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This document contains 15 problems related to control systems and transfer functions. It provides block diagrams and transfer functions of various systems and asks students to determine outputs, closed loop transfer functions, and other properties. It also asks students to derive transfer functions based on the given block diagrams and components.

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This document contains 15 problems related to control systems and transfer functions. It provides block diagrams and transfer functions of various systems and asks students to determine outputs, closed loop transfer functions, and other properties. It also asks students to derive transfer functions based on the given block diagrams and components.

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Electrical Engineering Department

3rd Year, 2nd Semester


Automatic Control
Sheet 2

Aswan University Faculty of Engineering

1. A laser printer uses a laser beam to print copy rapidly for a computer. The laser is positioned
by a control input r(t), so that we have
4(𝑠 + 50)
𝑌(𝑠) = 𝑅(𝑠).
𝑠2 + 30𝑠 + 200
The input r(t) represents the desired position of the laser beam.
(a) If r(t) is a unit step input, find the output y(t).
(b) What is the final value of y(t)?

2. A control engineer, N. Minorsky, designed an innovative ship steering system in the 1930s for
the U. S. Navy. The system is represented by the block diagram shown in the following figure,
where Y(s) is the ship’s course, R(s) is the desired course, and A(s) is the rudder angle. Find the
transfer function Y(s)/R(s).

𝑌(𝑠) 𝐾𝐺1 (𝑠)𝐺2 (𝑠)/𝑠


Answer: =
𝑅(𝑠) 1+𝐺1 (𝑠)𝐻3 (𝑠)+𝐺1 (𝑠)𝐺2 (𝑠)[𝐻1 (𝑠)+𝐻2 (𝑠)]+𝐾𝐺1 (𝑠)𝐺2 (𝑠)/𝑠

3. A four-wheel antilock automobile braking system uses electronics feedback to automatically


control the brake force on each wheel. A block diagram model of a brake control system is
Electrical Engineering Department
3rd Year, 2nd Semester
Automatic Control
Sheet 2

Aswan University Faculty of Engineering

shown in the following figure, where FF(s) and FR(s) are the braking force of the front and rear
wheels, respectively, and R(s) is the desired automobile response on icy road. By using the block
diagram reduction method, find FF(s)/R(s).

4. The position control system for a spacecraft platform is governed by the following equations:
𝑑2𝑝 𝑑𝑝
2
+2 + 4𝑝 = 𝜃
𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡
𝑣1 = 𝑟 − 𝑝
𝑑𝜃
= .6𝑣2
𝑑𝑡
𝑣2 = .7𝑣1
Sketch a signal-flow diagram or a block diagram of the system, identifying the component parts
and determine the system transfer function P(s)/R(s).

5. The transfer function of a system is


𝑌(𝑠) 15(𝑠 + 1)
= 2
𝑅(𝑠) 𝑠 + 9𝑠 + 14
Determine y(t) when r(t) is a unit step input.
Answer: 𝑦(𝑡) = 1.07 + 1.5𝑒 −2𝑡 − 2.57𝑒 −7𝑡
Electrical Engineering Department
3rd Year, 2nd Semester
Automatic Control
Sheet 2

Aswan University Faculty of Engineering

6. Determine the transfer function Vo(s)/V(s) of the operational amplifier circuit shown in the
following figure. Assume an ideal operation amplifier. Determine the transfer function when R1
= R2 = 100KΩ, C1 = 10μF, and C2 = 5μF.

7. Determine the closed loop transfer function T(s) = Y(s)/R(s) for the following system.

8. The block diagram of a system is shown in the following figure. Determine the transfer
function.
Electrical Engineering Department
3rd Year, 2nd Semester
Automatic Control
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Aswan University Faculty of Engineering

9. Find the transfer function Y(s)/Td(s) for the system shown in the following figure.

10. For the system shown in the following figure


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(a) Find the closed loop transfer function 𝑌(𝑠)/𝑅(𝑠) when 𝐺(𝑠) =
𝑠 2 +2𝑠+10

(b) Determine Y(s) when the input R(s) is a unit step.


(c) Compute y(t).

11. Obtaining the transfer function of the differentiating circuit shown in the following figure.
Electrical Engineering Department
3rd Year, 2nd Semester
Automatic Control
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Aswan University Faculty of Engineering

12. The circuit shown in figure is called a lead-lag filter.


(a) Find the transfer function V2(s)/V1(s). Assume an ideal op-amp.
(b) Determine V2(s)/V1(s) when R1 = 100KΩ, R2 = 200KΩ, C1 = 1μF, and C2 = 0.1μF

13. A closed loop control system is shown in figure.


(a) Determine the transfer function T(s) = Y(s)/R(s).
(b) Determine the poles and zeros of T(s).
Electrical Engineering Department
3rd Year, 2nd Semester
Automatic Control
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Aswan University Faculty of Engineering

14. Consider the feedback control system in the following figure. Define the tracking error as
𝐸(𝑠) = 𝑅(𝑠) − 𝑌(𝑠)
(a) Determine a suitable H(s) such that the tracking error is zero for any input R(s) in the absence
of a disturbance input (that is, when Td(s) = 0.
(b) Using H(s) determined in part (a), determine the response Y(s) for a disturbance Td(s) when
the input R(s)=0.
(c) Is it possible to obtain Y(s) = 0 for an arbitrary disturbance Td(s) when Gd(s)  0? Explain
your answer.

15. A control system is shown in the following figure. The transfer function G2(s) and H2(s) are
fixed. Determine the transfer function G1(s) and H1(s) so that the closed loop transfer function
T(s) = Y(s)/R(s) is exactly equal to 1.

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