INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KHARAGPUR

Date: Feb 2016, Time: 2 Hrs., Full Marks: 60,

Aerospace engineering department
No. of Students 67, Mid-Spring Semester Examination
Introduction to Flight Vehicle Controls (AE21008)
2nd Year UG B. Tech. & M. Tech (Dual)

Instructions: Answer all questions. Marks are equal for all

questions.
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I. Using block diagram reduction technique, simplify the block diagram shown in Fig. 1 and obtain
the closed-loop transfer function C(S)/R(S).

C(s)

Figure I

2. A) When the system shown in Fig. 2(a) is subjected to a unit-step input, the system output
responds as shown in Fig. 2(b). Determine the values of K and T from the response curve.

c(t)

R(s) C(s)

(a) (b)
Figure 2
8) An observed transfer function from voltage potential to force in skeletal muscles is given by
450
T(s)-....,-------
- (s + 5)(s + 20)
 i. Obtain the system's impulse response.
ii. Integrate the impulse response to find the step response.
iii. Verify the result in Part b by obtaining the step response using Laplace transform techniques.

3. Solve for x(t) in the system shown in Fig. 3, if fCt) is a unit step.

-+--i~r( I)
M= I kg
K\= 5 N/m
I,= I N-s/m M 1----10-- f( I )
f( t) = 1I(t) N

Figure 3
4. Draw a signal flow graph and evalute the closed-loop transfer function of a system given in Fig. 4
using Mason's Gain formula.

c
G 1

G"

Figure 4

5. A) Linearize the nonlinear equation

z = x2 + 8xy + 3y2
in the region 2 ~ x ~ 4, 10 ~ Y ~ 12.

B) Find the number of poles in the left half-plane, the right half-plane, and on the imaginary axis
for the system shown in Fig. 5

R(s) F.(s) I C(s)

+
s(2s4 + 3s3 + 2s2 + 3s + 2)
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Figure 5