[EUREC 406]

B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION

Electronics & Communication Engineering
IV SEMESTER
COSNTROL SYSTEMS
(Effective from the admitted batch 200708)
Time: 3 Hours Max.Marks: 60
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Instructions: Each Unit carries 12 marks.
Answer all units choosing one question from each unit.
All parts of the unit must be answered in one place only.
Figures in the right hand margin indicate marks allotted.
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UNIT-I
1. a) Discuss the reduction techniques for obtaining transfer
function of a block diagram. 6
b) Obtain the transfer function C(s) / R(s) for the SFG given
in fig.1. 6









OR
2. a) Derive the transfer function of a DC servomotor in armature
control. 6



b) Find the transfer function
s F
s x
2
of the system given in fig.2. 6

UNIT-II
3. a) The open loop transfer function of unity feedback system is
ST s K s G 1 / , where K and T are positive constants.
How many times gain should be increased to increase the
overshoot from 40% to 60%? 6
b) A system has unit step response as c(t) =1-e
-0.1t
. Determine
its unit impulse and ramp response. Assume zero initial
conditions. 6
OR
4. Discuss the effect of derivative control on transient and steady
state performance of feedback control systems. Also explain
the need for integral control. 12
UNIT-III
5. Determine the range of K for stability, frequency of oscillation
of the systems, if any, given by their characteristic equations. 12
i) 0 3 2 2
2 3 4
K s K s s s
ii) 0 15 3 2 2
2 3 4 5
s s s s s
iii) 0 16 20 12 8 2
2 3 4 5 6
K s s s s s s


OR
6. Sketch the root locus of the system having loop transfer function.

2 2 s 1
2
s s s
K
s H s G
and infer the relevant information. Also indicate the effect, if a
zero at -2 is introduced in the loop transfer function. 12
UNIT-IV
7. Explain the correlation between time and frequency response
specifications. 12
OR
8. A system has 0.02s 1 0.1s 1 1 / s s K s H s G .
Determine the value of K so that
i) Gain margin is + 10 db
ii) Phase margin is + 25
0
. Draw the Bode plot. 12
UNIT-V
9. a) Define state and the significance of state variables. Also
compare the state variable representation to transfer function,
bringing out their advantages and disadvantages. 4
b) Obtain the unit step response of the system given by
u X
2
0
x
5 2
3 0
. 8
OR
10. a) Explain the properties of state transition matrix. 4
b) Define controllability and observability and determine the
same for the system given by 8
u X
5
3
x
3 2
1 4

and
x 2 1 Y

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