Feedback Control Systems
Summer Class
Week 4 – Mechanical System Transfer Functions
Saint Peter’s College
Reference Materials
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MAIN - Control Systems Engineering 7th Edition – Norman S. Nise;
Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems 8th Edition – Gene F. Franklin, J. David Powell, and
Abbas Emami-Naeini
Lecture Videos
Click the links below:
1) Modelling of Mechanical Systems
https://youtu.be/glUrzUxbepE (21 minutes)
2) Translational Mechanical Systems
https://youtu.be/Ld3tHMCLEaE (20 minutes)
3) Translational Mechanical Systems (Solved Example)
https://youtu.be/Av86LcNuiMQ (11 minutes)
Total (approximate; with pauses and note takings) = 60-90 minutes
Remember to pause, play, and take notes!
Assignments [30 points] – Deadline: July 25, 2022 at 5:30PM
Read pages 61-68 of the main reference eBook and answer the question below with complete
solutions. Write your answers in a clean paper and submit on the link provided:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WN9OXfxZ8h-eSVwyC3VcC2ZaNCXUvc-6?usp=sharing
1. Find the transfer function, 𝐺(𝑠) = 𝑋2 (𝑠)⁄𝐹(𝑠) for the translational mechanical system
shown below.
Notes: (You may write your notes below)