THE MIKHAILOV STABILITY CRITERION REVISITED

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Abstract

It is shown that the principle of the argument is the basis for the Mikhailov’s stability criterion for linear continuous systems. Mikhailov’s criterion states that a real Hurwitz polynomial of degree n satisfies the monotonic phase increase, that is to say the argument of goes through n quadrants as w runs from zero to infinity. In this paper, the generalized Mikhailov criterion where a real polynomial of degree n with no restriction on the roots location is considered. A method based on the argument is used to determine the number of roots in each half of the s-plane as well as on the imaginary axis if any.

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