Aswan University

Fourth Year
Faculty of Engineering
Automatic Control (II) Course
Electrical Engineering Department
First Semester
Computers and Systems Section
Sheet No. 1

Sheet No. 1
1- Consider the following characteristic equations:
𝐾
a. 1 + 𝐾𝐺(𝑠)𝐻(𝑠) = 1 +
𝑠(𝑠+1)(𝑠+2)
𝐾(𝑠+9)
b. 1 + 𝐾𝐺(𝑠)𝐻(𝑠) = 1 +
𝑠(𝑠 2 +4𝑠+11)
- Sketch the root-locus plot and then determine the value of the K such that the
damping ratio (ζ) of a pair dominant complex-conjugate closed-loop poles is 0.5
and determine the these closed-loop poles.

2- Sketch the root-locus plot with positive feedback for the following characteristic
equations:
𝐾(𝑠 + 2)
1 − 𝐾𝐺(𝑠)𝐻(𝑠) = 1 −
(𝑠 + 3)(𝑠 2 + 2𝑠 + 2)

3- Sketch the root-locus with negative feedback for the conditional stable system as:
a.
C(s)
R(s) K (s 2 + 2s + 4)
+
- s(s + 4)(s + 6)(s 2 + 1.4s + 1)

b.
R(s) 2 K ( s + 1) C(s)
+
- s ( s + 5 )( s + 2 )
2

4- Sketch the root loci for the system shown below. Observe that for small or large
values of K the system is overdamped and for medium values of K it is
underdamped.
R(s) K ( s + 2 )( s + 3 ) C(s)
+
- s ( s + 1)

With my best wishes Dr. Mountasser M. Mohamed

Aswan University
Fourth Year
Faculty of Engineering
Automatic Control (II) Course
Electrical Engineering Department
First Semester
Computers and Systems Section
Sheet No. 1

5- Plot the root loci for the closed-loop control system with:
𝐾
a. 𝐺 (𝑠) = , 𝐻 (𝑠) = 1
𝑠(𝑠2 +6𝑠+25)
𝐾(𝑠+0.4)
b. 𝐺 (𝑠) = , 𝐻 (𝑠) = 1
𝑠2 (𝑠+3.6)
𝐾(𝑠2 +0.4)
c. 𝐺 (𝑠) = , 𝐻 (𝑠) = 1
𝑠(𝑠+2)
𝐾(𝑠+1)
d. 𝐺 (𝑠) = , 𝐻 (𝑠) = 1
𝑠2
𝐾(𝑠+4)
e. 𝐺 (𝑠) = , 𝐻 (𝑠) = 1
(𝑠+1)2
𝐾
f. 𝐺 (𝑠) = , 𝐻 (𝑠) = 1
𝑠(𝑠+1)(𝑠2 +4𝑠+5)
𝐾
g. 𝐺 (𝑠) = , 𝐻 (𝑠) = 1
𝑠(𝑠+0.5)(𝑠2 +0.6𝑠+10)
6- Plot the root loci for the closed-loop control system with:
𝐾
𝐺(𝑠) = 2 , 𝐻(𝑠) = 1
(𝑠 + 2𝑠 + 2)(𝑠 2 + 0.6𝑠 + 10)
- Determine the exact points where the root loci cross the (𝑗𝑤) axis.
7- Show that the root loci for a control system with:
𝐾(𝑠 2 + 6𝑠 + 10)
𝐺(𝑠) = , 𝐻(𝑠) = 1
(𝑠 2 + 2𝑠 + 10)
- are arcs of the circle centered at the origin with radius equal to √10.

8- Consider a unity-feedback control system with the following feed forward transfer
function:
𝐾
𝐺(𝑠) =
𝑠(𝑠 2 + 4𝑠 + 8)
- Plot the root loci for the system. If the value of gain K is set equal to 2, where are
the closed-loop poles located?

9- Is the following Gc(s) a lead network or lag network?

3.5𝑠 + 1.4
𝐺𝑐 (𝑠) =
𝑠+2

With my best wishes Dr. Mountasser M. Mohamed

Aswan University
Fourth Year
Faculty of Engineering
Automatic Control (II) Course
Electrical Engineering Department
First Semester
Computers and Systems Section
Sheet No. 1

10- A control system with:

𝐾
1 + 𝐾𝐺(𝑠)𝐻(𝑠) = 1 + , 𝐻(𝑠) = 1
𝑠 2 (𝑠 + 1)
is unstable for all positive values of gain K. Plot the root loci of the system. By using
this plot, show that this system can be stabilized by adding a zero on the negative
real axis or by modifying G ( s ) to G l ( s ) , where
𝐾(𝑠 + 𝛼)
𝐺1 (𝑠) = 2 (0 ≤ 𝛼 < 1)
𝑠 (𝑠 + 1)

With my best wishes Dr. Mountasser M. Mohamed