Control Assignment
Control Assignment
1. (a) (i) Explain relative stability within the context of the simplified Nyguist stability
criterion.
(ii) Sketch the time response of a second order sytem and identify the figures of merit.
(c) Explain the concept of Mason’s rule for determining the closed loop transfer
function of a control system.
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R(s)
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Draw the equivalent signal flow graph and use Mason’s gain formula to obtain the closed loop
transfer functions:
Assuming the following values are assigned to individual block tranfer functions:
, , , and
Obtain the transfer function of the system.