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Time Response Analysis Part II PDF
Time Response Analysis Part II PDF
Soln. For critically damped continuous time second order system roots of
denominator are: 𝒔𝟐 + 𝟐 𝝃𝝎𝒏 𝒔 + 𝝎𝟐𝒏 = 𝟎 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝝃 = 𝟏, 𝒔𝟐 + 𝟐𝝎𝒏 𝒔 + 𝝎𝟐𝒏 = 𝟎
(𝒔 + 𝝎𝒏 )𝟐 = 𝟎
Option (b)
25
2. A second-order system has transfer function given by 𝐺(𝑠) = . If
𝑆 2 +8𝑠+25
the system, initially at rest, is subjected to a unit step input at t = 0, the
second peak in the response will occur at
(a) 𝜋 𝑠𝑒𝑐 (c) 2𝜋⁄3 𝑠𝑒𝑐
(b) 𝜋⁄3 𝑠𝑒𝑐 (d) 𝜋⁄2 𝑠𝑒𝑐
[GATE 1991: 2 Marks]
𝟐𝟓
Soln. 𝑮(𝒔) =
𝑺𝟐 +𝟖𝒔+𝟐𝟓
𝝎𝒏𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
𝝎𝒏 = 𝟓
𝟐 𝝃𝝎𝒏 = 𝟖
𝟖
𝝃= = 𝟎. 𝟖
𝟏𝟎
𝝎𝒅 = 𝝎𝒏 √𝟏 − 𝝃𝟐
Option (a)
(a) over damped case 𝝃 > (𝟏) 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
𝑪(𝒔) 𝝎𝟐𝒏
=
𝑹(𝒔) 𝒔𝟐 + 𝟐 𝝃 𝝎𝒏 𝒔 + 𝝎𝟐𝒏
Roots of denominator are 𝒔 = −𝝃 𝝎𝒏 ± 𝝎𝒏 √𝝃𝟐 − 𝟏
Option a –1, b – 5, c – 2
Soln. (a) very low response at very high frequencies → low pass system
Option: a – 1, b – 5, c – 4
6. For a second order system, damping ratio (𝜉), 𝑖𝑠 0 < 𝜉 < 1, then the roots of
the characteristic polynomial are
(a) real but not equal (c) complex conjugates
(b) real and equal (d) imaginary
[GATE 1995: 1 Mark]
𝒔𝟐 + 𝟐 𝝃 𝝎𝒏 𝒔 + 𝝎𝟐𝒏 = 𝟎
Option (c)
2(𝑆+1)
7. If 𝐿[𝑓(𝑡)] = 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓(0+ ) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓(∞) are given by
𝑆 2 +2𝑆+5
(a) 0,2 respectively (c) 0, 1 respectively
(b) 2. 0 respectively (d) 2/5, 0 respectively
[Note: L’ stands for ‘Laplace Transform of]
[GATE 1995: 1 Mark]
𝟐(𝒔+𝟏)
Soln. 𝑭(𝒔) =
𝒔𝟐 +𝟐𝒔+𝟓
𝟐𝒔𝟐 +𝟐𝒔
𝒇(𝟎+ ) = 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝑺𝑭(𝒔) =
𝒔→∞ 𝒔𝟐 +𝟐𝒔+𝟓
𝟐
𝟐+ 𝒔 𝟐+𝟎
= 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝟐 𝟓 = =𝟐
𝒔→∞ 𝟏+ + 𝟐 𝟏+𝟎
𝒔 𝒔
𝟐𝒔𝟐 +𝟐𝒔
𝒇(∞) = 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝑺𝑭(𝒔) = =𝟎
𝒔→𝟎 𝒔𝟐 +𝟐𝒔+𝟓
Option (b)
8. The final value theorem is used to find the
(a) steady state value of the system output
(b) initial value of the system output
(c) transient behavior of the system output
(d) none of these
[GATE 1995: 1 Mark]
Soln. The final value theorem is used to find the steady state value of the
system.
Option (a)
𝜔
9. 𝐼𝑓 𝐹(𝑠) = , then the value of lim 𝑓(𝑡),
𝑆 2 +𝜔2 𝑡→∞
{𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐹(𝑠)𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿[𝑓(𝑡)]}
(a) cannot be determined (c) is unity
(b) is zero (d) is infinite
[GATE 1998: 1 Mark]
𝝎
Soln. 𝑭(𝒔) =
𝒔𝟐 +𝝎𝟐
𝝎
𝑭(𝒔) = has poles 𝒔 ± 𝒋𝝎 (pure imaginary) it is oscillatory
𝒔𝟐 +𝝎𝟐
function hence final value 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒇(𝒕) can not be determined
𝒕→∞
Option (b)
11. The unit impulse response of a linear time invariant system is the unit step
function u(t). For t > 0, the response of the system to an excitation
𝑒 −𝑎𝑡 𝑢(𝑡), 𝑎 > 0 will be
(a) 𝑎𝑒 −𝑎𝑡 (c) 𝑎(1 − 𝑒 −𝑎𝑡 )
(b) (1/𝑎)(1 − 𝑒 −𝑎𝑡 ) (d) 1 − 𝑒 −𝑎𝑡
[GATE 1998: 2 Marks]
𝟏
Soln. 𝑯( 𝒔) = 𝒔
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝑪(𝒔) = [ − (𝒔+𝒂)]
𝒂 𝒔
𝟏
𝑪(𝒕) = [𝟏 − 𝒆−𝒂𝒕 ]
𝒂
Option (b)
𝒔𝟐 + 𝟐 𝝃𝝎𝒏 + 𝝎𝟐𝒏 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝝃𝝎𝒏 = 𝟐
𝟏
𝝃=
𝝎𝒏
𝟏
𝝎𝟐𝒏 = 𝟐, 𝝎𝒏 = √𝟐, 𝝃 = √𝟐 which is less than 1
Option (c)
𝑠+6
13.Consider a system with the transfer function (𝑠) = . Its damping
𝐾𝑠 2 +𝑠+6
ratio will be 0.5 when the value of K is
(a) 2/6 (c) 1/6
(b) 3 (d) 6
[GATE 2002: 1 Mark]
𝒔+𝟔
Soln. Transfer function 𝑮(𝒔) =
𝒌𝒔𝟐 +𝒔+𝟔
Damping ratio 𝝃 = 𝟎. 𝟓
𝟔 𝟔
𝝎𝒏𝟐 = , 𝝎𝒏 = √
𝒌 𝒌
𝟏
𝟐 𝝃𝝎𝒏 =
𝒌
𝟔 𝟏
𝟐 𝝃√ =
𝒌 𝒌
𝟔 𝟏
𝟐 × 𝟎. 𝟓√ =
𝒌 𝒌
𝟔 𝟏
𝒐𝒓 =
𝒌 𝒌𝟐
𝟏
𝒐𝒓 𝒌 =
𝟔
Option (c)
1
14. A casual system having the transfer function 𝐻(𝑠) = is excited with
𝑠+2
10𝑢(𝑡). The time at which the output reaches 99% of its steady state value is
(a) 2.7 sec (c) 2.3 sec
(b) 2.5 sec (d) 2.1 sec
[GATE 2004: 2 Marks]
𝟏
Soln. 𝑯(𝒔) =
𝒔+𝟐
𝒓(𝒕) = 𝟏𝟎𝝁(𝒕)
𝟏𝟎
𝑹(𝒔) =
𝒔
𝟏𝟎
𝑪(𝒔) = 𝑯(𝒔) 𝑹(𝒔) =
𝒔(𝒔+𝟐)
𝟓 𝟓
𝑪(𝒔) = −
𝒔 𝒔+𝟐
𝟓(𝟏 − 𝒆−𝟐𝒕 ) = 𝟓 × 𝟎. 𝟗𝟗
𝟏 − 𝒆−𝟐𝒕 = 𝟎. 𝟗𝟗
Or 𝒆−𝟐𝒕 = 𝟎. 𝟏
−𝟐𝒕 = 𝒍𝒏 (𝟎. 𝟏)
𝒕 = 𝟐. 𝟑 𝒔𝒆𝒄
Option (c)
5
15. The transfer function of a plant is (𝑠) = . The second order
(𝑠+5)(𝑠2 +𝑠+1)
approximation of T(s) using dominant pole concept is
1 5
(a) (c)
(𝑠+5)(𝑠+1) (𝑠2 +𝑠+1)
5 1
(b) (𝑠+5)(𝑠+1)
(d) (𝑠2 +𝑠+1)
[GATE 2007: 2 Marks]
𝟓
Soln. Transfer function =
(𝒔+𝟓)(𝒔𝟐 +𝒔+𝟏)
𝟓
= 𝒔
𝟓(𝟓+𝟏)(𝒔𝟐 +𝒔+𝟏)
Option (d)
16. Group I lists a set of four transfer functions.
Group II gives a list of possible step responses y(t). Match the step responses
with the corresponding transfer functions.
Group I
25 36
𝑃= 2 𝑅= 2
𝑠 + 25 𝑠 + 12𝑠 + 36
36 36
𝑄= 𝑆=
𝑠 2 + 20𝑠 + 36 𝑠 2 + 7𝑠 + 49
𝑦(𝑡) 𝑦(𝑡)
1. 2.
𝑡 𝑡
𝑦(𝑡) 𝑦(𝑡)
3. 4.
𝑡 𝑡
(a) P – 3, Q – 1, R – 4, S – 2
(b) P – 3, Q – 2, R – 4, S – 1
(c) P – 2, Q – 1, R – 4, S – 3
(d) P – 3, Q – 4, R – 1, S – 2
[GATE 2008: 2 Marks]
Soln. The figure 1 is a case of critically damped, Figure 2 underdamped,
Figure 3 undamped, figure 4 is overdamped
𝟐𝟓 𝟑𝟔
𝑷= 𝑹=
𝒔𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓 𝒔𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝒔 + 𝟑𝟔
𝟑𝟔 𝟑𝟔
𝑸= 𝑺=
𝒔𝟐 + 𝟐𝟎𝒔 + 𝟑𝟔 𝒔𝟐 + 𝟕𝒔 + 𝟒𝟗
𝝎𝟐𝒏 𝟐𝟓
𝟐 , 𝑷=
𝒔𝟐 +𝟐 𝝃 𝝎 𝒏 𝒔+𝝎𝒏 𝒔𝟐 +𝟐𝟓
𝝎𝒏 = 𝟓, 𝝃 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝝃 𝝎𝒏 = 𝟐𝟎
𝟐𝟎
𝝃= = 𝟏. 𝟔𝟕
𝟐×𝟔
𝟐 𝝃 𝝎𝒏 = 𝟏𝟐
𝟏𝟐
𝝃=
𝟐×𝟔
=1
𝟐 𝝃 𝝎𝒏 = 𝟕
𝟕
𝝃= = 𝟎. 𝟓
𝟐×𝟕
=1
S is underdamped matched to fig 2
Option (d) P – 3, Q – 4, R – 1, S – 2
17. The unit step response of an under-damped second order system has steady
state value of –2. Which one of the following transfer functions has these
properties?
−2.24 −2.24
(a) (c)
𝑠 2 +2.59𝑠+1.12 𝑠 2 −2.59𝑠+1.12
−3.82 −3.82
(b) (d)
𝑠 2 +1.91𝑠+1.91 𝑠 2 −1.91𝑠+1.91
𝝎𝟐𝒏
The 2 order 𝑻⁄𝑭 =
nd
𝒔𝟐 +𝟐 𝝃 𝝎𝒏 𝒔+𝝎𝟐𝒏
Option (c) and (d) are wrong because the system is unstable as 𝝃 is
negative
𝝎𝒏 = √𝟏. 𝟗𝟏 = 𝟏. 𝟑𝟖
𝟐 𝝃 𝝎𝒏 = 𝟏. 𝟗𝟏
𝟏.𝟗𝟏
𝝃= = 𝟎. 𝟔𝟗
𝟐×𝟏.𝟑𝟖
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
𝟏
(𝟏𝟎𝟎𝒔𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝒔 + 𝟏)𝒚(𝒔) =
𝒔
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝒚(𝒔) = Poles are at 𝒔 = 𝟎, ,
𝒔(𝟏𝟎𝒔−𝟏)𝟐 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎
Poles are on the right hand side of s plane so given system is unstable
𝑅(𝑠) 10 𝜔(𝑠)
+ 𝑘𝑎
- 1 + 20𝑠
𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝒂
Open loop transfer function =
𝟏+𝟏𝟎 𝒔
𝒌𝒂
𝑮(𝒔) = 𝟏
𝒔+𝟏𝟎
𝒕
𝒈(𝒕) = 𝒆−𝟏𝟎
Loop time constant 𝝉𝟎𝒍 = 𝟏𝟎
𝑮(𝒔)
Closed loop transfer function = 𝑯(𝒔) =
𝟏+𝑮(𝒔)
𝟏𝟎𝒌𝒂 𝒌𝒂
𝑯(𝒔) = = 𝟏
𝟏+𝟏𝟎𝒔+𝟏𝟎𝒌𝒂 𝒔+(𝒌𝒂 +𝟏𝟎)
𝟏
−( )𝒕
𝒉(𝒕) = 𝒌𝒂 𝒆 𝒌𝒂+𝟎.𝟏
𝟏
Time constant of closed loop system = 𝟏
(𝒌𝒂 +𝟏𝟎)
𝝉𝒐𝒍 𝟏
𝝉𝒄𝒍 = =
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒂 +𝟎.𝟏
𝟏𝟎 𝟏
= =
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒂 +𝟎.𝟏
or 𝒌𝒂 = 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟎. 𝟏 = 𝟗. 𝟗 ≅ 𝟏𝟎
Option (c)
20. For the second order closed-loop system shown in the figure, the natural
frequency (in rad/s) is
4
𝑈(𝑠) +- s(s+4)
𝑌(𝑠)
(a) 16 (c) 2
(b) 4 (d) 1
[GATE 2014: 1 Mark]
𝒀(𝒔) 𝟒⁄𝒔(𝒔+𝟒)
Soln. =
𝑼(𝒔) 𝟏+𝟒⁄𝒔(𝒔+𝟒)
𝟒
=
𝒔(𝒔+𝟒)+𝟒
𝟒
=
𝒔𝟐 +𝟒𝒔+𝟒
𝝎𝟐𝒏 = 𝟒, 𝒐𝒓 𝝎𝒏 = 𝟐
Option (c)