Quiz-II

Control Systems Engineering ECE327

Set-A
Total Marks: 20
Time: 1hr
Note: All questions are compulsory
1. Find the condition on R, L and C such that the step response y(t) in figure has no oscillations, is? [3]

2. A unit parabolic input applied to a unity negative feedback systems results in 2% steady state error.
Find the system type number and open loop DC gain of the system. [2]
3. The open loop DC gain of a unity negative feedback system with closed loop transfer function
2
10
7 13
s
s s
+
+ +
is? [2]
4. Unit step responses of a set of three second order under damped control systems all have same damped
natural frequency. Plot the unit responses for them and also give proper explanation. [2]
5. A feedback system is higher than second order and has finite zeros
a. Determine the regions in s-plane which is feasible for the systems dominant poles corresponding
to a percentage overshoot 5% 20%
P
M , and a settling time 3 4
s
t seconds
b. Define the regions of dominant and insignificant poles, and insignificant zeros in the s-Plane
c. Show that pole-zero cancelation may be utilized to meet the dominance condition when non-
dominant poles and zeros do not lie in the insignificant regions. [2+1.5+1.5=5]
6. Consider the positional servomechanism shown in Fig. Assume that the input to the system is
reference shaft position
R
and the system output is the load shaft position
L
. Draw a bock diagram of
the system indicating the transfer function of each block. Simplify the block diagram to obtain
L
R

.
The parameters of the system are given below.
Potentiometer constant
P
K =10Volts/rad, Amplifier gain
A
K =50, Motor field resistance
f
R =100
ohms, Motor field inductance
f
L =20 Henrys, Motor Torque constant
T
K =10Newton-m/amp,
Moment of inertia of load
L
J =250kg-m
2
, Coefficient of viscous friction of load
L
B =2500Newton-
m/(rad/sec),
L
M

&
&
=1/50,
P
L

&
&
=1/4, and motor inertia and friction are negligible. [6]