N.B.K.R.
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY: : VIDYANAGAR
(AUTONOMOUS)
II [Link] II SEMESTER REGULAR EXAMINATION, APRIL 2025
LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS (23A04401)
(Electronics & Communication Engineering)
MODEL PAPER
Time: 3hr. Max. Marks: 70
PART – A
(Compulsory Question)
1 Answer the following: (10 X 02 = 20 Marks)
(a) Write the force balance equation of ideal spring element.
(b) What is an error detector in a control system?
(c) Define damping ratio.
(d) Define peak time & peak overshoot
(e) Give the effect of addition of poles on the root locus.
(f) Define gain cross over frequency
(g) Mention the need for lead compensation and lag compensation.
(h) Mention the advantages of Bode plot.
(i) What is a state transition matrix?
(j) Define controllability.
PART – B
(Answer all the questions: 05 X 10 = 50 Marks)
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SECTION – I
2 a) Distinguish open loop and closed loop control systems.
b) Determine the transfer function for the block diagram shown below
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3 a) Derive an expression for the transfer function of an armature controlled DC Servomotor.
b) Find transfer function for the following system using Mason’s gain formula
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SECTION – II
4 a) Define the Time domain specifications for second order system.
b) Damping factor and natural frequency of the system are 0.12 and 84.2 rad/sec respectively.
Determine the rise time (tr), peak time (tp), Maximum peak overshoot (mp) and setting time (ts).
5 a) Explain the effect of PI Controller with a neat skectch.
b) Find the various static error constants for a unity feedback control system whose open loop
transfer function G(s)=
SECTION – III
6 a) Explain stability concept briefly.
b) Sketch the root locus of the system whose open loop transfer function is . Find the value of K
so that the damping ratio of the closed loop system is 0.5.
7 a) Write the constructional steps for root locus.
b) Using RH criterion, determine the stability of the system represented by the characteristics
equation, S5+S4+2S3+2S2+3S+5=0. Comment on the location of the roots of characteristics
equation.
SECTION – IV
8 a) Sketch the polar plot and discuss the stability of the system represented by
.
b) Draw electrical network configuration for phase lead compensator and hence derive the
transfer function for the same.
9 a) Explain the design procedure for lag compensation in frequency domain.
b) Sketch the Bode plot for the unity feedback system with transfer function
and determine the Gain margin & phase margin.
SECTION – V
10 a) State and explain the concept of controllability and observability.
b) Check the controllability of the system followed by the state space model as
11 a) Determine the solution for homogeneous and non homogeneous state equations
b) Diagonalize the following system matrix: