U NIVERSITY OF S HARJAH

C OLLEGE OF E NGINEERING
D EPARTMENT OF E LECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Course: Signals & Control systems

Problem Set
Chapter 6: Performance of systems & steady-state error
CONTENTS

1 I N T RO D U C T I O N TO C O N T RO L S Y S T E M S 2
1.1 P ERFORMANCE OF FEEDBACK CONTROL SYS -
TEMS 2
1.2 S TEADY- STATE ERROR 6

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INTRODUCTION TO CONTROL SYSTEMS

1.1 P E R F O R M A N C E O F F E E D BAC K C O N T RO L S Y S T E M S

Problem 1.1. Consider the closed-loop system shown below. Deter-

mine the values of gains K1 and K2 so that the maximum overshoot
in the unit-step response of the closed-loop system is 5% and the
settling time is approximately 10 s.

R 1 Y
+ K1
−
s(s + 2K2 )

Answer 1.1.
 
 ζ = 0.6901
  K1 = 0.336

=⇒
 ω = 0.5796 rad/s
  K = 0.4

n 2

2
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Problem 1.2. Consider the closed-loop system shown in figure

below.

R K1 K2 Y
+
−
s 2s + K2

a) Find values of the gains K1 and K2 so that the step response

of the closed-loop system is with rise time tr = 0.6s and
settling time ts = 2s.

b) Determine values of the maximum overshoot O% (in percent)

and peak time t p .

Answer 1.2.
 
 ζ = 0.6667
  K1 = 2.25 and K2 = 8

=⇒
 ω = 3 rad/s
  t = 1.405 s and M = 6.02%

n p p
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Problem 1.3. Consider the following closed-loop system.

R 430 Y
+
−
2s2 + K2 s + 2

K1
430

Find the gain values K1 and K2 that result in the following

closed-loop response to a unit-step input.
8
7
6
5
4
y(t)

3
2
1
0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
Time (sec)

Answer 1.3. It can be seen from the given step response that
7−5
the maximum overshoot is M p = = 0.4 and the peak time
5
t p = 0.5s. These values lead to the following values:
 
 ζ = 0.28
  K1 = 83.673

=⇒
 ω = 6.545 rad/s
  K = 7.33

n 2
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Problem 1.4. Consider the closed-loop system shown in figure

below.
R 6 Y
+
−
2s2 + K1 K2 s + 2 + K1

Find values of the gains K1 and K2 so that the step response of the
closed-loop system is with a peak time t p = 0.5 s and settling time
ts = 1.5 s.

Answer 1.4.
 
 ζ = 0.39
  K1 = 85.179

=⇒
 ω = 6.825 rad/s
  K = 0.125

n 2

Problem 1.5. For the positive feedback system shown below, find
values of the gains K1 > 0 and K2 > 0 so that the percent overshoot
in the step response of the closed-loop system is 10% and the peak
time t p = 2s.

R K1 Y
+
+ 2
s + K2 s + 10

s + K2

Answer 1.5.
 
 ζ = 0.5912
  K1 = 1.593

=⇒
 ω = 1.947 rad/s
  K = 3.896

n 2
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1.2 S T E A D Y - S TAT E E R R O R

Problem 1.6. For the following feedback control system shown

below, determine the steady-state error for a unit step input, for a
unit ramp input, and for a unit parabolic input.

R 3 Y
+
−
(s2 + 3s + 5)

Answer 1.6.
unit step input unit ramp input unit parabolic input
ess 0 5/3 ∞

Problem 1.7. Consider the following closed-loop system, deter-

mine the steady-state error for a reference input r (t ) = 5 + 2t (for
t ≥ 0)

R 10(s + 8) Y
+
−
s(s + 2)(s + 3)(s + 4)

Answer 1.7.
5 2
R(s) = + =⇒ ess = 0.6
s s2
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Problem 1.8. For each of the following closed-loop systems, deter-

mine the range of K for which the steady-state error for a unit-step
input is less than or equal to 8%.

a)

R K (s + 1) Y
+
−
(s + 3)(s + 2)(s + 7)

b)

R K (s + 12) Y
+
−
(s + 14)(s + 18)

c)

R 3 Y
+
−
(s + 0.5)(s + 0.2)

K +1

Answer 1.8.

a) K ≥ 483

b) K ≥ 241.5

c) K ≤ 0.0536
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Problem 1.9. Consider the following closed-loop systems:

1. Which type of reference input R(s) must be applied to the

closed-loop system to yield a finite (but non-zero) steady-
state error?

2. For the type of the reference input determined in question

(1) above, find the range of values of K for which the steady-
state error is less than 5%, assuming an amplitude of the
reference input equal to 0.5.

a)

R K (s + 5) Y
+
−
s(s + 1)(s + 6)(s + 8)

b)

R 2K (s + 3) Y
+
−
(s + 5)(s + 8)

Answer 1.9.

a. 1) Type: Ramp reference input and 2) Range: K > 96

b. 1) Type: Step reference input and 2) Range: K > 60