Control Eng Assignment
Control Eng Assignment
Instructions
• Use the following questions for your revision on Root Locus and the Routh Hurwitz Criterion.
• Solve Problem 4 and Problem 7 as part of your Control Engineering 1 Assignment to be
submitted before Tuesday, 6th August 2024 at 2 pm. {To be done in groups of two or three
members}
Problem 1
Determine the number of poles in the right-half-plane, left-half-plane and on the jω axis for the closed
transfer function
20
T (s)= 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
s + s +12 s +22 s +39 s +59 s +48 s +38 s +20
Problem 2
Determine the number of poles in the right-half-plane, left-half-plane and on the jω axis for the system
Problem 3
Determine the number of poles in the right-half-plane, left-half-plane and on the jω axis for the system
Problem 4
Determine the number of poles in the right-half-plane, left-half-plane and on the jω axis for the system.
Draw conclusions about stability of the closed loop system.
Problem 5
Find the range of gain K for the system that will cause the system to be stable,unstable, and marginally
stable. Assume K > 0.
Problem 6
Given a unity feedback system that has the forward transfer function
K (s−2)( s−4)
G(s)= 2
s +6 s+25
do the following:
a) Find the sketch the poles and zeros of the system on an s-plane.
b) Find and sketch (if any) the asymptotes of the system.
c) Find the imaginary-axis crossing.
d) Find the gain, K, at the jω-axis crossing.
e) Find the break-in point.
f) Sketch the root locus.
Problem 7
Sketch the root locus for the unity feedback system shown below given the transfer functions.
K ( s+2)(s +6)
a) G( s)= 2
s + 8 s+ 25
K ( s2 +4 )
b) G( s)= 2
(s +1)
2
K ( s +1)
c) G( s)=
s2
K
d) G( s)=
(s+1)3 (s +4 )