Department of Mechanical Engineering

MET65 - CONTROL SYSTEM ENGINEERING

PART – A UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS
NOV/DEC 2018 NEW
1. Compare open loop and closed loop system.
2. State the transfer function.
3. Write the force balance equation of ideal dashpot element.
4. List the time domain specifications.
5. What is steady state response?
6. State why derivative controller is not used in control systems.
7. What is a dominant pole?
8. What is stepper motor?
9. Compare time domain analysis and frequency domain analysis.
10. State the relative stability of the system with respect to the Nyquist plot.

APRIL 2018 NEW

1. What is control system?
2. Define transfer function.
3. List the basic elements used for modeling mechanical rotational system.
4. State the importance of test signals.
5. Sketch the response of a second order under damped system.
6. State steady state error.
7. Define dominant pole.
8. What is the necessary condition for stability?
9. What is frequency response analysis?
10. State Nyquist stability criterion.

NOV/DEC 2017 NEW

1. What are the two major types of control systems?
2. What is mathematical model of a system?
3. List the methods to get analogous system.
4. Mention the steps to solve block diagram reduction problems.
5. Define Damping ratio.
6. What is meant by PD controllers?
7. Define stability.
8. How will you find the root locus on real axis?
9. List the Frequency domain specifications.
10. Draw the Nyquist plot.
APRIL 2017 NEW
1. Define "Transfer function".
2. Draw the torque - speed characteristics of a induction motor.
3. What is the function of a pneumatic actuating value?
4. Compare between pneumatic system and hydraulic system.
5. What is a ramp signal?
6. What is a PD controller?
7. Define relative stability.
8. State the Hurwitz stability criterion.
9. What is the significance of a bode plot?
10. What is the difference between time response and frequency response?

NOV/DEC 2016 NEW

1. Mention the basic components of control system.
2. Define Transfer Function.
3. With necessary equations give the basic elements of linear Mechanical system.
4. What are time domain specifications?
5. Determine the static error coefficients with equations.
6. Discuss the effect of P, PI, PID controllers on steady state response.
7. Define Relative stability.
8. State Routh Hurwitz stability criterion
9. Determine the corner frequencies for the following frequency response functions.

10. Draw the state diagram for linear time invariant system.

APRIL 2016 NEW

1. What are the basic components of control system?
2. Define the term transfer function.
3. What is the basis of framing the rules of block diagram reduction technique?
4. What is test signal?
5. What are the sources of errors?
6. What is the need for controller?
7. Define the term zero error.
8. What are the necessary conditions for stability?
9. Mention the merits of frequency response analysis.
10. What is Bode plot?
APRIL 2016 OLD
1. What are all the basic components of control system?
2. Give the comparison between open loop and closed loop system.
3. What is Proportional controller and what are its advantages?
4. Why derivative controller is not used in control system?
5. Sketch the response of the second order under damped system
6. What are static and dynamic error constants?
7. What are the advantages of Bode plot?
8. What is meant by relative stability?
9. What are the two methods of designing a control system?
10. What are fuzzy logic and its control?
NOVEMBER 2015 OLD

APRIL 2015 OLD

NOVEMBER 2013 OLD