Laplace Transform of Periodic Function:

Consider a Laplace Transform of Periodic Function of time period T satisfying the condition,

Laplace Transform of Periodic Function

where n is positive or negative integer.

The Laplace transform of such periodic function is given by ,

Laplace Transform of Periodic Function

where F1 (s) is the Laplace transform of the first cycle of the periodic function.

Proof:

Consider the periodic function f(t) shown in the Fig. 2.23.

Laplace Transform of Periodic Function

Let f1 (t) be the first cycle of periodic function f(t). It can be expressed interms of unit step function as,

Consider the second cycle of the function f(t) as shown in the Fig. 2.23 (a).

Laplace Transform of Periodic Function

This can be expressed as,

It can be seen from the expression of f1 (t) that,

Multiplication by u(t – T) confirms that f2 (t) i.e. second cycle is zero for t < T.

Consider the third cycle as shown in the Fig. 2.23 (b).

Laplace Transform of Periodic Function

This can be expressed as,

Laplace Transform of Periodic Function

It can be seen from the expression of f1 (t) that,

Multiplication u (t – 2T) confirms that f3 (t) i.e. second cycle is zero for t < 2T.

From equations (1), (2) and (3) we can write the expressions for various cycles as,Laplace Transform of Periodic Function

Hence the given function f(t) can be written as,

Laplace Transform of Periodic Function

by shifting property

Hence we can write Laplace transform of f(t) as,

Laplace Transform of Periodic Function

NowLaplace Transform of Periodic Function

where F1(s) is the Laplace transform of first cycle of periodic function f(t).