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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011.

Fourth Semester
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
EE 2253 CONTROL SYSTEMS
(Common to Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering and Instrumentation &
Control Engineering)

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(Regulation 2008)

Time : Three hours

Maximum : 100 marks

(Graph sheet, Semilog sheet and Polar sheet may be permitted)

Answer ALL questions.

PART A (10 2 = 20 marks)

1.

Give an example for openloop and closed loop control system.

2.

Write Masons Gain formula.

3.

What is type and order of the system?

4.

What are the advantages of generalized error series?

5.

Define gain margin and phase margin.

6.

What are m & n circles?

7.

What is BIBO stability criterion?

8.

What is centroid?

9.

What is the need for compensator?

10.

Sketch the electrical circuit of a lag-lead compensator.

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PART B (5 16 = 80 marks)
11.

(a)

Obtain the Transfer function of the mechanical system shown in

Fig 11. (a). Hence draw force-voltage analogous.
(10 + 6)

Fig 11. (a)

Or
(b)

(i)

Using block diagram reduction technique, find C/R.

(8)

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Fig 11. (b)(i).

(ii)

For the given signal flow graph find

formula.

C (S )
using Masons gain
R (S )
(8)

Fig 11. (b)(ii).

12.

(a)

(i)

Define all the time domain specifications.

(8)

(ii)

Derive the expression for rise time and peak overshoot.

(8)

Or
(b)

Discuss the effect of P, PI, PD and PID controllers.

(16)

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13.

(a)

Sketch the bode-plot for the following transfer function and

determine the phase margin and gain margin of the system
G (s ) =

10
.
s (1 + 0 .5 s )(1 + 0 .1 s )

(16)
Or

(b)

Sketch the polar plot for the following transfer function

G (S )H (S ) =

14.

(a)

(i)

10 (S + 2 )(S + 4 )
.
s s 2 3 s + 10

(16)

Construct Routh array and determine the stability of the system

whose characteristic equation is
S 6 + 2 S 5 + 8 S 4 + 12 S 3 + 20 S 2 + 16 S + 16 = 0 .

Also determine the number of roots lying on right-half of splane,

left-half of s-plane and on imaginary axis.
(12)

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(ii)

Discuss the difficulties encountered in the Routh stability test.(4)

Or

(b)

Plot the root-locus for a unity feedback closed loop system whose
open loop transfer function is
G (S ) =

15.

(a)

1
.
s (s + 4 ) s 2 + 2 s + 2

(16)

Explain the design procedure of a lead compensator with a suitable

example.
(16)
Or

(b)

To open loop transfer function of a system is given below

G (S ) =

K
s (s + 1 )(s + 4 )

Design a suitable
specifications.

lag

compensator

to

meet

the

following

Phase margin = 43 ; Bandwidth = 1.02 rad/sec ;

Velocity error constant K v 5 sec 1 .

(16)

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