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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
B.Tech. Degree Examinations Nov/Dec. 2014
Fifth Semester
EEE342 Control Engineering
(Common to Electronics and Communication Engineering and
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering)
Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 Marks
Answer all questions
PART A (10 X 3 = 30 Marks)
1. State True/False for the following statements:
i. Closed loop control system is usually more accurate than an open loop control
system
ii. Feedback is sometimes used to improve the sensitivity of a control system
iii. If an open loop system is unstable, applying feedback will improve the stability

2. In the following systems if the forward path gain is reduced by 20% in each system,
then what is the percentage change in C1 and C2.

3. Which of the following are not valid statements in case of signal flow graphs?
i. signal flow graph is used to obtain the stability of a system.
ii. signal flow graph is used only for non-linear system.
iii. In signal flow graphs, signal travel along the branches only in marked direction.
iv. Forward path gain is the product of all transmittances from source node to sink
node
4. Match the Following List-1 with List-2 using the codes given below the Lists:
List 1 List-2
(A) >1 (over damped) (i ) Complex Conjugate
(B) =1 (critically damped) (ii) Real and different
(C) <1 (under damped) (iii) Purely Imaginary
(iv) real and equal
5. The unit step response of a second order linear system with zero initial states is given
by, . Find the damping ratio and the
undamped natural frequency of oscillation of the system.

6. The open loop frequency response of a system at frequencies are given by: 1.2 -180
and 1.0 -190 . Find the gain margin and comment on stability of a closed loop unity
feedback control system.

7. In the system shown in figure 1, . Find the steady-state response .

Figure 1

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 8. Find the open loop DC gain of a unity negative feedback system whose closed loop
transfer function is, .

9. If the gain margin of a certain feedback system is given is 20dB, find the point at
which the Nyquist plot will cross the negative real axis.
10. Define the term State. Give two advantages of State Variable Method over
conventional method.

PART B (5 X 6 = 30 Marks)
11. For the asymptotic Bode magnitude plot shown in figure 2, find the system open loop
transfer function and closed loop transfer function. Assume system has unity negative
feedback.

Figure 2

12. Consider a unity feedback control system whose open-loop transfer function is
.
(i) Find the value of a so that the system has a phase-margin equal to 45 .
(ii) With the above value a, find the magnitude of unit-impluse response of the
open-loop system at t=1 second.

13. The transfer function of a phase lead compensator is given by , T >0.

Determine the maximum phase shift provide by such a compensator.

14. A control system with PD controller is shown in the figure 3. If the velocity error
constant and the damping ratio is 0.5, determine the values of and .

Figure 3

15. For the signal flow graph of a system shown in figure 4, obtain the state variable
representation of the system.

Figure 4
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PART C (4 X 10 = 40 Marks)
16. (i) For the system with open loop transfer function is , find the range of K
for
the system to be stable using polar plot.
(ii) A system has a characteristic equation, Q(s) = .
Determine the stability and also find how many roots are in the right half plane,
the
left half plane and on the imaginary axis of s-plane.

17. (i) For the system having characteristic equation, , find the angle of
departure at, .
(ii) Given the pole plot shown in figure 5, find the time at which 1st undershoot occurs
and settling time for 2% tolerance band.

Figure 5

18. Sketch the Bode plot for the transfer function, and
determine the system gain K for the gain crossover frequency ( ) to be 5 rad/sec.
(Use graph sheet)

19. (i) Find the transfer function of the system having state model,

(ii) Is the above system stable? Also determine the observability of the system.

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