FAKULTI TEKNOLOGI KEJURUTERAAN

SUBJECT: CONTROL SYSTEM FUNDAMENTAL BETR 2383

TUTORIAL 1

INTRODUCTION TO CONTROL SYSTEMS & TRANSFER FUNCTION

1. Give the definitions and examples of open-loop system and closed-loop system.

2. Name two parts of a system’s response.

3. Define the transfer function.

4. What assumption is made concerning initial conditions when dealing with transfer functions?

5. Using the Laplace transform and Laplace theorems tables (Table 1), find the Laplace
transforms for the following time functions:

a) sin wt u(t)

b) cos wt u(t)

c) t3 u(t)

d) tu(t)

2. A system is described by the following differential equation:

d3 y d2 y dy d3 x d2 x dx
3
+3 2
+5 + y= 3
+ 4 2
+6 +8 x
dt dt dt dt dt dt

Y ( s)
Find the transfer function, X (s) .

7. For each of the following transfer functions, write the corresponding differential equation:

X (s ) 1
= 2
a. F( s ) s +2 s +7

X (s) 10
=
b. F( s) ( s+7 )(s+8 )

s+3
F( s)=
8. Find the inverse Laplace transform of ( s+1 )( s+2) .

C (s ) 1
=
9. A system is described by the following transfer function: R (s ) s+4 . Find the response,

c(t ) , to an input, r(t )=u(t ) , a unit step, assuming zero initial conditions.

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SUBJECT: CONTROL SYSTEM FUNDAMENTAL BETR 2383

10. A system is described by the following differential equation:

d2 x dx
2
+2 + 3 x = y
dt dt , where x is an input and y is the output with the initial conditions

x(0−)=1 , ẋ(0−)=−1 . Find the Laplace transform.

11. Reduce the block diagram shown in Figure 1 to a single transfer function,

T ( s)=C (s)/ R( s) .

R(s) C(s)
+ + +
-
+

Figure 1

Table 1

a) Laplace Transform table

b) Laplace transform theorems

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