Since frequency response techniques and root locus diagrams are not applicable to a nonlinear process, there is an important need for a graphical tool to allow nonlinear behaviour to be displayed. This need is filled by the phase plane diagram. The method is applicable to second-order processes without input, although effects equivalent to step or ramp inputs can be obtained by choice of initial conditions.
The phase plane portrait, Page 1 of 2
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