Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering Department

UEI501: Control Systems

Tutorial 6

Q1. Determine the stability of system shown in Fig. 6.1.

Fig. 6.1

Q2 Determine the stability of the closed-loop transfer function

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G( s) =
s + 2s + 3s 3 + 6s 2 + 5s + 3
5 4

Q3 Determine the number of right-half-plane poles in the closed-loop transfer function

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G(s) =
s + 7 s + 6s + 42s 2 + 8s + 56
5 4 3

Q4 Find the range of gain, K, for the system of Figure 6.2 that will cause the system to
be stable, unstable, and marginally stable. Assume K > 0.

Fig 6.2