R23

Course Code: R232226

KALLAM HARANADHAREDDY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AUTONOMOUS)
II B. Tech II Semester (R23)
LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS
ECE
Question Bank
Course Advisor: P. Venubabu

S.N Total
Questions CO BTL
o. Marks
UNIT I
Short Answer Questions
1 Define System, Control system. 1 1 2M
2 Define Transfer Function. 1 1 2M
3 Write the application of open loop control systems. 1 1 2M

4 What are advantages of close loop control systems 1 1 2M

5 Why negative feedback is used in control system? 1 1 2M

6 What are the Characteristics of feedback? 1 1 2M

7 Write the classifications of control systems in engineering analysis 1 1 2M

8 Write the Torque - Current analogy for system elements 1 1 2M

9 Write the F-V analogy for system elements. 1 1 2M

10 Write the force balance equation for the ideal mass element. 1 1 2M

UNIT I
Long Answer Questions
1 i Define control system, open loop and closed loop control systems. 1 2 5M
Compare their merits and demerits.
ii Define transfer function. Explain its advantages and limitations. 1 2 5M
2. i What are classifications in control systems? Explain. 1 2 5M
ii What is meant by sensitivity of the control systems? Discuss the effect of 1 2 5M
feedback on sensitivity.
3. i. Explain the operation of below mentioned control systems. 1 2 5M

i. Temperature Control Systems

ii. Traffic Control Systems
ii. 1 2 5M
Explain the Feed-Back Characteristics and Effects of feedback

4 i Obtain the transfer function for the following mechanical 1 2 5M

translational system shown below

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 ii Obtain the transfer function of the electrical network shown in fig. 1 2 5M

L1 R1 L2

i2
e(t) R12 R2
i1

C1 C2

5 i Derive the transfer function Ɵ2(s)/T(s) for the given rotational 1 2 5M

mechanical system shown in below figure.

ii Write the differential equation governing the mechanical system in fig. 1 2 5M

draw the force voltage and force current electrical analogous circuit and
verify by mesh and node equation.

UNIT II
Short Answer Questions
1 What are the advantages of using field controlled DC motor
2 What are the advantages of using armature controlled DC motor
3 What are the main components in synchro pair
4 What is block diagram? What are the components of block diagram?
5 What is signal flow graph? What is Transmittance?
6 Write the Mason’s gain formula.
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 7 Define Pole & Zero
8 Define Time Response?
9 Define Damping Ratio
10 Define Rise time, % of Maximum peak over shoot
UNIT II
Long Answer Questions
1. i Derive an expression for the transfer function of an armature controlled 2 3 5M
DC servo motor.
ii Explain the Construction and Working of AC Servomotor. Also 2 3 5M
Draw its Characteristics.
2. i Derive an expression for the transfer function of a field controlled DC 2 2 5M
servo motor.
ii Describe the construction and operating principle of synchro 2 4 5M
transmitter with neat diagrams.
3. i Find the transfer function Y(s)/R(s) for given block diagram by using 2 2 5M
block diagram reduction method.

ii Obtain the time response of a first order system for a unit step input and 2 2 5M
plot its response.
4. i. Obtain transfer function through Mason’s Gain Formula for the 2 2 5M
following Fig.

ii. Damping factor and natural frequency of the system are 0.12 and 84.2 2 2 5M
rad/sec respectively. Determine the rise time (tr), peak time (tp),
maximum peak overshoot (mp) and settling time (ts).
5. i. Draw the transient response of a second order system and define all the 2 2 5M
specifications for under damped case.

ii. For the system shown in figure determine the steady state error for 2 3 5M

i) A unit step input

ii) A unit step velocity input
A unit step acceleration input
UNIT III
Short Answer Questions
1 What is Routh’s Stability criterion? What is the necessary and sufficient
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 condition for stability?
2 Define Routh-Hurwitz criterion?
3 Limitations of Routh’s criterion
4 What is meant by critically stable system?
5 How will you find the gain k at a point on root locus?
6 What are the asymptotes? How will you find the angle of asymptotes?
7 What is centroid? How the centroid is calculated?
8 What are the uses root locus?
9 How do you identify root locus on the real axis?
10 What do you understand by breakaway points in root locus technique?
UNIT III
Long Answer Questions
1 i Determine the stability of the system represented by the characteristic 3 2 5M
equation using RH criterion s 4 + 2s3 + 8 s 2 + 4s +3 = 0
ii Using Routh criterion determine the stability of the system whose 3 2 5M
characteristic equation is s 4 + 8 s3 +18 s 2 +16 s + 5 =0
2 i Construct Routh array and determine the stability of the system 3 2 5M
represented by the characteristics equation

ii 3 2 5M
Explain about the procedure of construction of Root locus.
3 i Sketch the complete Root locus for a system for which the open loop 3 3 10M
𝑘
transfer function is 𝐺(𝑠)𝐻(𝑠) = .
𝑠(𝑠+1)(𝑠+3)
4 i Sketch the root locus of the system whose open loop transfer function is 3 3 10M

Find the value of K so that the damping ratio of the closed loop system
is 0.5.
5 i A unity feedback control system has an open loop transfer function 3 3 10M

Sketch the root locus.

UNIT IV
Short Answer Questions
1 What is frequency Response?
2 What are the advantages of frequency response analysis?
3 What is meant by Resonant Frequency, Corner Frequency?
4 Define Gain Margin & Phase Margin
5 Define Gain crossover frequency & Phase Margin crossover frequency
6 What are the advantages of Bode Plot?
7 Define Order & Type of a System?
8 What is Polar Plot?
9 Draw the polar plot of G(S)= 1/(1+ST).
10 What is Nyquist stability criterion?
UNIT IV
Long Answer Questions
1 i Explain the procedure to determine the gain margin and phase margin 4 2 5M
of a systemfrom its Bode plot?
ii Sketch the Bode plot for the following transfer function and determine 4 3
the system gain K for the gain crossover 𝑤𝑔 to be 10 rad/sec.
𝑘𝑠2 5M
𝐺(𝑠)𝐻(𝑠) = (1+0.25𝑠)(1+0.025𝑠)

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2 i Draw Bode plot for the system whose transfer function is given by 4 3 5M
10
𝐺(𝑠)𝐻(𝑠) = . Determine the gain and phase margins and
𝑠(1+0.1𝑠)(1+0.5𝑠)
hence stability of the system.
ii Draw the Bode plots for a unity for a unity feedback system 4 3 5M
whose open loop transfer function is given by
1
𝐺(𝑠)𝐻(𝑠) = . Determine a) Gain and phase cross
𝑠(1+0.001𝑠)(1+0.5𝑠)
over frequencies b) Gain and phase Margin
3 i Write the Correlation between time and frequency response. 4 2 5M
ii Sketch the Bode plot for a unity feedback system characterized by the 4 3 5M
5(1+2𝑠)
open loop transfer function 𝐺(𝑠)𝐻(𝑠) = (1+4𝑠)(1+0.25𝑠)
.
4 i Draw and explain polar plots for Type 0, 1 and 2 Systems 4 2 5M
ii The open loop transfer function of unity feedback system is given 4 3 5M
1
by 𝐺(𝑠) = . Sketch the polar plot and determine gain and
𝑠(1+𝑠)(1+2𝑠)
phase margin.

5 i Draw Nyquist plot and comment on range of K for stability of system 4 3 5M

𝑘
with 𝐺(𝑠)𝐻(𝑠) = .
𝑠(1+𝑠)(1+2𝑠)(1+3𝑠)
ii Explain the procedure to determine the stability of the closed loop system 4 2 5M
when open loop transfer function G(s)H(s) is given using Nyquist
stability criterion.
UNIT V
Short Answer Questions
What is meant by compensation? What are the types of compensation
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schemes?
2 What is the need of lead compensator?
3 Write the effect of adding a pole to open loop transfer function of a system?
4 Write the effect of adding a zero to open loop transfer function of a system?
5 What are the advantages in frequency domain design?
6 What are the advantages of state space analysis?
7 What is state and state variable?
8 Write the state equations of a linear time invariant systems?
9 Define controllability & observability?
10 Write any two properties of eigenvalues?
UNIT V
Long Answer Questions
1 i What is the need of lag compensator? Derive its transfer function and 5 2 5M
also draw the bode plot.
ii Describe the procedure for the design of lead – lag compensator in 5 2 5M
frequency domain.
2 i Design a lead compensator for the system with an open-loop 5 4 5M
transfer function

for the specifications of acceleration error constant, Ka =10 and phase

margin, Øpm =30o .
ii Consider the open loop transfer function with unit feedback system, 5 4 5M

Design the lead-lag compensator so that:

a) Velocity error constant Kv is 5 sec-1

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 b)Phase margin not greater than 300
c) Gain margin not greater than 10 db.
3 i Voltage across capacitor is Vc. With Vc and iL as a set of state variables 5 3 5M
derive the state model.

ii Find the state transition matrix for the following system. 5 3 5M

4 i Obtain the state model of the system whose transfer function is given as. 5 3 5M
𝑌(𝑠) 10
=
𝑈(𝑠) 𝑠3 +4𝑠2 +2𝑠+1

ii The state equation of a system is given by: 5 3 5M

i) Is the system controllable

ii) Compute the state transition matrix
5 i Given 5 3 5M

Find the unit step response when

ii Define and explain Controllability and Observability with suitable 5 3 5M

examples.

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