VSM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING RAMCAHNDRAPURAM

AUTONOMOUS
Course: II B.TECH II SEM A.Y.2024-25

Branch: ECE Subject: LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS

UNIT-1
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. What is feedback which type feedback is employed in control systems?
2. Define mathematical model?
3. Compare the open loop and closed loop control systems.
4. Explain about linear control system?
5. What are the characteristics of negative feedback?
6. Define impulse Response
ESSAY QUESTIONS
1. a) What are the differences of open loop control system and closed loop control system?
b) Explain effects of feedback in control system
X(s)
2. a) Find
F(S)

b) Explain different types of control systems with examples.

X1(s)
3. Find F(S)

X2(s)
4. Find F(S)
 X1(s)
5. Find F(S)

6. Write the differential equations governing the mechanical rotational system shown below figure
θ(s)
and determine the transfer function T(S)

UNIT-2

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Explain about servomechanism

2. What is Block diagram what are the basic components of Block diagram
3. Write the Mason’s gain formula.
4. List the time domain specifications.
5. What is steady state error?
6. List the types of static error constants?
ESSAY QUESTIONS

1. a) What is DC servomotor and Derive the transfer function of a armature controlled DC

servomotor. [8M]

b).What is Block diagram what are the basic components of Block diagram [2M]

2. a)What is AC servomotor and derive the transfer function of AC servomotor. [5M]

b) Obtain the block diagram for the given electrical network [5M]

C(s)
3. Reduce the block diagram as shown in below figure and find the transfer function of R(S)
 [10M]

4. Find the transfer function of a given system shown in below figure by using masons gain formula.

[10M]

5. Find the transfer function of a given system shown in below figure by using masons gain formula.

[10M]

6. a) Explain with neat diagram of time domain specifications.. [6M]

b) Derive response of first order system for unit step. [4M]

UNIT-3

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. What are the conditions for Routh’s stability criterion?

2. In Routh array what conclusion you can make when there is a row of all zeros?
3. Define stability and what the different types of stability are
4. How to find the crossing points of imaginary axis in root locus?
5. Define Angles of asymptotes and Centroid.
6. What are the effects of adding poles to G(s) H(s) on the root loci?
ESSAY QUESTIONS

1. a) Construct Routh array and determine the stability of the system whose characteristic equation is
S6+2S5+8S4+12S3+20S2+16S+16=0. Also determine the number of roots lying on right half of s-plane,
left half of s-plane and imaginary axis [7M]

b) What are the conditions for Routh’s stability criterion? [3M]

2. a) S4+9S3+11S2+6S+K=0. Determine the value of K for which the system is absolutely stable and
critically stable also determine the frequency of sustain oscillations. [7M]

b) Define stability and what the different types of stability are [3M]

3. a) Find the system stability S5+S4 +3S3 +9S2+16S+10=0. [5M]

b) Explain the procedure for constructing root locus. [5M]

k
4. Sketch the root locus of the system whose open loop transfer function is G(S) = S[S+2][S+4]
Find
the value of K. So that the damping ratio of the closed loops system is 0.5. [10M]
k[s+9]
5. The open loop transfer function of unity feedback system is given by G(S) = s[s2+4s+11] sketch the
root locus of the system. [10M]
k
6. A unity feedback control system has a open loop transfer function G(S) = Sketch the
s[s2+4s+13]
root locus. [10M]

UNIT-4

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Define Gain margin.

2. What are the frequency domain specifications?
3. Explain about polar plot?
4. What are advantages of Bode Plot?
5. List the advantages of frequency response analysis?
6. Explain about Nyquist stability criterion?
ESSAY QUESTIONS

1. a) Explain frequency domain specifications. [5M]

b) Explain correlation between time response and frequency response [5M]

1
2. a) The open loop transfer function of a unity feedback system is G(s) =
s[1+s][1+2s]

Sketch the polar plot [7M]

b) Determine gain margin and phase margin for above transfer function. [3M]

3. a) Explain step by step procedure for magnitude plot [5M]

b) Explain step by step procedure for Phase plot [5M]

4. For the following transfer function draw the bode plot and obtain gain cross over frequency
20
G(s)= s[1+3s][1+4s] [10M]

5. Sketch bode plot for the following transfer function and determine the system gain K for the gain
KS2
cross over frequency to be 5 rad/sec G(s) = [1+0.2s][1+0.02s] . [10M]

1
6. Draw a Nyquist plot = S2 [1+s][1+2s] [10M]
 UNIT-5
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Define controllability.
2. What are the properties of state transition matrix?
3. Define State equation
4. Explain observability.
5. Define State model.
6. What is state transition Matrix?
ESSAY QUESTIONS

1. a) What is lag compensator and derive the transfer function of lag compensator [7M]

b) Draw the pole-zero plot for lag compensator [3M]

2. a). Define lead compensator and obtain the transfer function of lead compensator [7M]

b). Draw the pole-zero plot for lead compensator [3M]

−3 1 1 0 1
3. Investigate the controllability and observability of the system x = [−1 0 1] x + [0 0] u and
Ȯ 0 1 2 1
0 0 1
y=[ ]x [10M]
1 1 0
x1 (t) 0 1 xi (t) 0
4. Find the state transition matrix.[ ]=[ ][ ] + [ ] u(ṫ) [10M]
x2 (t) 1 −2 x2 (t) 1
5. Determine the state representation of a continuous time linear time invariant system with transfer
2s2 +s+s
function Y(s) = s2 +2s2 +11s+4
[10M]

6. a) Define Controller and Explain Proportional Controller, Integral Controller, and Derivative
Controller with necessary expressions. [4M]

b).Explain PI Controller, PD Controller, PID Controller with necessary expressions. [6M]

HOD PRINCIPAL