% Example 9.13 % second order response % varying wn, zeta is constant t = 0:.05:20; wn = .5; zeta = .4; num = wn^2; den = [1 2*zeta*wn wn^2]; y1 = step(num,den,t); wn = 1; num = wn^2; den = [1 2*zeta*wn wn^2]; y2 = step(num,den,t); wn = 2; num = wn^2; den = [1 2*zeta*wn wn^2]; y3 = step(num,den,t); plot(t,y1,'-',t,y2,'--',t,y3,'-.'); xlabel('Time (sec)') ylabel('y(t)') title('Second order step response, zeta = 0.4') % the following inserts a legend hold on plot([9 11],[.5 .5],[9 11],[.4 .4],'--',[9 11],[.3 .3],'-.'); text(12,.5,'wn = 0.5') text(12,.4,'wn = 1') text(12,.3,'wn = 2') hold off