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Assignment Date: 23-9-20

Course Name: CONTROL SYSTEMS Course No. ECE/EEE/INSTR F242
Time: 26/9 to 6/10 Total marks: 30M

Questions
1) Design the following transfer functions using Simulink and find their step response.
1
a) (𝑠2 +2𝑠+40)
(𝑠+1)
b) 𝑠3 +2𝑠2 +5𝑠+7
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c) 𝑠2 +2𝑠+4
What is the observation on the different response in terms of their specifications.
d) Find the inverse Laplace transform of the function using manual calculation and
MATLAB

What is the difference you find in both the resultant expressions

2) Find the transfer function of the following mechanical systems and draw the analogous
electrical systems.

3) A closed loop system is used to track the sun to obtain maximum power from a photovoltaic
array. The tracking system is represented in the system with H(s) = 1, and G(s) = 100/( τs+1),
Gc(s) =0, where τ = 3 s nominally. a) Calculate the sensitivity of this system for a small
change in τ. b) Calculate the time constant of the closed loop system response. If Gc(s) =K.
For what value of ‘K’ will the sensitivity of this system for a small change in τ will be zero.
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Assignment Date: 23-9-20
Course Name: CONTROL SYSTEMS Course No. ECE/EEE/INSTR F242
Time: 26/9 to 6/10 Total marks: 30M

4) Draw the SFG for the given equations and find the transfer function for the same.

5) For a unity feedback system G(s)=K/(s(1+sτ)) determine the values of K and τ, so that (Peak
value) Mr = 1.06 and ωn=12 rad/sec.

6) Determine the stability of the system having characteristics equation as

and find the number of roots in the left , right and on the imaginary axis. Use Matlab and
verify.

7) Let the open loop transfer function be K/(s(s+1)(s+3)) with unity feedback and ‘K’ as
variable determine what is the maximum value of K for which it is stable and what will
happen to the stability if we add one real zero ‘z’ between -3 and -1 poles. What is the
conclusion derived. Plot the rootlocus with and without zero in MATLAB.

8) Determine the transfer function and derive an expression for the output if the input is a step
having a magnitude of 2 unit. Check and display the results in MATLAB
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Assignment Date: 23-9-20
Course Name: CONTROL SYSTEMS Course No. ECE/EEE/INSTR F242
Time: 26/9 to 6/10 Total marks: 30M

9) Find the transfer function C/R both by signal flow graph method and by block diagram
reduction.

10) Determine the natural frequency, damped frequency, peak overshoot, damping ratio, the time
at which first undershoot occurs, the time period of oscillation and the number of cycles
completed before reaching the steady state. Show hand calucaltions and also in MATLAB

11) An armature controlled d.c motor is supplied in series with a resistance from a 24 d.c. supply.
The motor takes a current of 5A on stalling and the stalling torque being 0.915 N-m. The
motor runs at 1000rpm taking a current of 1 A. The moment of inertia and coefficient of
viscous friction are 4 x 10^3 kg-m^2 and 1.5 x 10^-3 Nm/(rad/sec) respectively. Determine
the transfer function of the motor
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Assignment Date: 23-9-20
Course Name: CONTROL SYSTEMS Course No. ECE/EEE/INSTR F242
Time: 26/9 to 6/10 Total marks: 30M

12) Obtain the transfer functions Eo(s)/Ei(s) of the bridged T networks shown in Figures

13) Consider a higher-order system defined by

Using MATLAB, find the poles and zeros. Plot the unit-step response curve of this system.
What are the dominant poles. Using MATLAB, obtain the rise time, peak time, maximum
overshoot, and settling time. Obtain the impulse response and plot. For which input the system
becomes unstable: impulse, step or ramp or parabolic? If the system is reduced to second order
systems what are the change in the performance specifications?

14) Calculate the steady state error due to a unit - step disturbance input D(s) as shown in the
figure

15) Find the transfer function of the following diagram using block reduction and signal flow
graphs.
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Assignment Date: 23-9-20
Course Name: CONTROL SYSTEMS Course No. ECE/EEE/INSTR F242
Time: 26/9 to 6/10 Total marks: 30M

16) In the continuously stirred tank, see Figure, an acid process flow is neutralized by adding a
concentrated NaOH solution. The acid process flow has a tendency to vary its pH with time,
which gives undesired variation of the pH in the outflow. In an effort to reduce these variations
one has decided to use control

a) Classify the different signals as input, output, and disturbance signal.

b) Draw a block diagram of the system with a control strategy.

17) Considering a system with the following transfer function

Obtain the Routh-Hurwitz table. Based on the table, what is the requirement of unknown
parameter K to make the system stable? For K=0.2 and K=1 simulate the step response using
MATLAB and summarize if it is consistent with the stability analysis.
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Assignment Date: 23-9-20
Course Name: CONTROL SYSTEMS Course No. ECE/EEE/INSTR F242
Time: 26/9 to 6/10 Total marks: 30M

18) a) The loop transfer function of a single-loop feedback control system is given as

The parameters K and T may be represented in a plane with K as the horizontal axis and
T as the vertical axis. Determine the regions in the T-versus-K parameter plane where the
closed-loop system is asymptotically stable and where it is unstable. Indicate the
boundary on which the system is marginally stable.
(b) Assume a value of T and K, simulate the step response using MATLAB, and
summarize if it is consistent with the stability analysis you conducted

19) (a) The block diagram of an electric train control is shown in Fig. The system parameters and
variables are

The output of the controller is measured and described by the following expression:

, when a step input of 1 V is applied to the

controller.
Find manually and through Matlab:
a) Controller Transfer function
b) Open loop transfer function
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Assignment Date: 23-9-20
Course Name: CONTROL SYSTEMS Course No. ECE/EEE/INSTR F242
Time: 26/9 to 6/10 Total marks: 30M

c) System transfer function

d) Steady state speed.

20) Signal-flow graphs may be used to solve a variety of electric network problems. Shown in
Figure is the equivalent circuit of an electronic circuit. The voltage source ed(t) represents a
disturbance voltage. The objective is to find the value of the constant k so that the output
voltage eo(t) is not affected by ed (t).

21) Determine the values of ‘c’ for which the step response of the transfer function

will have an overshoot. Confirm your result using Matlab and obtain plots of the step
response for ‘c’ equal to 0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2.

22) A control system with a PD controller is shown in Fig. Compute manually and use MATLAB
for verification to find the values of KP and KD so that the ramp-error constant KV is 1000
and the damping ratio is 0.5.
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Assignment Date: 23-9-20
Course Name: CONTROL SYSTEMS Course No. ECE/EEE/INSTR F242
Time: 26/9 to 6/10 Total marks: 30M

23) The motion equation of a dc motor is given

(a) Find the transfer function between the applied voltage (v) and shaft angle
(b) Including a closed loop feedback to part(a) such that , where K is the
feedback gain, obtain the transfer function between
(c) Use MATLAB to plot the step response of the position servo system for K=0.5,1.0 and
2.0 Find the rise time and overshoot.

24) In the system shown in the figure below, the value of m=1kg, b=2N-sec/m and k=100N/m.
the mass is displaced by 0.05m and released with no initial velocity. Find the frequency
observed in the vibration, also find the amplitude 4 cycles later.

25) When the system given below is subjected to a unit step input, the response of the output is
shown in the figure, given that the maximum peak overshoot is 25.4% and ζ= 0.4 determine
the values of K and T in the figure
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Assignment Date: 23-9-20
Course Name: CONTROL SYSTEMS Course No. ECE/EEE/INSTR F242
Time: 26/9 to 6/10 Total marks: 30M

26) For the system given below, obtain the closed loop sensitivity due to variation of
1) A
2) Kα
3) β
4) K
The feedback does not reduce the closed loop sensitivity due to variation of which one of the
following.

27) A linear network has the system function

Find the values of a, b, H, c.

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Assignment Date: 23-9-20
Course Name: CONTROL SYSTEMS Course No. ECE/EEE/INSTR F242
Time: 26/9 to 6/10 Total marks: 30M

28) The measurement system shown in the figure uses three sub-systems in cascade whose gains
are specified as G1,G2 and 1/G3. The relative small errors associated with each respective
subsystem G1, G2, and G3 are ε1,ε2 and 𝜺3. The error associated with the output is

29) Consider a open loop system having forward path transfer function of G(s)=1/s*(s+2). Write a
MATLAB code to show the effect of addition of poles at -1, -0.5, -0.25 from their step
responses and specifications. Give your deductions and reasons.

30) For the linear , time invariant system whose block diagram is shown in figure with input x(t)
and output y(t) .

(a) Find the transfer function

(b) Find the step response of the system while initial conditions are zero.
(c) Find y(t) , if x(t) is as shown in figure below and the initial conditions are zero.
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Assignment Date: 23-9-20
Course Name: CONTROL SYSTEMS Course No. ECE/EEE/INSTR F242
Time: 26/9 to 6/10 Total marks: 30M

31) Block Diagram model of a position control system is shown in fig. below

(a) Determine the Damping ratio of the system for amplifier gain KA = 5 . Also find the
steady state error to unit ramp input. (Kt = 0)
(b) Find the suitable value of the parameters KA and Kt so that damping ratio of the
system is increased to 0.7 without affecting the steady state error as obtained in part (a)

32) Obtain the transfer function E0(s)/Ei(s) of the operational-amplifier circuit shown in Figure
below.