LATHA MATHAVAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE

KIDARIPATTI,MADURAI

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

SUBJECT CODE/NAME: EC6405 CONTROL SYSTEM ENGINEERING YEAR & SEC : II ECE

PART – A

1. What are the advantage of the closed loop control system? (NOV/DEC 2012)
(MAY/JUNE 2012)

2. Write down the transfer function of the system whose block diagram is shown below (NOV/DEC 2012)

3. What are the properties of signal flow graphs? (MAY/JUNE 2012)

4. What are the basic elements in control system? (NOV/DEC 2014)

5. Define: transfer function (NOV/DEC 2014)

6. Name any two dynamic models used to represent control systems. (MAY/JUNE 2013)

7. Write the mason’s gain formula of signal flow graph. (MAY/JUNE 2013)

Part – B
Unit - I
1. (i)A block diagram shown below. Construct the equivalent signal flow graph and obtain C/R using
mason’s formula. (8)

(NOV/DEC 2012)
 (ii)For the block diagram shown below, Find the output C due to R and disturbance D. (8)

2. Write the differential equations governing the mechanical rotational systems shown in figure below.
Draw the torque-voltage and torque-current electrical analogues circuits and verify by writing mesh
and node equations. (16)

(MAY/JUNE2012)

3. Using block diagram reduction technique, Find the closed loop transfer function C/R of the system
whose block diagram is shown below (16)

(MAY/JUNE2012)

4. Construct the signal flow graph for the following set of simultaneous equations X2=A21 X1+A23 X3;
X3=A31 X1+A32 X2+A33 X3 ; X4=A42 X2+A43 X3 And obtain the overall transfer function using (MAY/JUNE2012)
mason’s gain formula. (16)
5. (i) Using block diagram reduction rules,convert the block diagram (8)

(ii) Write the torque equation of the rotational system shown below and derive the expression of
(MAY/JUNE2014)
transfer function ɵ 1 (s) / T1(s) (8)

6. (i) Consider the mechanical system shown in figure write the differential equations describing the (MAY/JUNE2013)
dynamics of the system and also draw the electrical analogy for the system. (8)
 (ii)The block diagram of a control system is shown in figure Determine the transfer function.

7. (i) Give the step by procedure of determining transfer funtion using signal flow graph. (8)
(ii) Find the transfer function of the block diagram shown in figure using mason gain
formula. (8)

(MAY/JUNE2013)

UNIT-II

PART A

1. What are transient and steady state response of a control system?(NOV/DEC 2012)

2. With reference to time response of a control system,define’peak time’.(NOV/DEC 2012)

3.List the advantages of generalized error coefficients.(MAY/JUNE 2012)

4. What is the type and order of the system?(NOV/DEC 2014)

5.the closed loop transfer function of a second order system is given by 400 / (S 2+2s+400) .Determine the damping ratio and
natural frequency of oscillation.(MAY/JUNE 2013)

7.Give the steady state errors to a various standard inputs for type-2 system.(MAY/JUNE 2013)

8. What are transient and steady state response of a control system? (NOV/DEC 2012)

9. What is the type and order of the system?(NOV/DEC 2014)

10 Write the PID controller equation? (NOV/DEC 2014)

11. Give the steady state errors to a various standard inputs for type-2 system. (MAY/JUNE 2013)

PART B (NOV/DEC 2012) (8)

1.The unity feedback system is characterized by an open loop transfer function G(S)=k/s(s+10).determine the gain K,so that
the system will have a damping ratio of 0.5. for this value of K,determine settling time,peak overshoot and time to peak
overshoot for a unit step input. (NOV/DEC 2012) (8)

2A unity feedback system has the forward transfer function G(s)=K1(2S+1)/s(5s+1)(1+s)^2.the input r(t)=(1+6t) is applied to
the system. Determine the minimum value of K1,if the steady error is to be less than 0.1.

MAY/JUNE 2012 (8)

3) A certain unity negative feedback control system has the following forward path transfer function G(S)=K(S+2)/S(S+5)
(4S+1).the input applied is r(t)=1+3t. find the minimum value of k so that the steady state error is less than 1.

4. The unit impulse response of a unit feedback control system is given by c(t)= -te -t +2e-t, (t > 0)
.find the open loop transfer function. (MAY/JUNE 2013)(8)

5. With suitable block diagram and equations,explain the following types of controllers employed in control
systems. (i)proportional controller (ii)proportional-plus-integral controller(iii)PID controller (iv)Integral
controller. (16) Nov/Dec 2012
6. Derive the expression for unit step response of under damped second order system? (16) Nov/Dec 2014

Unit –III
PART – A

1. Draw the polar plot of an integral term transfer function (MAY/JUNE 2013)

2. Write the matlab statement to draw the bode plot of the given system (MAY/JUNE 2013)
3. The damping ratio and the undamped natural frequency of a second order system are 0.5
(MAY/JUNE 2014)
and 5 respectively. Calculate the Resonant frequency
4. What is corner frequency? (MAY/JUNE 2014)

(MAY/JUNE 2012)
5. Draw the polar plot of G(s)=1/(1+sT)

6. What is meant by ‘Corner frequency’ in frequency response analysis? (NOV/DEC 2012)

Part - B

1. The open loop transfer function of a system is given by G(s)H(s) = 30/s(1+0.5s)(1+0.8s)

(MAY/JUNE 2014)
Draw the Bode plot and determine Gain margin and phase margin.
2. (i)Sketch the polar plot of the unity feedback system with open loop transfer function

G(s)=1/s(s+1)2 and also find the frequency at which |G(jw)|=1. (MAY/JUNE 2014)

(ii)What are the advantages and disadvantages of frequency response analysis?

3. consider a unity feedback open loop transfer function G(s)=100/[s(1+0.1s)(1+0.2s)].

Draw the bode plot and find the phase and gain cross over frequencies, phase and gain (MAY/JUNE 2013)

margin and the stability of the system

4. Explain the detail the design procedure of lead compensator using bode plot (MAY/JUNE 2013)

5. (i) For the following transfer function G(s)= K(s+3) / s(s+1)(s+2) sketch the bode

magnitude plot by showing slope contributions from each pole and zero (8)
(MAY/JUNE 2012)
(ii) For an unity feedback system with closed loop transfer function G(s)/1+G(s) derive

the equations for the locus of constant M circles and constant N circles (8)
6. Given G(s)=Ke-0.2s / s(s+2)(s+8) , find K for the following two cases
(NOV/DEC 2012)
i)Gain margin equal to 6 db (ii)Phase margin equal to 450
7. Draw the pole-zero diagram of a lead compensator .Propose lead compensation using
(NOV/DEC 2012)
electrical network. Derive the transfer function. Draw the bode plots
8. Draw the Nyquist plot for the system whose open loop transfer function is G(S)H(S)= (MAY/JUNE 2012)
 K/S(S+2)(S+10). Determine the range of K for which the closed loop system is stable.

Unit –IV
PART – A

1. Write the necessary ad sufficient condition for stability in routh stability criterion (MAY/JUNE 2013)

2. Define Nyquist stability criterion (MAY/JUNE 2013)

3. What is mean by relative stability? (MAY/JUNE 2014)

4. Define phase margin (MAY/JUNE 2014)

5. What is root locus? (MAY/JUNE 2012)

6. State Nyquist stability criterion (MAY/JUNE 2012)

7. State any two limitations of Routh-stability criterion (NOV/DEC 2012)

8. State the advantages of Nyquist stability criterion over that of Routh’s criterion (NOV/DEC 2012)

Part - B

1. Draw the root locus plot for the system whose open loop transfer function is given by (MAY/JUNE 2014)
 G(s)H(s)= K/s(s+4)(s2+4s+13).Find the marginal value of k which causes sustained

oscillations and the frequency of these oscillations.

2. (i) The open loop transfer function is given by G(s)=k/s(1+0.1s)(1+s) For this unity

feedback system, determine the value of k so that the gain margin is 6dB.
(MAY/JUNE 2014)
(ii) By using Routh criterion determine the stability of the system represented by

following characteristic equation S5+S4+2S3+2S2+11S+10 = 0

3. consider the sixth order system with the characteristic equation

s6+2s5+8s4+12s3+20s2+16s+16=0.use Routh-hurwitz criterion to examine the stability of (MAY/JUNE 2013)

the system.
4. sketch the root locus of the system having G(S)=k(s+3)/s(s+1)(s+2)(s+4) (MAY/JUNE 2013)

5. (i)Construct Routh array and determine the stability of the system whose characteristic

equation is s6+2s5+8s4+12s3+20s2+16s+16=0 (6)

(MAY/JUNE 2012)
(ii)Sketch the root locus of the system whose open loop transfer function is

G(s)=k/s(s+2)(s+4).find the value of k so that the damping ratio of closed loop system is

0.5 (10)
6. (i) Determine the range of K for stability of unity feedback system whose open loop

transfer function is G(S)=K/S(S+1)(S+2) using routh stability criterion (6)

(ii) Draw the approximate root locus diagram for a closed loop system whose loop (NOV/DEC 2012)

transfer function is given by G(S)H(S)=K/S(S+5)(S+10). Comment on stability (10)

 Unit –V
PART – A

1. What are the advantages of state space representation (MAY/JUNE 2013)

2. Define state and state variable. (MAY/JUNE 2013)

3. Draw the circuit diagram of sample and hold circuit. (MAY/JUNE 2014)

4. What are the properties of state Transition matrix (MAY/JUNE 2014)

5. How the model matrix is determined? (MAY/JUNE 2012)

6. What is meant by quantization (MAY/JUNE 2012)

7. Define ‘state’ and ‘state-variable (NOV/DEC 2012)

8. What is meant by sampled –data control systems? (NOV/DEC 2012)

Part - B

1. (i) Obtain the state model of the system described by the following transfer function.

Y(s)/U(s)= 5/S3+6S+7

(ii) Obtain the state transition matrix for the state model whose system matrix A is given (MAY/JUNE 2014)

1 1
by A= .
0 1

2. (i) Check the controllability of the following state space system (MAY/JUNE 2014)

X1 = X2 + U2

X2= X3

X1 =-2 X2 – 3X3 +U1+ U2

(ii) Obtain the transfer function model for the following state space system.
 0 1 1
A = B=
−6 5 0

C=1 0 . D= 0
3. A system is represented by the state equation X=AX+BU;Y=CX where

0 1 0 0
A=0 −1 1 B, 0 and C=[100] (MAY/JUNE 2013)
0 −1 −10 10

Determine the transfer function of the system.

4. A system is characterised by the transfer function.

Y(s)/U(s) = 3/s3+5s2+11s+6
(MAY/JUNE 2013)

Identify the first state as the output. Determine whether or not the system is completely
controllable and observable.
5. (i) The state model matrices of a system are given below:

0 1 0 0

A= 0 0 1 B= 0 C = [3 4 1]

0 -2 -3 1

Evaluate the Observability of the system using Gilbert’s test (10) (MAY/JUNE 2012)

(ii) Find the controllability of the system described by the following equation

-1 -1 X1 0 U(t)

X= 2 -1 X2 + 1
6. The state space representation of a system is given below (NOV/DEC 2012)
 X1 -2 1 0 x1 0 x1

X2 = 0 -3 1 x2 + 0 u y= ( 0 1 0) x2 . Obtain the transfer function

X3 -3 -4 -5 x3 1 x3
7. (i)Determine the controllabity and observability of the following system

X1 0 1 0 x1 0 x1

X2 = 0 0 1 x2 + 0 u y= [ 1 0 0] x2

X3 0 -2 -3 x3 10 x3

(ii) Obtain the z domain transfer function of the system shown below

r(t) G ho(s) G(S)= (NOV/DEC 2012)

1/s(s+1)
ZOH

- C(t)