FEEDBACK QUIZ - MIDTERM

Figure 1
1. A bottle-filling line block diagram is shown in Figure 1. The tachometer feedback is
used to maintain accurate speed control. Determine range of K and p that permits
stable operation.

Figure 2
Using the figure above
2. Obtain the closed-loop transfer function using Masons Rule.
3. Using the results of number (2), select values of the five gains (K
1
, K
2
, K
3
, K
4
, and
K
5
) using Routh- Hurwitz criterion so that the closed-loop system is stable.