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Block Reduction Rules (Control Systems)

This document describes 6 rules for simplifying block diagrams: 1) cascaded blocks can be combined, 2) a summer can be moved behind a block, 3) a summer can be moved ahead of a block, 4) a pickoff can be moved ahead of a block, 5) a pickoff can be moved behind a block, and 6) a feedback loop can be eliminated by algebraically solving the loop.

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Block Reduction Rules (Control Systems)

This document describes 6 rules for simplifying block diagrams: 1) cascaded blocks can be combined, 2) a summer can be moved behind a block, 3) a summer can be moved ahead of a block, 4) a pickoff can be moved ahead of a block, 5) a pickoff can be moved behind a block, and 6) a feedback loop can be eliminated by algebraically solving the loop.

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Block Diagram Reduction Rules

Cascaded blocks

X G H Y X GH Y

Moving a summer behind a block


+ +
X G Z X G Z
_
+ _
+
Y G Y

Moving a summer ahead of a block

+ +
X G Z X G Z
_
+
_
+
Y 1/G Y

Moving a pickoff ahead of a block

X G Y
X G Y

Y Y G

Moving a pickoff behind a block

X G Y X G Y
X
X 1/G

Eliminating a feedback loop

+
X G Y
_
_
+ X G/(1 + GH) Y

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