ME153P

Control Systems Engineering

2Q2021 – Quiz 1

Instructions: Each Problem should be solved in a new page. Always copy the problem and the box your
final answer.

I. Solve completely differential equations for their Natural, Forced and Total Response using
Direct Method. All initial conditions are set to zero. (10 pts each)

𝑑𝑥2
𝑑𝑥
a. 𝑑𝑥 2 − 5𝑑𝑥 + 4𝑥 = 0
𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡
b. 2 − 4 = 𝑡2𝑒2𝑡
𝑑𝑡2 𝑑𝑡
′′
c. 𝑥 2+ 4𝑥 = 0
𝑑𝑥
d. + 𝑥 = 2𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2𝑡
𝑑𝑡2

II. Solve completely Differential Equations for their Natural, Forced and Total Response Using
Laplace Method. All initial conditions are set to zero. (10 pts each)

a. 𝑥′′′ −3 13𝑥′′ +
2
12𝑥′ = 0
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
b. 3 + 6 2 + 9 = 𝑡
𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡
c. 𝑥 ′′ + 2𝑥 ′ + 𝑥 = 0
1
d. 𝑥′′ + 𝑥 =
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑡

III. Oil drilling rigs are used for drilling holes for identification of oil or natural gas sources and
for extraction. An oil drilling system can be thought of as a drill inside a straw, which is
placed inside a glass. The straw assembly represents the drill string, the drill surrounded by
fluid, and the glass represents the volume, the annulus, around the drill string through
which slurry and eventually oil will flow as the drilling progresses.

Assume that we want to control the drill pressure output, Pd(t), with a reference voltage
input, Vd(t). A control loop model (Zhao, 2007) consists of a drill-pressure controller, drill
motor subsystem, pulley subsystem, and drill stick subsystem. The output signal of the
latter, the drill pressure, Pd(t), is measured using a transducer, which transmits a negative
feedback voltage signal, Vb(t), to the drill pressure controller. That signal is compared at the
input of the controller to the reference voltage, Vr(t), Based on the error, e(t) = Vr(t) – Vb(t),
the drill pressure controller sets the desired drill speed, ωd, which is the input to the drill
motor subsystem whose output is the actual drill speed, ωa, which is the input to the pulley
subsystem. The output of the pulley system drives the drill stick subsystem. The drill stick
subsystem may be severely affected by environmental conditions, which may be
represented as disturbances acting between the pulley and stick subsystems. (20 pts)

By: JADNohay