Revision Topics for Control Exam May 2018

♦ Applying Laplace Transform to find Transfer Function

♦ Finding Transfer Function from Block Diagram

♦ Poles, Zeros, and Characteristic Equation

♦ Characteristics of 2nd order system:

Damping Ratio, Percent Overshoot, Time to Peak, Settling Time, Time constant

Understanding of overdamped/critically damped/undamped conditions

♦ Definition of System Type

♦ Application of Final Value Theorem to determine Steady-state response and/or Steady-state Error in
response to Step and/or Ramp inputs

♦ Role of poles and zeros in Stability Analysis

♦ Stability Analysis using Characteristic Equation and/or Routh- Hurwitz Stability Test

Understanding of stable, marginally stable, and unstable conditions

♦ Sketch Root Locus and analyse the behaviour of closed-loop System

Find asymptotes angle and intersection with the real-axis

Find coordinates of breakaway/break-in points

Find gain at breakaway/break-in points and/or at crossing with jω-axis

♦ PID transfer function, benefits/drawbacks P, I and D control actions

♦ Nyquist plot, Nyquist Stability Criterion, Phase and Gain Margins

♦ Find transfer function from Bode plot

♦ Effect of time delay on Bode plot.

 Formula Sheet provided in exam paper
Table of Laplace Transforms
Time Domain Laplace Domain

Time Delay : f (t − a ) e − as F (s )
δ(t) : Unit Impulse 1
1
1 : unit step
s
1
t : unit ramp
s2
1
e− at
s+a
1
te− at
( s + a )2
a
(1 − e−at )
s ( s + a)
ω
sin( ω t )
s 2 + ω2
s
cos(ω t )
s 2 + ω2
Second Order Characteristics

K
2nd order Transfer Function
s 2 + 2ζω n s + ω2n

− πζ / 1− ζ 2
Percent Overshoot PO = 100 e
ln ( PO / 100)
Damping Ratio ζ=
π 2 + ln 2 ( PO / 100)

4
2% Settling time
ζω n