Control Systems

Tutorial-1
1. Develop the Block diagram for the network shown in the figure below and then find
transfer function between output and input voltage by
a) Block reduction technique
b) Mason’s Gain Formula
L2
L1

R1 R2
R3 L3

Vi C1 Vo
C2 C3

2. If the equivalent block diagram of figure 1 is figure 2 then find X and C/R

H2

_
R + _ + _ G1 + G2 G3 +
+ C

H1 G4

Figure 1

R + _ X C

Figure 2
 3. Obtain the transfer functions of these mechanical systems

A)

Y (output)

K3

B2

B1
M3
K1 F(t) (Applied force)

M1 K2
M2

B3 B4 B5

B)

J1 J2

T
(Applied Torque)
(Output) B

4. Obtain the electrical analog systems for the mechanical systems given in 3.(A) and
3.(B)
5. For the System represented by the following equations, find the transfer functions
X(s)/U(s) by signal flow graph technique.
𝑋 = 𝑋1 + 𝑏3 𝑈

𝑋1̇ = 𝑎1 𝑋1 + 𝑋2 + 𝑏2 𝑈

𝑋2̇ = −𝑎2 𝑋1 + 𝑏1 𝑈
6. Obtain the transfer function C/R from the Mason’s Gain Formula
A)
G8 G9
G7

1 G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 1
C
R

-H1

-H2

-H3

B)

G3

- C
R + G1 +
G2
-

H2 + H1
-

G4