Practice Sheet

Problem 1.
Given the following SISO system,
x 1 1 0 x1 1 2 0 x1 1 1
x 0 3 x 1u (t ) ; y (t ) 0 3 x 0u (t ); x(0) 0
2 2 2
a) Find the state transition matrix (t)
b) Using Laplace domain, solve for y(t) if u(t) is a unit step
c) Using Time domain, solve for y(t) if u(t) is a unit step and a unit impulse: (hint:
y (t ) C (t ) x (0) C (t ) B D u ( ) d )
t

Problem 2.
Given the following system
x 1 1 0 x1 1
x 0 3 x 1u (t ) Ax Bu
2 2
a) Find the eigenvalues 1 and 2 and their corresponding eigenvectors V1 and V2 of A. =-3,-1
b) Show that V1 and V2 are linearly independent
c) What are the singular values 1 and 2 where 120
d) Determine ||A||2 and ||A||F
e) Determine the condition number k(A). Is A well- or ill-conditioned?
f) Is T Negative Definite?
Problem 3. Find the transfer function G(s)=Y(s)/W(s) of
y (t ) 2e 3t u (t ); w(t ) unit step
Where w(t) and y(t) are the system input and output, respectively.
Problem 4. Find the following SISO control system
x 1 0 1 x1 0 1 0 x1 0
x 2 3 x 1u (t ); y (t ) 0 1 x 0u (t )
2 2 2
a) What are the A, B, C and D matrices?
b) Find the transfer function.
Problem 5. A system is modelled by a differential equation:
y 5 y 4 y 2u d2y dy
With y 2
, y
dt dt
a) Find the transfer function directly.
b) Find the transfer function using A, B, C, D representation.
Problem 6. In the feedback control loop, an I-controller (I means integrator) is used to control a
second-order plant.
a) What is the transfer function G =Y(s)/R(s)?
b) If r(t) is an impulse, determine y(t).
c) Deduce y(0) and y().

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