9/19/2020 Control engineering - - Unit 4 - Week 1

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Unit 4 - Week 1

Course outline

How does an
Assignment 1
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course work? 1) Consider a system, call it System 1 : y(t) = x(t) + c , where x(t) , y(t) and c are input, output 1 point
and bias(constant) respectively. Now consider another system, call it System 2 : z(t) = x(t) where x(t) and
Week 0 z(t) are input and output respectively of the System 2. Which of the following statement is correct?

MATLAB System 1 is linear and System 2 is nonlinear

System 1 is nonlinear and System 2 is linear
Week 1
Both System 1 and System 2 are linear
Lecture-1: None of the system is linear
Introduction to
2) The system y(t) 2
= 2x(t) + x (t − 1) + x(t + a) (where a < 0 ) is, 1 point
systems and
control (unit?
Linear, Static and Causal
unit=32&lesson=33)
Linear, Static and Non-Causal
Lecture-2:
System
Nonlinear, Dynamical and Non-Causal
modelling-I (unit? Nonlinear, Dynamic and Causal
unit=32&lesson=34)
3) Consider the system y(t) = tx(2t + 2) , where y(t) and x(t) are output and input respectively. 1 point
Lecture-3: The system is
System modelling
-II (unit? Linear, Time variant, Causal
unit=32&lesson=35)
Linear, Time invariant, Causal
Lecture-4: Linear, Time variant, Non-Causal
System
modelling-III
Nonlinear, Time invariant, Causal

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(unit? Nonlinear, Time invariant, Non-Causal

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Nonlinear, Time variant, Causal
Tutorial-1 (unit?
unit=32&lesson=37) 4) Which of the following term represents the loss of energy (friction) in the model equation of a cruse 1 point
control for a car, whose dynamics is given as
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(unit? B F
v̇ + v =
unit=32&lesson=38) M M

Control where v is the velocity of the car.

engineering:
Week 1
Feedback Form
v̇
(unit?
unit=32&lesson=39)
B
v
Quiz : Practice M

Assignment 1
F
(assessment?
M
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There is no loss in the system
Quiz :
Assignment 1
5) In order to get the time period of a simple pendulum as half the initial time period, the length of the 1 point
(assessment? string should be
name=158)
(Hint: The time period of a simple pendulum is defined as the time taken by the pendulum to finish one
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4
of the initial length

1
of the initial length
2

2 times the initial length

4 times the initial length

6) Consider the system shown below 1 point

where u is the force applied to the cart, y1 is the position of the cart, m1 is the mass of the cart, and k1
and b are spring and damping coefficients.

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Which of the following equation correctly model the system?

2
d y dy
1 1
m1 +b − k1 y1 = u
2
dt dt

2
d y dy
1 1
m1 +b + k1 y1 = u
2
dt dt

2
d y dy
1 1
m1 −b + k1 y1 = u
dt
2 dt

2
d y dy
1 1
m1 −b − k1 y1 = u
dt
2 dt

7) Consider the electrical circuit shown below. 1 point

Which of the following differential equation represents the voltage v(t) dynamics

di 1(t) di 2
R1 i1 (t) − L +L = v(t)
dt dt

di 1(t) di 2
R1 i1 (t) + L −L = v(t)
dt dt

di 1(t) di 2
R1 i1 (t) − L −L = v(t)
dt dt

di 1(t) di 2
R1 i1 (t) + L +L = v(t)
dt dt

8) What is the equation pertaining to Kirchhoff's current law at Node 1 in the following circuit 1 point

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Where V is the voltage across the resistor R, L is the inductor, and I is the current source.

V
I = + L ∫ V dt
R

dV
I = V R+L
dt

V 1
I = + ∫ V dt
R L

1
I = V R+ ∫ V dt
L

9) Consider the following variant of predator-prey model, where x is the number of preys and y is the 1 point
number of predators.

dx 2
= 5x − 2x − 4xy
dt

dy
2
= y − 3y + xy
dt

The equilibrium point(s) of the system are

x = 0 , y = 0

x = −∞ , y = 0

11 7
x = ,y =
10 10

21 17
x = ,y =
10 10

10)Consider the predator prey model given in the previous question (Q9). What happens when the 1 point
number of preys are zero?

Population of predators reaches to zero asymptotically

Population of predators reaches to a constant asymptotically
Population of predators starts to increase

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Population of predators does not change from initial population

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