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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
BE - SEMESTER– III(NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2022
Subject Code:3130905 Date:27-02-2023
Subject Name:Control System Theory
Time:02:30 PM TO 05:00 PM Total Marks:70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.
Marks
Q.1 (a) Explain Standard Test Signals used in control system. 03
(b) What are the limitations of open-loop systems over closed-loop systems? 04
List the advantages of closed-loop system over open-loop system.
(c) C 07
Determine the overall transfer function for the system whose block
R
diagram is shown in fig. below using block diagram reduction technique.
Q.2 (a) Define the following: (1) Rise time (2) Delay time (3) Settling time. 03
(b) X (s) X ( s) 04
Obtain the transfer function 1 and 2 of the mechanical system
F (s) F ( s)
shown in fig. below.
(c) K 07
For the unity feedback control system with G ( s) . Find the
s ( s 1)(s 2)
range of K for system that will cause the system to be stable, marginally
stable and unstable. Make suitable comments.
OR
(c) Determine the stability of the system represented by the characteristic 07
equation s 6 3s 5 5s 4 9s 3 8s 2 6s 4 0 by means of the Routh
criterion. Determine the number of roots of the characteristic equation
lying in the right-half of s-plane.
1
Q.3 (a) Explain the terms with respect to root locus. (i) centroid (ii) angle of arrival 03
and angle of departure (iii) breakaway and break in points.
(b) State and explain nyquist stability criteria. 04
(c) Sketch bode plot showing the magnitude in decibels and phase angle in 07
degrees as a function of log frequency for the transfer function given
below. Determine the gain cross over frequency.
10
G( s)
s(1 0.5s)(1 0.01s)
OR
Q.3 (a) Describe the steps to construct the polar plot. 03
(b) Explain relationship between time and frequency response. 04
(c) Consider a unity feedback control system with an open-loop transfer function. 07
K ( s 1)(s 2)
G( s) H ( s)
( s 0.1)(s 1)
Draw the root locus of the system with the gain K as a variable. Find from the
root locus plot, the value of gain K for which a closed-loop system is critically
damped.
Q.4 (a) Explain the effect of integral control action on system Performance. 03
(b) What is compensation? What are the different types of compensations? 04
(c) Draw the bode plot for phase-lead network and derive expression for the 07
parameter α in terms of Φm.
OR
Q.4 (a) State limitations and effects of Lag compensator. 03
(b) State the limitations of a single stage phase lead compensation. 04
(c) Explain step by step Procedure for Phase Lag Network. 07
Q.5 (a) Explain the advantages of bode plot. 03
(b) How will you define controllability and observability of the system? 04
(c) Draw a series RLC circuit. Obtain its state space model considering current 07
and capacitor voltage as state variables.
OR
Q.5 (a) Define the following terms: Gain margin, phase margin, bandwidth, resonant 03
peak
(b) Explain the following terms: (i) State (ii) State Variables (iii) State 04
Space (iv) State transition matrix
(c) A linear time-invariant system is described by the following state variable 07
model:
x1 1 0 x1 0
x 0 2 x 1u
2 2
x
y (t ) 1 2 1
x2
Comment on the controllability and observability of the system.
