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Supplementary Problems
7.29.

Determine C / R for each system in Fig. 7-55.

Fig. 7-55
7.30.

Consider the blood pressure regulator described in Problem 2.14. Assume the vasomotor center (VMC) can
be described by a linear transfer function Gl,(s), and the baroreceptors by the transfer function kls + k ,
(see Problem 6.33). Transform the block diagram into its simplest, unity feedback form.

7.31.

Reduce Fig. 7-56 to canonical form.

Fig. 7-56

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7.32. Determine C for the system represented by Fig. 7-57.

Fig. 7-57

7.33. Give an example of two feedback systems in canonical form having identical control ratios C / R but
different G and H components.

7.34. Determine C / R , for the system given in Fig. 7-58.

Fig. 7-58

7.35. Determine the complete output C, with both inputs R, and R , acting simultaneously, for the system given
in the preceding problem.

7.36. Determine C / R for the system represented by Fig. 7-59.

Fig. 7-59

737. Determine the characteristic equation for each of the systems of Problems ( a ) 7.32, (6) 7.35, ( c ) 7.36.
738. What block diagram transformation rules in the table of Section 7.5 permit the inclusion of a sampler?

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Answers to Supplementary Problems

7.29.

See Problem 8.15.

7.30.

7.31.

7.38.

The results of Problem 7.21 indicate that any transformation that involves any product of two or more
transforms is not valid if a sampler is included. But all those that simply involve the sum or difference
of signals are valid, that is, Transformations 6, 11, and 12. Each represents a simple rearrangement of
signals as a linear-sum, and addition is a commutative operation, even for sampled signals, that is
Z = X * Y= Y*X.