EEE305 – Control Systems

Questions on Block Diagram Reduction Techniques

1. a)
Use the canonical form reduction technique to find the transfer function of the
following block diagram.

b)
Draw a signal flow graph for the block diagram in a) and find the same transfer
function using Mason’s Gain Formula.

𝐶(𝑠) 𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3
Answer- =
𝑅(𝑠) 1−𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐻1 +𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐻2 +𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3
2. a)
Simplify the following block diagram using canonical form and write the transfer
function.

𝐶(𝑠) 𝐺1 𝐺4 𝐺5 (𝐺2 +𝐺3 )

Answer- =
𝑅(𝑠) (1+𝐺1 𝐻1 )(1+𝐺4 𝐻2 )+𝐺1 𝐺4 𝐺5 (𝐺2 +𝐺3 )

b)
Use the signal flow graph below to find the transfer function of the system by
applying Mason’s Gain Formula.

𝐶(𝑠) 𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐺5 +𝐺3 𝐺6 𝐺4 𝐺5 +𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 (1+𝐺4 𝐻1 )

Answer-
𝑅(𝑠)
= 1+𝐺
4 𝐻1 +𝐺2 𝐺7 𝐻2 +𝐺6 𝐺4 𝐺5 𝐻2 +𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐺5 𝐻2 +𝐺4 𝐻1 𝐺2 𝐺7 𝐻2
3. a)
For the MISO system below, find the transfer function by simplifying it using
canonical form.

[𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺5 ]𝑅(𝑠)+[𝐺4 𝐺5 (1+𝐺2 )]𝑋(𝑠)

Answer- 𝐶(𝑠) =
(1+𝐺2 )(1+𝐺5 𝐻5 )+𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺5

b)
Use Mason’s Gain Formula to find the T.F. of the following SFG.

𝑌(𝑠) 𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐺5 𝐺6 𝐺7 +𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺7 𝐺6 (1+𝐺4 𝐻4 )+𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐺8

Answer- = 1+𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐺5 𝐻2 +𝐺5 𝐺6 𝐻1 +𝐺8 𝐻1 +𝐺7 𝐻2 𝐺2 +𝐺4 𝐻4 +
𝑅(𝑠)
𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐺5 𝐺6 𝐻3 +𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺7 𝐺6 𝐻3 +𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐺8 𝐻3 +
𝐺4 𝐻4 𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺7 𝐺6 𝐻3 +𝐺4 𝐻4 𝐺7 𝐻2 𝐺2 +𝐺8 𝐻1 𝐺7 𝐻2 𝐺2
4. a)
Simplify the block diagram below using canonical form and find T.F.

𝐶(𝑠) 𝐺1 𝐺4 (𝐺3 +𝐺2 )

Answer- =
𝑅(𝑠) 1+𝐺1 𝐺4 𝐻1 +𝐺1 𝐺4 (𝐺3 +𝐺2 )𝐻2

b)
Use Mason’s Gain formula to find the T.F. of the SFG below.

𝑌(𝑠) 𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺4 (1−𝐺6 𝐻6 −𝐺7 𝐻7 )+𝐺5 𝐺6 𝐺7 𝐺8 (1−𝐺2 𝐻2 −𝐺3 𝐻3 )

Answer-
𝑅(𝑠)
= 1−𝐺2 𝐻2 −𝐺3 𝐻3 −𝐺6 𝐻6 −𝐺7 𝐻7 +𝐺2 𝐻2 𝐺6 𝐻6 +
𝐺2 𝐻2 𝐺7 𝐻7 +𝐺3 𝐻3 𝐺6 𝐻6 +𝐺3 𝐻3 𝐺7 𝐻7
5. a)
Use canonical form reduction technique to simplify the block diagram below and
find the transfer function.

𝐶(𝑠) 𝐺1 (𝑠)𝐺3 (𝑠)[1+𝐺2 (𝑠)]

Answer- = [1+𝐺
𝑅(𝑠) 2 (𝑠)𝐻2 (𝑠)+𝐺1 (𝑠)𝐺2 (𝑠)𝐻1 (𝑠)][1+𝐺3 (𝑠)𝐻3 (𝑠)]

b)
Draw a signal flow graph from the following block diagram and use it to find the
transfer function by applying Mason’s Gain Formula.

𝑌(𝑠) 𝐴(1+𝐵)
Answer- =
𝑋(𝑠) 1+𝐴𝐵𝐶+𝐴𝐵+𝐴
6. a)
Simplify the following block diagram using canonical form reduction technique
and find the transfer function.

𝐶(𝑠) 𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺4
Answer-
𝑅(𝑠)
= (1+𝐺
1 𝐺2 𝐻1 )(1+𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐻2 )+𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐻3

b)
From the signal flow graph below, find the transfer function of the system using
Mason’s Gain Formula.

𝐶(𝑠) 𝐺 𝐺 𝐺 𝐺 (1−𝐺 )+𝐺 𝐺 𝐺 𝐺

1 2 3 4 7 1 5 8 4
Answer-
𝑅(𝑠)
= 1−[𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺9 +𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐺10 +𝐺1 𝐺5 𝐺8 𝐺4 𝐺10 𝐺9 +𝐺5 𝐺6 +𝐺7 ]+
[𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺9 𝐺7 +𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐺10 𝐺5 𝐺6 +𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐺10 𝐺7 ]
7. a)
Simplify the block diagram using canonical form reduction technique and write
the transfer function of the system.

𝐶(𝑠) 𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 (𝐺3 𝐺4 +𝐺5 )

Answer-
𝑅(𝑠)
=𝐺
3 (1+𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐻1 )+𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐻2 (𝐺3 𝐺4 +𝐺5 )

b)
Using Mason’s Gain Formula, find the transfer function of the system with the
following signal flow graph.

𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐺5 +𝐺6 [1+𝐺2 𝐻1 +𝐺3 𝐻2 +𝐺4 𝐻3 +𝐺2 𝐻4 +𝐺3 𝐻5 +𝐺4 𝐻6 +

𝑌(𝑠) 𝐺2 𝐺4 𝐻1 𝐻3 +𝐺2 𝐺4 𝐻1 𝐻6 +𝐺2 𝐺4 𝐻3 𝐻4 +𝐺2 𝐺4 𝐻4 𝐻6 ]
Answer- = 1+𝐺2 𝐻1 +𝐺3 𝐻2 +𝐺4 𝐻3 +𝐺2 𝐻4 +𝐺3 𝐻5 +𝐺4 𝐻6 +𝐺6 𝐻7 +
𝑅(𝑠)
𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺4 𝐺5 𝐻7 +𝐺2 𝐺4 𝐻1 𝐻3 +𝐺2 𝐺4 𝐻1 𝐻6 +𝐺2 𝐺6 𝐻1 𝐻7 +
𝐺3 𝐺6 𝐻2 𝐻7 +𝐺2 𝐺4 𝐻3 𝐻4 +𝐺4 𝐺6 𝐻3 𝐻7 +𝐺2 𝐺4 𝐻4 𝐻6 +
𝐺2 𝐺6 𝐻4 𝐻7 +𝐺3 𝐺6 𝐻5 𝐻7 +𝐺4 𝐺6 𝐻6 𝐻7 +𝐺2 𝐺4 𝐺6 𝐻1 𝐻3 𝐻7 +
𝐺2 𝐺4 𝐺6 𝐻1 𝐻6 𝐻7 +𝐺2 𝐺4 𝐺6 𝐻3 𝐻4 𝐻7 +𝐺2 𝐺4 𝐺6 𝐻4 𝐻6 𝐻7