Lab Experiment 8: Effect of Feedback On Disturbance & Control System Design Objective
Lab Experiment 8: Effect of Feedback On Disturbance & Control System Design Objective
Lab Experiment 8: Effect of Feedback On Disturbance & Control System Design Objective
Design
Objective:
The objective of this exercise will be to study the effect of feedback on the response
of the system to step input and step disturbance taking the practical example of
English Channel boring machine and design a control system taking in account
performance measurement.
List of Equipment/Software
MATLAB
Overview:
The construction of the tunnel under the English Channel from France to the Great
Britain began in December 1987. The first connection of the boring tunnels from
each country was achieved in November 1990. The tunnel is 23.5 miles long and
bored 200 feet below sea level. Costing $14 billion, it was completed in 1992
making it possible for a train to travel from London to Paris in three hours.
The machine operated from both ends of the channel, bored towards the middle. To
link up accurately in the middle of the channel, a laser guidance system kept the
machines precisely aligned. A model of the boring machine control is shown in the
figure, where Y(s) is the actual angle of direction of travel of the boring machine and
R(s) is the desired angle. The effect of load on the machine is represented by the
disturbance, Td(s).
Desired Value