalar input signals, hence the error, see the documentation:
"The block can model single-input single-output (SISO) and single-input multiple output (SIMO) systems."
As Paulo suggests, make multiple copies of the block.
Arnaud
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Guy Rouleau
on 20 Sep 2011
Hi Pham, In R2011b, place the transfer function inside the For Each subsystem.
The For Each subsystem now support continuous time, so it can vectorize any algorithm very easily.
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K E
on 3 Jan 2013
Would it be possible to make one input time series which has all the desired sine waves concatenated into 1 series, and then just run 1 long simulation? You would need to know the start/end of each sine wave in order to extract each segment in postprocessing. Just mentioning in case that makes implementation easier.
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