CONTROL SYTEM ENGINEEING PRACTICAL VIVA-VOCE QUESTIONS

LIST OF QUESTIONS (SET 1):

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Explain open-loop control system? Explain closed-loop control system? Mention the advantages of closed-loop control system? What is the use of gear train in control system? State the assumption made while obtaining the transfer function of an armature controlled d.c motor? 6) What is tachogenerator? 7) Nam the test signal used in time response analysis? 8) What is meant by time response of a control system? 9) What is difference between static response and dynamic response? 10) Explain the term time constant of a first order system? 11) Define settling time in relation time response? 12) Define damping ratio? 13) Mention the nature of transient response of second order control system for different types of damping? 14) If the damping ratio is increased, how will it affect the settling time? 15) What is the value of damping ratio for an over damped response? 16) What is understood by impulse response? 17) What will be the nature of time response if the roots of the characteristic equation are located on s-plane imaginary axis? 18) What is a dominant pole pair? 19) Distinguish between the type and order of a system transfer function? 20) Which function is also called as displacement function? 21) Which function is also called as velocity function? 22) State the rule for the existence of root locus on the s-plane real axis? 23) Which function is also called as acceleration function? 24) How do you find out break away points for root locus graph? 25) How do you find out number of branches of root locus? 26) How do you find out intersection point of root locus with s-plane imaginary axis?

27) What do you mean by type and order of a system transfer function? 28) What is the steady state error of a type 1 system subjected to a parabolic input? 29) Why negative feedback is preferred in a closed loop control system? 30) What is integral control action? 31) What is the effect of PD controller on the time response? 32) What is the effect of PI controller on system performance? 33) What is derivative control and its effect? 34) What is effect of adding pole to open-loop transfer function? 35) Define BIBO stability? 36) What is limitedly stable system? 37) What is conditional stability? 38) What is absolute stability? 39) Explain the term relative stability? 40) What conclusion is drawn with respect to stability when multiple roots of the characteristic equation lie on the s-plane imaginary axis? 41) What is meant by frequency response of a control system? 42) What is nyquist plot? 43) Define phase crossover frequency? 44) Define gain crossover frequency? 45) Define phase margin? 46) What is bode plot? 47) What is the maximum error due to asymptotic magnitude plot for the term (1+j T)? 48) Why the equation s+2 ns+ n = 0 is called the characteristic equation of a second order control system? 49) What is minimum phase transfer function? 50) What is all pass transfer function? 51) What is non-minimum phase transfer function? 52) Define corner frequency? 53) What is asymptotic bode plot? 54) Define resonant frequency?

55) What is difference between resonant frequency and natural frequency of oscillations? 56) Explain the assessment of stability using bode plot? 57) What is meant by the term magnitude criterion with reference to root locus technique? 58) What is phase angle criterion with reference to root locus technique? 59) State the rule for obtaining the break away point on the root plot? 60) What is the centroid of root locus plot? 61) What are asymptotes in relation to root locus? 62) State the relation for the determination of angle of departure of root locus from a complex open-loop pole? 63) What is control system compensation? 64) What is the effect of lead compensation network? 65) What is the effect of lag compensation network? 66) What is the effect of lag-lead compensation network? 67) What is the purpose of a compensating network in a feedback control system? 68) What is understood by the term state transition matrix ? 69) What is understood by the pulse transfer function? 70) Define transfer function? 71) What is the purpose of error detector element in a control system? 72)
SYNCHROS: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) What is the shape of rotor of synchro transmitter? Synchro transmitter is also called as? What is the shape of rotor of synchro receiver? Synchro receiver is also called as? Synchros are also known as? What type of supply is given to the rotor of synchro transmitter? The three phase winding of stator of synchros is space displaced by _______ degrees? The winding of stator of synchros is concentric? True or false? A single synchro transmitter can be used as? The synchro transmitter receiver pair can be used as? Which practical problem of potentiometer is overcome if synchros are used? Synchro is a transducer that converts______________________________________________________

Time response analysis: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18) 19) 20) What is time response of a system? The transfer function of first order system in gain time constant form is? The transfer function of first order system in pole zero form is? What do you mean by time constant of a system? What do mean by order of a system? What is rise time? What is peak time? What is maximum overshoot? What is settling time? What is zeta or define zeta ( )? What do you mean by type of a system? What are the apparatus used for performing this experiment? How do you measure time on C.R.O? The output is taken across which element of this electrical system? If the value of the resistor in the network is decreased, what is its effect on zeta? How do you measure maximum peak overshoot on C.R.O? At what value of zeta system is critically damped? At what value of zeta system is critically underdamped? At what value of zeta system is critically overdamped? If the value of resistance in this network is increased then maximum peak overshoot ____________

Servomechanism and servomotor 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) What is servomechanism? What do you mean by servomotor? What is difference between ordinary D.C motor and D.C servomotor? Which are the two modes in which D.C servomotor is used? The high frequency (400Hz) i.e. higher than power frequency servomotor is used in ______________applications. Which are the two types of servomotor? The windings of two phase A.C servomotor is space displaced by______ degrees. In position control servo system, the servomotor must have small diameter to length ratio in order to minimize the _________________________________________________________________________ 9) Synchro pair error detector is also known by the names? 10) Control actions 1) What are the different types of control actions used in control system engineering? 2) What is proportional control? 3) What is error signal? 4) The sluggish overdamped response of a control system can be made faster by __________ forward path gain of the system? 5) What is derivative control?

6) What do you mean by integral control? 7) What is the effect on damping of second order system by use of derivative control/ Ans: the effective damping is increased = ( + n.Td)/2. 8) What is the effect on maximum overshoot of second order system by use of derivative control? Ans: it reduces, since increases. 9) By using derivative control an additional pole is added to the system transfer function. True or false. 10) What is the effect of derivative control on tr and tp? 11) What is the effect on steady state error of second order control system with integral control with unit ramp input? 12)

Laplace transforms: 1) While taking Laplace transformation for determining the transfer function of a control system, what assumption is made? 2) The transfer function of a system is the Laplace transform of its ________________ response. 3) What are the steps in determining the transfer function of a control system? Potentiometer: 1) 2) What are the two types of potentiometer?

A.C servomotor:

1) What is servomechanism?

A.C position control system:

1) What is servomechanism? 2)

D.C position control system:

1) 2) What is servomechanism? 3)

Stepper motor:

1) Bode plot demonstrator:

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