Part- I: Choose the best answer

Consider the following electric furnace temperature control,

The temperature in the furnace is measured by a thermometer and the measurement is converted to digital value by A/D
converter which is fed to a controller through an interface. This digital temperature is compared with the programmed input
temperature, and if there is any discrepancy (error), the controller sends out a signal to the heater, through an interface,
amplifier, and relay, to bring the furnace temperature to a desired value. Answer the questions 1-5

1. What is the manipulated parameter?

A. Desired temperature C. Current through the relay
B. Environmental temperature D. Measured temperature
2. What could be disturbance?
A. Desired temperature C. Current through the relay
B. Environmental temperature D. Measured temperature
3. What is the plant?
A. Relay B. Amplifier C. The furnace D. A/D converter
4. What type of control is the above system?
A. It is open loop control system
B. It is positive feedback closed loop control system
C. It is negative feedback closed loop control system
D. Impossible to know
5. Which of the following feedback loop block diagram depict the electric furnace temperature control given above?
 Part- II
𝑋1 (𝑠)
1. Find the transfer function, 𝐺(𝑠) = 𝐹(𝑠)
for the translational mechanical system shown in figure below.

𝜃2 (𝑠)
2. For the rotational mechanical system with gears shown in figure below, find the transfer function, 𝐺(𝑠) =
𝑇(𝑠)
Show all the necessary steps.

3.
𝜃𝐿 (𝑠)
4. For the motor, load, and torque-speed curve shown in figure below, find the transfer function, 𝐺(𝑠) = 𝐸𝑎 (𝑠)
.

5. Consider the restaurant plate dispenser shown in to the right, which consists of a vertical stack
of dishes supported by a compressed spring. As each plate is removed, the reduced weight on
the dispenser causes the remaining plates to rise. Assume that the mass of the system minus
the top plate is M, the viscous friction between the piston and the sides of the cylinder is f the
spring constant is K, and the weight of a single plate is Wp. Find the transfer function,
Y(s)/F(s), where F(s) is the step reduction in force felt when the top plate is removed, and
Y(s) is the vertical displacement of the dispenser in an upward direction.

6. Consider the thin, glass-wall, mercury thermometer system shown in figure below. Assume that
the thermometer is at a uniform temperature, T (ambient temperature) and that at t = 0 it is immersed
in a bath of temperature, 𝑇𝑏 . Obtain a mathematical model for the system. Also obtain an electrical
analog of the thermometer system.

7. Consider the conical water-tank system shown in figure. The flow through the valve
is turbulent and is related to the head H by 𝑄 = 0.005√𝐻. Suppose that the head is
2 m at t=0. What will be the head at t = 60sec?
8. A simplified model of quarter car is depicted in the figure, by neglecting the damping of the tire. The input is the
force f(t) imparted by the irregularity of the road and the output is the upward displacement, 𝑥1 fo the unsprang
mass, m1. Assume linear spring and damper.
Sprung mass, 𝑚2 = 500 kg
Unsprang mass, 𝑚1 = 550 kg
Suspension stiffness, 𝑘2 = 15000 N/m
Tire stiffness, 𝑘1 = 155, 900 N/m
Suspension damping coefficient, C = 1828 Ns/m
a) Find the transfer function of this system
b) Plot the step response in MATLAB and find rise time, settling time, percent overshoot
c) Find state, input, output and feed forward matric using MATLAB
d) Model the system using SIMULINK and plot the position and velocity response for step input.