Assignments of Control Systems I - ME 431/Analysis and Synthesis of Linear Control System - ME862

Assignment I

Answer all the questions indicated in the following table:

Questions % of mark
Chapter 1* – Review Questions 1, 3, 4, and 9 4×2
Chapter 1* – Problems 3 and 11 4+4
Question 1 (given in the following) 4+6
Question 2 (given in the following) 10
Chapter 2* – Problem 9 4
Chapter 5* – Problem 1.a. 10
Chapter 4* – Problem 23.b. 6
Chapter 4* – Problem 24 8
Chapter 4* – Problem 25 5+5
Chapter 4* – Problem 29 4+6+6
Chapter 4* – Problem 54 10
Total 100

* Refer to Control Systems Engineering, Norman S. Nise, 4rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004

Question 1.

a) Chapter 2 – Problem 7.
b) For the system given in a), under the assumption of zero initial conditions, find
the final values of the system output given that (1) x is an impulse, i.e., x = δ(t);
(2) x is a step, i.e., x = u(t); and (3) x is an ramp, i.e., x = t u(t), respectively.

Question 2.
6
Find the inverse Laplace transform of F ( s ) = .
s ( s + 1)( s + 2)

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