Benha University Mechanical Engineering Dep.

Benha Faculty of Engineering 4th year - Mechatronics

Subject: Process Control and Applications (M1491)

Sheet No. (1)

Question (1)

For the first-order system,

Obtain the unit-step response curves for T = 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0 and 10.0 respectively,
with MATLAB.

Question (2)

A RC circuit has the following transfer function:

For a step input u(t) = 2V for t >= 0:

a) What is the steady-state response of the circuit?
b) What is the time taken for the output of the RC circuit to reach 95% of its
steady-state response?
c) Check your result with MATLAB.

Question (3)

A second-order system is described by the differential equation:

a) Write down the transfer function Y(s)/U(s) of the system, where U(s) and Y(s)
are the Laplace transforms of u(t) and y(t), respectively.
b) Obtain the damping ratio and the natural frequency of the system.
c) Calculate the rise time and percent overshoot of the system.
d) Evaluate y(t) for a unit-step input u(t).
e) Check your answers of the above with MATLAB.
 Benha University Mechanical Engineering Dep.
Benha Faculty of Engineering 4th year - Mechatronics
Subject: Process Control and Applications (M1491)

Question (4)

For the control system shown by the block diagram, the numerical value of J = 1 kg-m2 and
B = 1 N-m/(rad/sec).

a) Find the transfer function Y(s)/R(s).

b) Determine the values of the gain K1 and velocity feedback constant K2 so that
the maximum overshoot in the unit-step response is 0.2 and peak time is 1 sec.
c) With these values of K1 and K2, obtain the rise time and settling time.
d) Obtain the response y(t) for the unit-step input r(t).
e) Check the above calculations with MATLAB.

Question (5)

For the following block diagram; Determine the values of KP and KD to yield a settling
time of 0.5 second and 20% overshoot in the close-loop system for a unit-step input.