CIVIL ENGINEERING Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Logarithm, Quadratic Equation, Common Logarithm

11. A system is described by the following differential equation: [Section 23]

 

 

 

with the initial conditions x (0) = 1, x(0) = -1. Show a block diagram of the system, giving its transfer function and all pertinent inputs and outputs. (Hint: the initial conditions will show up as added inputs to an effective system with zero initial conditions.)

This data is an example of

 

 

A. a linear function

B. a nonlinear function

C. neither a linear nor nonlinear function - it is not a function at all