Code No.

A4303
NR
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD
M.Tech. I Semester Regular Examinations, March – 2009
MODERN CONTROL THEORY
(Common to Power Electronics and Electrical Power Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks.60
Answer any Five questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1.a) Construct a state model for a system characterized by a differential equation.
y + 6 
 y + 11 y + 6 y = 
u + 8u + 17u + 8u
b) Derive the solution of Non-homogenous state equations.

2.a) Define controllability and observability. Give the Kalman Test for both of them.
b) Test controllability and observability for the following system.
⎡0 1 0 ⎤ ⎡0⎤
A = ⎢ 0 0 1 ⎥ ; B = ⎢⎢0 ⎥⎥ ; C = [1 0 0]
⎢ ⎥
⎢⎣ 0 −2 −3⎥⎦ ⎢⎣1 ⎥⎦

3.a) What is a Non-linear system? What are the different types of Non-linearities?
Explain each of them in detail.
b) Derive the describing function of Dead-zone and saturation Non linearity.

4.a) Construct the phase trajectory of the following system by using the method of
isoclines shown in figure.

b) What is a singular point? Draw the phase trajectory of the following singular
points:
i) Stable node
ii) Unstable node
iii) Saddle point
iv) Vortex point.

5.a) State the Lyapunov theorems?

b) Consider a non-linear system described by the equations:
x1 = −3x1 + x2
x2 = − x1 − x2 − x23
By using the Krasoviskii method, investigate the stability of the system.

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6.a) Derive the Euler equation for the fixed end point by using calculus of variation.
b) Find the optimal feedback system for
⎡0 1 ⎤ ⎡0⎤
x + ⎢ ⎥ u with the PI = ∫ ( 4 x12 + u 2 )dt
α
x = ⎢ ⎥
⎣0 0⎦ ⎣1 ⎦ 0

7. For the following system, the transfer function is given by

Y (S ) 10
=
u ( S ) S ( S + 1)( S + 2 )
Design a state feedback controller, so that the poles of the above system placed
at -2, -1 ± j1.2

8. Write short notes on:

a) Pontrygin’s Minimum Principle
b) Transversality condition.

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