DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

QUESTION BANK

SUBJECT & SUBJECT CODE: EE3503 –CONTROL SYSTEMS

SEM / YEAR: V / III
UNIT I – MODELING OF LINEAR TIME INVARIANT SYSTEM

Control system: Open loop and Closed loop – Feedback control system characteristics – First principle
modeling: Mechanical, Electrical and Electromechanical systems – Transfer function representations:
Block diagram and Signal flow graph.
PART – A

Q.No Questions
1. What is meant by a system?
2. Write Mason’s Gain formula.
3. What are the three basic elements in electrical and mechanical system?
4. How will you get closed loop frequency response from open loop response?
5. List out the advantages of closed loop and open loop control system.
6. State ‘‘transfer function’’ of a system.
7. What is analogous systems?
8. What are the basic elements of a control systems?
9. Write the force balance equation for ideal dashpot and ideal spring.
10. What is Control Systems?
11. Differentiate between open loop and closed loop control systems.
12. Prove the rule for eliminating negative and positive feedback loop.
13. What is a signal flow graph?
14. What are the characteristics of negative feedback?
15. What is translational system?
16. What is signal flow graph?
17. What is block diagram?
18. What are the elements of block diagram?
19. What is rotational system?
20. Define sensitivity.

PART – B

1. Write the differential equation governing the mechanical rotational systems shown in the figure
and find the transfer function

2. Write the differential equation governing the mechanical rotational systems shown in the figure
and find the transfer function
3. Write the differential equation governing the mechanical translational systems shown in the
figure. Draw the Electrical analogous circuits.

4. Write the differential equation governing the mechanical rotational systems shown in the figure.
Draw the Electrical analogous circuits with two angular displacement θ1 and θ2

5. Reduce the given block diagram and find the overall transfer function.

6. Reduce the given block diagram and find the overall transfer function.
7. For the given signal flow graph find C(S)/R(S) using Mason’s Gain formula.

8. For the given signal flow graph find C(S)/R(S) using Mason’s Gain formula.

9. Convert the given block diagram to signal flow graph and find the transfer function using
mason’s gain formula and verify with block diagram approach.

10. Convert the given block diagram to signal flow graph and find the transfer function using
mason’s gain formula and verify with block diagram approach.

PART - C
1. Write the differential equation governing the mechanical translational systems shown in the
figure. Draw the Electrical analogous circuits

2. For the given signal flow graph find C(S)/R(S) using Mason’s Gain formula
3. Obtain the transfer function using Mason’s Gain Formula for the system

4. For the system represented by the block diagram given below, evaluate the closed loop transfer
function, when input R is (i) at Station 1 and (ii) at Station 2

UNIT – II
TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS
Standard test inputs – Time response – Time domain specifications – Stability analysis: Concept of
stability– Routh Hurwitz stability criterion – Root locus: Construction and Interpretation. Effect of adding
poles and zeros
PART – A
Q.No Questions
1. Specify the time domain Specification?
2. What is meant by steady state response?
3. What is dominant pole?
4. List the Standard test signal used in time domain analysis.
5. How will you find the root locus on real axis?
6. How do you find the type of the system?
7. Define stability.
8. Find the unit impulse response of the system H(s) = 5s/(s+2) with zero initial conditions.
9. What are the types of system based on stability?
10. What is impulse signal?
11. What is damping ratio?
12. What are the different types of system conditions based on damping?
13. What is step signal?
14. State the basic properties of root locus.
15. What is type and order of the system?
16. What is the condition for the system to have a circle in root locus?
17. What is rise time?
18. What do you mean by peak over shoot?
19. Define settling time.
20. What is delay time?
PART - B
1. Define and Derive the time domain specifications of a second order system subjected to a step
input.
2. Derive the expression for unit step response for the second order Underdamped and Undamped
systems.
3. The unity feedback control system is characteristic by an open loop transfer function G(S) =
K/S(S+5), Determine the gain K, so that the system will have damping ratio of 0.5 for this value
of K. Determine the peak overshoot and peak time for a unit step input.
4. Derive rise time, peak time, maximum overshoot
5. Give the calculation of Routh array formation.
6. The open loop transfer function of a unity feedback control system is given by G(S) = 20/S(S+2)
The input of the system is described by r(t)=4+6t. Find the time response.
7. Give standard test signal with graphical representations.
8. Sketch the root locus for G.H =K(S+2)(S+3)/(S+1)(S-1).
9. Consider the characteristic equation S3+2S2+ 5S+12=0. Use Routh array to examine the stability.
10. Find the output response of the system.

PART C
1. Derive the time response of a first order system for unit step input
2.

3. A unity Feedback Control system has an open loop transfer function G.H = (S+3)/(S+1) (S+2)
Sketch the root locus.
4. Consider the characteristic equation S4+4S3+ 2S2+S+10=0. Use Routh array to examine the
stability.
UNIT III - FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS
Bode plot, Polar plot and Nyquist plot: – Frequency domain specifications Introduction to closed loop
Frequency Response. Effect of adding lag and lead compensators.
PART – A
Q.No Question
1. What is bode plot?
2. Define gain margin and phase margin.
3. Define Resonant Peak and Resonant Frequency.
4. Mention any four frequency response specifications.
5. What are m & n circles?
6. Define Corner Frequency.
7. What is Nichol’s chart?
8. What is Gain and Phase Crossover Frequency?
9. List the advantages of Nichol’s chart?
10. What are the Frequency Domain Specifications.
11. What is bandwidth?
12. Define Cut-off rate?
13. What are the main advantages of Bode plot?
14. Define Phase cross over?
15. Define Gain cross over?
16. What are the two types of compensation?
17. When lag/lead/lag-lead compensation is employed?
18. What is a polar plot?
19. What are compensators?
20. What are the two types of compensation techniques write short notes on them?
 PART – B
1. Plot the Bode diagram for the following transfer function and obtain the gain and phase cross
over frequencies. G(S) = KS2 / (1+0.2S)(1+0.02S)
2. Sketch the Bode plot and hence find Gain cross over frequency, Phase cross over frequency, Gain
margin and Phase margin G(S) = 20 / S(1+3S)(1+4S)
3. Derive the frequency domain specifications.
4. The damping ratio and natural frequency of oscillation of a second order system is 0.5 and 8
rad/sec. calculate the resonant peak and frequency.
5. Determine the frequency domain specifications of the T(S) = 64 / (S2+10S+64)
6. Sketch the polar plot for the following transfer function and find Gain cross over frequency,
Phase cross over frequency, Gain margin and Phase margin. G = 1 / S(1+S)(1+2S)
7. Give the characteristics of lead – lag compensators.
8. Sketch the polar plot for the following transfer function and find Gain cross over frequency,
Phase cross over frequency, Gain margin and Phase margin. G = 5 / (1+S)(1+2S)
9. Give the design of lead – lag compensators.
10. Design a phase lag compensator so the system G.H = 100/ S(S+1) will have phase margin of 150.
PART C
1 Plot the Bode diagram for the following transfer function and obtain the gain and phase cross
over frequencies. G(S) = K/ (1+0.1S)(1+0.01S)
2 Sketch the polar plot for the following transfer function and find Gain cross over frequency,
Phase cross over frequency, Gain margin and Phase margin. G = 6 / (1+S)(1+3S)
3 The damping ratio and natural frequency of oscillation of a second order system is 1.5 and 16
rad/sec. calculate the resonant peak and frequency.
4 Design a phase lag compensator so the system G.H = 10/ S(S+0.01) will have phase margin of
250.
UNIT IV STATE VARIABLE ANALYSIS
SYLLABUS: State variable formulation – Non uniqueness of state space model – State transition matrix
–Eigen values – Eigen vectors - Free and forced responses for Time Invariant and Time Varying Systems
–Controllability – Observability.
Part-A
Q.No Questions
1 Define State and State Variable.
2 What is controllability?
3 What is observability?
4 Write the properties of state transition matrix.
5 What is modal matrix?
6 State the duality between controllability and observability.
7 What are the methods available for the stability analysis of sampled data control system?
8 What is the necessary condition to be satisfied for design using state feedback?
9 What is similarity transformation?
10 What is meant by diagonalization?
11 What is the need for controllability test?
12 What is the need for observability test?
13 What is the need for state observer?
14 What is the pole placement by state feedback?
15 How control system design is carried in state space?
16 What is state transition matrix?
17 When do you say the system is completely controllable?
18 State the limitations of state variable feedback?
19 What is Eigen values?
20 What is Eigen vectors?
Part-B
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UNIT V DESIGN OF FEED BACK CONTROL SYSTEM

SYLLABUS: Design specifications – Lead, Lag and Lag-lead compensators using Root locus and Bode
plot techniques –PID controller - Design using reaction curve and Ziegler-Nichols technique- PID control
in State Feedback form.
Part-A
Q.No Questions
1 What is the need for compensator?
2 Sketch the electrical circuit of a Lag, Lead, lag-lead compensator.
3 Write the transfer function and pole zero plot of lag-lead compensator.
4 What is Nicholas technique?
5 What is reaction curve?
6 What are the types of controllers?
7 What is a controller?
8 What type of compensator suitable for high frequency noisy environment?
9 Sketch the electrical circuit of a Lead compensator.
10 Write the transfer function and pole zero plot of lag compensator.
11 Write the transfer function and pole zero plot of lead and lag-lead compensator.
12 What is the need for a controller?
13 Sketch the electrical circuit of a lag-lead compensator.
14 What is PI Controller?
15 What is PID controller?
16 What is BIBO stability?
17 What is gain margin?
18 What is phase margin?
19 Define Ziegler technique.
20 What is a compensator?
Part-B
1 Plot the unit step response of the compensated system. Comment on the results.
2 Find the sensitivity of compensated system and uncompensated system with respect to changes in
G(S). Comment on the stability of the system.
3 For the transfer function represented in the block diagram design a compensator so that the
system has a damping factor of 0.6 and a damped natural frequency of 2.4 rad/sec.
4 Design a cascade compensator that will give approximately 15% overshoot to unit step input,
while the settling time is decreased by a factor of 2.5 and K>= 20.
G(S) = K/S(S+3)(S+9)
5 A unity feedback control system has an open loop transfer function of G(S) = 1/S2. Design a
suitable compensator that phase margin of 450.
6 A unity feedback system has an open loop transfer function of G(S) = 4/S(2S+1). It is desired to
obtain phase margin of 400.
7 Design a lead compensator for this system to meet the specifications: damping ratio=0.7; settling
time=1.4sec; velocity K=2 sec-1

8 A unity feedback system has an open loop transfer function of G(S) = K / S(S+1)(S+5). Draw the
root locus plot and determine the value of K to give the damping ratio of 0.3.
9 A unity feedback system has an open loop transfer function of G(S) = K / S(S+1)(0.2S+1). Design
phase-lag compensation for the system to achieve K=8; phase margin = 400. Also compare the
cross-over frequency of the compensated system and compensated systems.
10 A system has an open loop transfer function G(S) = 10/ S(1+0.5S)(1+0.1S). Draw the bode plot
and determine the phase margin.
Part-C
1 Design a compensator that will give approximately 10% overshoot to unit step input, while the
settling time is decreased by a factor of 1.5 and K>= 20.
G(S) = K/S(S+4)(S+7). Draw the bode plot and determine the phase margin.
2 A unity feedback system has an open loop transfer function of G(S) = K / S(S+3). Draw the root
locus plot and determine the value of K to give the damping ratio of 0.5.
3 A system has an open loop transfer function G(S) = 10/ S(1+0.5S)(1+0.1S). Draw the bode plot
and determine the phase margin. Also compare the cross-over frequency of the compensated
system and compensated systems.
4 A unity feedback system has an open loop transfer function of G(S) = 5/S(S+4). It is desired to
obtain phase margin of 450.