Session 2019

Assignment 1 EE-340: Control Systems

Instructions
1. Last date for the submission of the assignment is as announced.

2. Properly scan your assignment using the Cam-scanner. Crop all unnecessary part while
scanning. In case of improper scanning, marks may be lost.

3. Registration number must be written on each and every page.

4. Include Matlab code in your assignment.

Questions
1. Consider the system shown in Figure 1. Plot the root loci for the system. Determine
the value of K such that the damping ratio ζ of the dominant closed-loop poles is 0.5.
Then determine all closed-loop poles. Plot the unit step response curve with MATLAB.

Figure 1: Figure for Q1.

2. Determine the values of K, T1 and T2 of the system shown in Figure 2 so that the
dominant closed-loop poles have the damping ratio ζ = 0.5 and the undamped natural
frequency ωn = 3 rad/sec.

Figure 2: Figure for Q2.

3. Consider the control system shown in Figure 3. Determine the gain K and time constant
T of the controller Gc (s) such that the closed-loop poles are located at s = −2 ± 2j.

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Figure 3: Figure for Q3.

4. Consider the system shown in Figure 4. Design a lead√ compensator such that the
dominant closed-loop poles are located at s = −2 ± 2 3j. Plot the unit-step response
curve of the designed system with MATLAB.

Figure 4: Figure for Q4.

5. Consider the system shown in Figure 5. Design a compensator such that the dominant
closed-loop poles are located at s = −1 ± 1j.

Figure 5: Figure for Q5.

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6. Referring to the system shown in Figure 6, design a compensator such that the static
velocity error√constant K is 20 sec–1 without appreciably changing the original location
(s = −2 ± 2 3j) of a pair of the complex-conjugate closed-loop poles.

Figure 6: Figure for Q6.

7. Consider the control system shown in Figure 7. Design√ a compensator such that the
dominant closed-loop poles are located at s = −2 ± j2 3 and the static velocity error
constant Kv is 50 sec–1 .

Figure 7: Figure for Q7.

8. Consider the control system shown in Figure 8. Design a compensator such that the
unit-step response curve will exhibit maximum overshoot of 30% or less and settling
time of 3 sec or less.

Figure 8: Figure for Q8.

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9. Consider the control system shown in Figure 9. Design a compensator such that the
unit-step response curve will exhibit maximum overshoot of 25% or less and settling
time of 5 sec or less.

Figure 9: Figure for Q9.

10. Consider the system shown in Figure 10, which involves velocity feedback. Determine
the values of the amplifier gain K and the velocity feedback gain Kh so that the
following specifications are satisfied:

(a) Damping ratio of the closed-loop poles is 0.5

(b) Settling time ≤ 2 sec
(c) Static velocity error constant Kv ≥ 50 sec−1
(d) 0 < Kh < 1

Figure 10: Figure for Q10.

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11. Consider the system shown in Figure 11. The system involves velocity feedback. De-
termine the value of gain K such that the dominant closed-loop poles have a damping
ratio of 0.5. Using the gain K thus determined, obtain the unit-step response of the
system.

Figure 11: Figure for Q11.

12. Consider the system shown in Figure 12. Plot the root loci as a varies from 0 to ∞.
Determine the value of a such that the damping ratio of the dominant closed-loop poles
is 0.5.

Figure 12: Figure for Q12.

13. Consider the system shown in Figure 13. Plot the root loci as the value of k varies
from 0 to ∞. What value of k will give a damping ratio of the dominant closed-loop
poles equal to 0.5? Find the static velocity error constant of the system with this value
of k.

Figure 13: Figure for Q13.

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