Block Diagram Reduction

EE-371 / EE-502 Control Systems

Milwaukee School of Engineering Fall Term 2005 Dr. Glenn Wrate, P.E.

Block Diagrams
The transfer function is given inside the block The input in this case is E(s) The output in this case is C(s) C(s) = G(s) E(s)
E(s) G(s) C(s)

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Cascaded Subsystems

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Parallel Subsystems

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Feedback Control System

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Block Diagram Algebra

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Block Diagram Algebra

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Example 1
collapse summing junctions form equivalent cascaded system in the forward path and equivalent parallel system in the feedback path form equivalent feedback system and multiply by cascaded G1(s)

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Example 2

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