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ECE Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Automatic Control (AC)

Question 1: Feedback Control Systems

August 2017 (Published in Jul 2019)

Problem 1

a) $ \frac{C(s)}{R(s)} = \frac{4}{s(s+1)} $

b) $ \frac{B(s)}{E(s)} = \frac{2}{s+1}+\frac{4}{s(s+1)} = \frac{2s+4}{s(s+1)} $

c) $ \frac{C(s)}{R(s)} = \frac{\frac{4}{s(s+1)}}{1+\frac{2s+4}{s(s+1)}} $

d) $ 1+\frac{2s+4}{s(s+1)} = 0 $

e) $ s(s+1)+2s+4 = 0 \Rightarrow s^2+3s+4=0 $

  $  \therefore \omega_n^2 =4, \; 2\zeta \omega_n = 3 \Rightarrow \tau = \frac{1}{\zeta \omega_n} = \frac{3}{2} $

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