Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science

Course: B.lng: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Module: Control Systems 4A (BHSEEA4, BHS4A)

Assessment: Test 2

Test Content: Outcome A

ECSA Outcomes Assessed: NA

Examiner: Prof. Y Sun Moderator: Prof. Dzobo

Date: 11 April, 2023

Number of Pages: 5

Duration: 90 minutes

Marks: 40

Additional Instructions:

• No textbooks or notes may be used.

• Calculators may be used.

• Please label your answers clearly.

• Use correct SI units where appropriate.

• Write your student number below and hand you your question paper with
your answer sheet.

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ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1 [15]
𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎(𝟐𝒋𝝎+𝟏)
Draw the Bode plot of the function 𝑮(𝒋𝝎) = .
𝒋𝝎(𝒋𝝎+𝟏𝟎)(𝒋𝝎+𝟓𝟎)

ANSWER:

✓✓

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 ✓
Hence we can obtain the following Bode diagram.

✓✓ ✓✓✓

Question 2: [10]
Consider the strictly proper state-space system

𝑥 = 𝐴𝑥̇ + 𝐵𝑢
𝑦 = 𝐶𝑥

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 −1 2 1
If 𝐴 = [ ], 𝐵 = [ ] , 𝐶 = [0 1],
0 3 0

Find the transfer function between 𝑢 and 𝑦, and determine whether the system is controllable.

Answer: Frist, 𝐺 = 𝐶(𝑆𝐼 − 𝐴)−1 𝐵, ✓✓Then we can see that

1 2

(𝑆𝐼 − 𝐴) = [𝑠 + 1 − 2], ✓✓ then we see that (𝑆𝐼 − 𝐴)−1 = [𝑠+1 (𝑠+1)(𝑠−3)

1
], ✓✓and
0 𝑠−3 0 𝑠−3

1 2
−1 𝑠+1 (𝑠+1)(𝑠−3) 1 1
𝐶(𝑆𝐼 − 𝐴) 𝐵 = [0 1] [ 1
][ ] = [𝑠+1] = 0, ✓✓
0 𝑠−3 0 0

Which shows that the mode at 2 is uncontrollable. ✓✓

Question 3: [15]
Consider the circuit presented below with input 𝑢 and output 𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑡 . Derive the state-space equations
representing the circuit in Figure 1 when the state variable is given by 𝑥 = [𝑖𝐿 𝑣𝐿 ]𝑇 .

Figure 1: Electrical circuit for Question 3

1 1
Answer: 𝑑𝑖𝐿 /𝑑𝑡 = 𝐿 𝑉𝐿 , ✓✓ 𝑑𝑉𝐶 /𝑑𝑡 = 𝐶 𝑖𝐶 , ✓✓

As 𝑉𝐿 = 𝑉𝐶 , ✓
1
𝑑𝑖𝐿 /𝑑𝑡 = 𝑉𝐶 ✓✓
𝐿

𝑑𝑉𝐶 1 1
𝑖𝐶 + 𝑖𝐿 = 𝑢, 𝑠𝑜 𝑑𝑡
= 𝐶 𝑢 − 𝐶 𝑖𝐿 ✓✓

𝑦 = 𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑡 = 𝑖𝐶 = 𝑢 − 𝑖𝐿 ✓✓

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 1
0 0
𝐴=[ 𝐿 ] ✓, 𝐵 = [ 1 ] ✓, 𝐶 = [−1 0]✓𝐷 = 1✓
1
− 0 𝐶
𝐶

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