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Reg. No. :

Question Paper Code: E3080

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2010

Fourth Semester

Electronics and Communication Engineering

EC2255 CONTROL SYSTEMS
(Regulation 2008)
Time: Three hours

Maximum: 100 Marks

Answer ALL Questions
PART A (10 2 = 20 Marks)

Compare the open loop system with closed loop system.

2.

Draw the analogous electrical network for the mechanical system in Figure 1
using force-voltage analogy.

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1.

Figure 1
The block diagram shown in the Figure 2 represents a heat treating oven. The
set paint is 1000 C. What is the steady-state temperature?

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3.

Figure 2

Determine error coefficients for the system having

G (s ) H (s ) =

5.

(s + 2 )
.
s (1 + 0.5s ) (1 + 0.2s )

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4.

Determine the frequency domain specification of a second order system when

closed loop transfer function is given by
C (s )
64
.
=
R (s ) s2 + 10s + 64

Derive the transfer function of a lead compensator network.

7.

What are the effects of addition of open loop poles?

8.

State Nyquist stability criterion.

9.

Write the properties of state transition matrix.

10.

Determine the controllability of the system described by the state equation.

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6.

PART B (5 16 = 80 Marks)
(a)

(i)

Determine the transfer function for the system having the block
diagram as shown in Figure 3.

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Figure 3

Determine the transfer function of the network in Figure 4.

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(ii)

Figure 4
Or
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Determine the transfer function of the transistors hybrid model shown in

Figure 5 using signal flow graph.
(16)

Figure 5
12.

(a)

(i)

Determine K to limit the error of a system for input 1 + 8t +

0.8 having G (s ) H (s ) =

K
.
s 2 (s + 1) (s + 4 )

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t to
2

(8)

The forward path transfer function of an unity feed back control

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system is given by G (s ) =
. Obtain an expression for unit
s (s + 3)
step response of the system.
(8)

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(ii)

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(b)

Or

An unity feed back control system is shown in Figure 6 below. By using

derivative control the damping ratio is to be made to 0.8. Determine the
value of Td and compare the rise time, peak time and maximum
overshoot of the system.
(i)
Without derivative control
(ii) With derivative control.

(b)

The input to the system being unit set p.

(16)

Figure 6
(a)

A unity feed back control system has G (s ) =

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13.

Bode plot. Find K when phase margin = 30.

Or

10
. Draw the
s (s + 1)(s + 2 )
Nyquist plot and comment on closed loop stability.

A unity feed back control system has G (s ) =

(b)

K
. Draw the
s (s + 4 )(s + 10)
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(a)

Draw the root locus for the open-loop transfer function of a unity
feedback control system give below and determine.
(i)

the value of K for G = 0.5

(ii)

the value of K for marginal stability

(iii) the value of K at S = 4.

K
.
s (s + 1)(s + 3)

G (s ) =

Or
(b)

(i)

Using Routh criterion, investigate the stability of a unity feedback

control system whose open-loop transfer function is given by
G (s ) =

(ii)

A Closed loop control system has the characteristic equation given

by s3 + 4.5s 2 + 3.5s + 1.5 = 0 .

(i)

Using cascade method decompose the transfer

Y (s )
s+3
=
and obtain the state model.
U (s ) (s + 1)(s + 2 )

(ii)

Obtain state space representation for the electrical network shown

in Figure 7 below.

function

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(a)

e st
.
s (s + 2 )

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Figure 7
Or

(b)

(i)

Determine the transfer matrix from the data given below:

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3
A=
0

(ii)

1
1
B = C = [1
1
1

1] D = 0 .

The transfer function of a control system is given by

Y (s )
s+2
= 3
.
2
U (s ) s + 9s + 26s + 24

Check for controllability.

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