16ME72

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RV COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING®
Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU
VII Semester B. E. Nov/Dec-2019 Examinations
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
CONTROL ENGINEERING – 2016 Scheme
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
1. Answer all questions from Part A. Part A questions should be answered in first three
pages of the answer book only.
2. Answer FIVE full questions from Part B. In Part B question number 2, 7 and 8 are
compulsory. Answer any one full question from 3 and 4 and any one full question from 5
and 6.
3. Use graph/semi log graph where ever required.

PART-A
1 1.1 Water sprinkler is an example for ___ system. 1
1.2 Disturbance signal in a control system corresponds to ____. 1
1.3 The full form of CLTF is _____ and it is given by ____. 2
1.4 Non-touching loop in signal flow graph is ____. 1
1.5 If a system is stable then ____ error tends to 0 as ‘t’ tends to ‘∞’ while ____ error
2
will always exist.
1.6 Delay time is defined for ____ system. 1
1.7 A TYPE 1 system will follow ___ input with an error ____. 2
1.8 The necessary condition for a system to be stable is ____ while the sufficient
2
condition is ____ according to R-H criteria.
1.9 The angle of departure for a control system is defined for ___________. 1
1.10 For a point to exist on root loci the test point must satisfy ____ and ____. 2
1.11 State space analysis is applicable for ____. 1
1.12 For a system to be observable, ____ criteria should be satisfied. 1
1.14 System will not exhibit resonant peak when ζ = _____. 1
1.15 The phase margin is defined as ____. 1
1.16 A practical system uses __________ controller for most of its applications. 1
PART-B
2 Define the following
a i. System 6
ii. Controller
 iii. Open loop system
iv. Closed loop system
v. Feed back
vi. Accuracy and Precision of a control system
For the following mechanical circuit draw equivalent diagram to find GDEs.
Draw the analogous FI and FV circuits and hence obtain analogous terms and
corresponding GDEs in Laplace domain.

b 10

3 For the following Signal Flow Graph find the transfer function using Mason’s gain
equation.

a 6

A system has block diagram representation as in figure. Determine the CLTF using
block diagram reduction technique and verify the same result by SFG approach using
Mason’s gain formula.

b 10

OR
4 For the system shown in figure, determine the values of gain K and velocity-
feedback constant, Kh so that the maximum overshoot in the unit-step response is
a 8
0.2 and the peak time is 1 sec. With these values of K and Kh, obtain the rise time
and settling time. Assume that J = 1 kg-m2 and B = 1 N-m/rad/sec.
 If a control system of a unit negative feedback system is represented as
5(𝑠+4)
𝐺(𝑠) = then find the steady state error for the input
b 𝑠2 (𝑠+1)(𝑠+20) 8
𝑡2
r(t) = (5 + 2𝑡 + ) u(t).
2
5 Using Routh’s criteria, discuss the stability of the closed loop system, whose
a 4
characteristic equation is given as, 4s4 + 6s3 + 5s2 + 3s + 2 = 0
A feedback control system has open loop transfer function given as
𝐾
b G(S)H(S) = 12
𝑠(𝑠+4)(𝑠 2 +4𝑠+20)
Plot the root locus for K = 0 and K  ∞, and indicate the points on the root locus.
OR
6 Obtain the state model using the signal flow graph approach of a system whose TF is
given as
a 8
𝑌(𝑆) 5𝑠 + 6
= 2
𝑈(𝑆) 𝑠 + 2𝑠 + 3
b What is controllability and observability for a control system? 2
Consider a system having state model
𝑋̇ −2 −3 𝑋 3
c [ 1] = [ ] [ 1] + [ ] 𝑈 6
𝑋2 ̇ 4 2 𝑋2 5
With D = 0. Find the transfer function.
7 Discuss the conditions for a system to be stable using Nyquist criteria in terms of
a 4
gain margin and phase margin.
Sketch the Bode plot for the transfer function
𝐾 𝑠2
b 𝐺(𝑆) = 12
(1 + 0.2𝑠)(1 + 0.02𝑠)
Determine the value of K for the gain cross over frequency to be 5 rad/sec.
8 What are the characteristics of P-I controller? How the performance of the system
a 8
can be improved by P-I-D controller?
b List the type of compensators used. Explain the need for system compensation. 8