KCE/ DEPT.

OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION

ENGINEERING
LESSON PLAN (THEORY)
Sub. Code
Sub.Name
Staff Name

: EC2255
: CONTROL SYSTEMS
: P.NARASIMMAN

Branch / Year / Sem : B.E ECE / II /IV

Batch
: 2012-2016
Academic Year
: 2013-14 (Even)

OBJECTIVE
To understand the open loop and closed loop (feedback) systems.
To understand time domain and frequency domain analysis of control systems required
for stability analysis.
To understand the compensation technique that can be used to stabilize control systems.
LEARNING OUTCOME
To familiarize the students with concepts related to the operation analysis and
stabilization of control systems.
TEXT BOOKS
T1.
T2.

J.Nagrath and M.Gopal, Control System Engineering, New Age International

Publishers, 5th Edition, 2007.
M.Gopal, Control System Principles and Design, Tata McGraw Hill, 2nd Edition,
2002.

REFERENCE BOOKS
R1.
R2.

Benjamin.C.Kuo, Automatic control systems, Prentice Hall of India, 7th

Edition,1995.
A.Nagoor Kani, Advanced Control Theory, RBA Publications, Second edition.

WEB RESOURCES
W1. http://www.mathworks.in/help/control/time-domain-analysis-1.html Time domain
analysis
W2. http://www.mathworks.in/help/control/frequency-response.html
Frequency response
analysis
W3. http://www.mathworks.in/help/control/stability-margins.html
Stability analysis

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Topic
No

Topic

Books for
Reference

Page No.

Teaching
Methodology

No. of
Hours
Required

Cumulative
No. of
periods

1-5

BB

22-30

BB

BB

31-57

BB

57-65

BB

65-76

BB

T1
T1

185-187
187-190

BB
BB

1
2

10
12

T1

190-201

BB

13

T1
T1

201-205
208-212

BB
BB

2
2

15
17

W1

PPT,Demo

18

T1

327-348

BB

20

T1

BB
BB

22

T2

334-338 ,
361
539-564

R1

613-624

BB

23

T2

633-639

BB

24

T2

479-484

BB

25

T2

484-494

BB

26

W2

PPT,Demo

27

T1

250-269

BB

29

T1

277-280

BB

31

UNIT I : CONTROL SYSTEM MODELLING

01

Basic Elements of Control

T1
System Open loop and
Closed loop systems
02
Differential equation
T1
Transfer function
03
Modeling of Electric
T1
systems,
04
Translational and
T1
Rotational mechanical
systems
05
Block diagram reduction
T1
Techniques
06
Signal flow graph
T1
UNIT II : TIME RESPONSE ANALYSIS
07
08
09
10
11
12

Time response analysisFirst Order Systems Impulse and Step

Response analysis of
second order systems
Steady state errors
P, PI, PD and PID
Compensation
Analysis using MATLAB

UNIT III : FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS

13
14

15

16
17
18
19

Frequency Response Bode Plot

Polar Plot, Nyquist Plot

Frequency Domain
specifications from the
plots - Constant M and N
Circles
Nichols Chart - Use of
Nichols Chart in Control
System Analysis
Series, Parallel, series
parallel Compensators
Lead, Lag, and Lead Lag
Compensators
Analysis using MATLAB

UNIT IV : STABILITY ANALYSIS

20
21

Stability, Routh-Hurwitz
Criterion
Root Locus Technique,
Construction of Root

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Locus Stability
Topic
Topic
No

Books for
Reference

Page No.

Teaching
Methodology

22

No. of
Hours
Required
2

Dominant Poles,
T1
281-315
BB
Application of Root Locus
Diagram
23
Nyquist Stability Criterion
T1
361-389
BB
2
-Relative Stability
24
Analysis using MATLAB
W3
PPT,Demo
1
UNIT V : STATE VARIABLE ANALYSIS & DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
25
26

27
28
29
30

Cumulative
No. of
periods
33
35
36

State space representation

of Continuous Time
systems State equations
Transfer function from
State Variable
Representation Solutions
of the state equations

T1

556-573

BB

37

T1

548-555,
584-595
779,
898-906

BB

39

Concepts of
Controllability and
Observability
State space representation
for Discrete time systems
Sampled Data control
systems Sampling
Theorem Sample &Hold
Open loop & Closed loop
sampled data systems.

T1

596-604

BB

41

T2

907-916

T1

574-577

BB

43

R2

229-231

BB,PPT

44

R2

232-234

BB

45

T2

CONTENT BEYOND THE SYLLABUS

1. Lyapunov stability.
2. Non Linear control systems.
3. An application of real-time control systems to robotics.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS

TEST NO.

II

MODEL

Topic Nos.

1-15

16-27

1-40

Date

ASSIGNMENT DETAILS
ASSIGNMENT

II

III

Topic Nos. for

reference

1-9

10-21

22-30

Deadline

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ASSIGNMENT I

Descriptive Questions

ASSIGNMENT II

ASSIGNMENT III

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1.Find the overall gain of the 1.F(S)=S6 +S5-2S4-3S3-7S2system whose signal flow graph is
4S1-4 =0.Find the number of
shown in fig.
roots falling in the RHS plane
and LHS plane.

1.Explain the importance of

controllability and
observability of the
control system model in
the design of the control
system.

2. Determine the transfer function 2.The open loop transfer 2. Explain sampling theorem
Y2(S)/F(S) of the system shown
function of a unity feedback
and Sample & Hold
in fig.
system is
operation briefly.
G(S) = 1/ (S (1+S) (1+2S)).

Sketch the Polar plot and

determine the Gain margin
and Phase margin.

3. A positional control system with

velocity feedback is shown in
fig. What is the response c(t) to
the unit step input. Given that

3.Sketch the Bode plot and 3.Determine the state

hence find Gain cross over
Variable representation
frequency, Phase cross over
of the system whose
frequency, Gain margin and
transfer function is
Phase margin:
given as

=0.5.and also calculate rise

G(S)=10(1+0.1S)/S(1+0.01S) (1+S)

Y(S) / U(S) = 2S2+8S+7 /

((S+2)2 *(S+1))

time, peak time, Maximum

overshoot and settling time.

Short Questions
1. Write Masons Gain
formula.
2. Why negative feedback is invariably
preferred in closed loop system?
3. Define transfer function.
4. What is the importance of

1. Define Peak overshoot.

2. Distinguish between type
and order of a system.
3. Define Bandwidth.
5 of 7gain margin.
4.Page
Define
5. What is impulse response?

1.What is the necessary and

sufficient condition for
stability?
2.What is Nyquist stability
criterion?
3.State (Shanons) sampling

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