FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM

UNIT 4
a. List and sketch FIVE (5) types of standard input test signal in control system.

b. Locate the positions of the poles on the s-plane for the following second order
systems:
(a) the under-damped system
(b) the over-damped system
(c) the critically damped system

c. For the following systems transfer function, identify the system order, plot the poles
on s-plane and sketch the output response.
i.
100 14
20
) (
2

s s
s G
ii.
4
2
) (

s
s G
d. Given a system with transfer function
()
()

;
i. Find () when a unit step function ()

is applied to the system,

assuming initial condition is zero.

ii. Plot pole and zero on S-plane and identify either a system is stable or not.
Why?






e. Figure 4.1 shows the output response of a first order transfer function from a
laboratory test. Consider the transfer function of a simple first order system
()
()

()
, where ()

and given the output step response is

()

( )

Figure 4.1: Laboratory results of a system step response test.
i. Find the time constant ,.

ii. Calculate the value of a


iii. Determine the value of K.

iv. Evaluate the rise time,

and settling time,

.






0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
0.35
System: sys
Time (sec): 0.966
Amplitude: 0.286
Step Response
Time (sec)
A
m
p
l
i
t
u
d
e

f. Refer to Figure 2.1 as shown below, determine
i. the value of pole
ii. the system transfer function, ()().


Figure 2.1

g. Given a system with transfer function ()

i. Identify the system order.

ii. Plot the pole and zero on s-plane.





-3 -2 -1 0 1 2
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
Real Part
I
m
a
g
i
n
a
r
y

P
a
r
t

h. Refer to Figure 6.2, state the definition and estimate the value of :


Figure 6.2
i. Delay time,

ii. Rise time,

iii. Settling time,

iv. Peak time,

v. Percentage Overshoot,

i. Given the second order transfer function is ()

i. Write the general equation of second order system.
ii. Find the value of natural frequency,

and damping ratio, .

iii. If damping ratio, = 0. What happen to the system?
Ans:

,


j. Given the transfer function ,

()

i. Plot pole on S-plane
ii. Find peak time (

), settling time (

) and overshoot ().

(hint: ()

)
Ans:

k. For the system shown in Figure 6.3, find


Figure 6.3
i. the transfer function ()
()
()

ii. damping ratio (), Natural frequency (

)
Ans:
()

,










l. A torsional mechanical system to test shaft elasticity is modelled and the transfer
function can be represented as
()

( )


If the values J = 3 kg-m2 and k = 27 N-m-s/rad are given, find the value of the
adjustable damper coefficient, f, such that the critically damped response can be
obtained for a unit step input.

m. For a system shown in Figure 4.27, if the transfer function, (), is given as
()

( )


Figure 4.27
(a) Find the closed-loop transfer function of the new system.
(b) The closed-loop response is required to operate with the settling time of 1.15
seconds and 4.6% overshoot. If the values of coefficients, J and k, are 3 and
27, respectively, calculate the value of the gain, K
p
and the new value of
coefficient f.











n. Given a closed loop system with a gain controller as shown in Figure 5.2.






Figure 5.2

i. Find the closed-loop transfer function of the system.
ii. The closed-loop system is required to operate with a settling time of 1.2
second and 13% overshoot, determine the value of gain, P and coefficient, D
to achieve the desired specifications.



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