Transfer Functions Examples Part

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1) The impulse response of a system is
What will be the transfer function of the system? Answer For impulse
response, the output C(s) of the system is equal to transfer function of the

system.

Therefore, transfer function of

the system is
2) Find the poles and zeros of the function

Answer

3) The poles and zeros are plotted on the is plain as shown below

Find the transfer function. Answer

Here, the poles are s= - 3, - 1, 0. Therefore, denominator of the function
would be,
the zeros are, -4, - 2. Therefore, numerator of the
function would be,
Therefore, transfer function would be,
Where, K is the gain factor of the control system.
4) Find the gain factor K of a transfer function whose value is 2 at s = 2 and
the transfer function is given as

Answer

Now, as per condition of the problem,

5) Find the transfer function of the

following network.
get,
sides we get,

Answer From the circuit we

Now applying Laplace transformation at both
As the applied

voltage is cause and the corresponding charging current is the effect, the
applied voltage can be considered as input and charging current can be

considered as output.

6) Find the transfer function of the

network given below,

Answer In the

above figure the input is applied voltage v(t) and the output is measured as
the voltage appears across the capacitor C that is vc(t).

Laplace transformation of the transfer function is

7) A shaft of innertia J is rotated for

an angle due to applied torque T against a bearing friction f. Find the
transfer function of the system. Answer The differential equation form of
the above statement is

Taking Laplace transformation of

both sides of the system,

As the applied torque is input and the output angular displacement is output
of the system.

8) The impulse response of the system is given by c(t)=1-te-2t+sin3t. Find

that transfer function of the system Answer

9) Find the transfer function of

the impulse response of a system given by

Answer

Control System | Closed Loop

Open Loop Control System
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When a number of elements are combined together to form a system to produce
desired output then the system is referred as control system. As this system
controls the output, it is so referred. Each element connected to the system has its
own effect on the output.

Definition of Control System

A control system is a system of devices or set of devices, that manages,
commands, directs or regulates the behavior of other device(s) or system(s) to
achieve desire results. In other words the definition of control system can be
rewritten as A control system is a system, which controls other system. As
the human civilization is being modernized day by day the demand of automation is
increasing accordingly. Automation highly requires control of devices. In recent
years, control systems plays main role in the development and advancement of

modern technology and civilization. Practically every aspects of our day-to-day life
is affected less or more by some control system. A bathroom toilet tank, a
refrigerator, an air conditioner, a geezer, an automatic iron, an automobile all are
control system. These systems are also used in industrial process for more output.
We find control system in quality control of products, weapons system,
transportation systems, power system, space technology, robotics and many more.
The principles of control theory is applicable to engineering and non engineering
field both.

Feature of Control System

The main feature of control system is, there should be a clear mathematical relation
between input and output of the system. When the relation between input and
output of the system can be represented by a linear proportionality, the system is
called linear control system. Again when the relation between input and output
cannot be represented by single linear proportionality, rather the input and output
are related by some non-linear relation, the system is referred as non-linear control
system.

Requirement of Good Control System

Accuracy : Accuracy is the measurement tolerance of the instrument and defines
the limits of the errors made when the instrument is used in normal operating
conditions. Accuracy can be improved by using feedback elements. To increase
accuracy of any control system error detector should be present in control system.
Sensitivity : The parameters of control system are always changing with change in
surrounding conditions, internal disturbance or any other parameters. This change
can be expressed in terms of sensitivity. Any control system should be insensitive
to such parameters but sensitive to input signals only. Noise : An undesired input
signal is known as noise. A good control system should be able to reduce the noise
effect for better performance. Stability : It is an important characteristic of control
system. For the bounded input signal, the output must be bounded and if input is
zero then output must be zero then such a control system is said to be stable
system. Bandwidth : An operating frequency range decides the bandwidth of
control system. Bandwidth should be large as possible for frequency response of
good control system. Speed : It is the time taken by control system to achieve its
stable output. A good control system possesses high speed. The transient period for
such system is very small. Oscillation : A small numbers of oscillation or constant
oscillation of output tend to system to be stable.

Types of Control Systems

There are various types of control system but all of them are created to control
outputs. The system used for controlling the position, velocity, acceleration,
temperature, pressure, voltage and current etc. are examples of control systems.
Let us take an example of simple temperature controller of the room, to clear the
concept. Suppose there is a simple heating element, which is heated up as long as
the electric power supply is switched on. As long as the power supply switch of the
heater is on the temperature of the room rises and after achieving the desired
temperature of the room, the power supply is switched off. Again due to ambient
temperature, the room temperature falls and then manually the heater element is
switched on to achieve the desired room temperature again. In this way one can
manually control the room temperature at desired level. This is an example of
manual control system. This system can further be improved by using timer
switching arrangement of the power supply where the supply to the heating
element is switched on and off in a predetermined interval to achieve desired
temperature level of the room. There is another improved way of controlling the
temperature of the room. Here one sensor measures the difference between actual
temperature and desired temperature. If there is any difference between them, the
heating element functions to reduce the difference and when the difference
becomes lower than a predetermined level, the heating elements stop functioning.
Both forms of the system are automatic control system. In former one the input
of the system is entirely independent of the output of the system. Temperature of
the room (output) increases as long as the power supply switch is kept on. That
means heating element produces heat as long as the power supply is kept on and
final room temperature does not have any control to the input power supply of the
system. This system is referred as open loop control system. But in the later
case, the heating elements of the system function, depending upon the difference
between, actual temperature and desired temperature. This difference is called
error of the system. This error signal is fed back to the system to control the input.
As the input to output path and the error feedback path create a closed loop, this
type of control system is referred as closed loop control system. Hence, there
are two main types of control system. They are as follow Open loop control
system Closed loop control system

Open Loop Control System

A control system in which the control action is totally independent of output of the
system then it is called open loop control system. Manual control system is also
an open loop control system. Fig - 1 shows the block diagram of open loop control
system in which process output is totally independent of controller action.

Practical Examples of Open Loop Control System

1. Electric Hand Drier Hot air (output) comes out as long as you keep your
hand under the machine, irrespective of how much your hand is dried.
2. Automatic Washing Machine This machine runs according to the pre-set
time irrespective of washing is completed or not.
3. Bread Toaster - This machine runs as per adjusted time irrespective of
toasting is completed or not.
4. Automatic Tea/Coffee Maker These machines also function for pre
adjusted time only.
5. Timer Based Clothes Drier This machine dries wet clothes for pre
adjusted time, it does not matter how much the clothes are dried.
6. Light Switch lamps glow whenever light switch is on irrespective of light is
required or not.
7. Volume on Stereo System Volume is adjusted manually irrespective of
output volume level.
Advantages of Open Loop Control System
1. Simple in construction and design.
2. Economical.
3. Easy to maintain.
4. Generally stable.
5. Convenient to use as output is difficult to measure.
Disadvantages of Open Loop Control System
1. They are inaccurate.
2. They are unreliable.
3. Any change in output cannot be corrected automatically.

Closed Loop Control System

Control system in which the output has an effect on the input quantity in such a
manner that the input quantity will adjust itself based on the output generated is
called closed loop control system. Open loop control system can be converted in
to closed loop control system by providing a feedback. This feedback automatically
makes the suitable changes in the output due to external disturbance. In this way
closed loop control system is called automatic control system. Figure below shows
the block diagram of closed loop control system in which feedback is taken from
output and fed in to input.

Practical Examples of Closed Loop Control System

1. Automatic Electric Iron Heating elements are controlled by output
temperature of the iron.
2. Servo Voltage Stabilizer Voltage controller operates depending upon output
voltage of the system.
3. Water Level Controller Input water is controlled by water level of the
reservoir.
4. Missile Launched & Auto Tracked by Radar The direction of missile is
controlled by comparing the target and position of the missile.
5. An Air Conditioner An air conditioner functions depending upon the
temperature of the room.
6. Cooling System in Car It operates depending upon the temperature which it
controls.
Advantages of Closed Loop Control System
1. Closed loop control systems are more accurate even in the presence of nonlinearity.
2. Highly accurate as any error arising is corrected due to presence of feedback
signal.
3. Bandwidth range is large.

4. Facilitates automation.
5. The sensitivity of system may be made small to make system more stable.
6. This system is less affected by noise.
Disadvantages of Closed Loop Control System
1. They are costlier.
2. They are complicated to design.
3. Required more maintenance.
4. Feedback leads to oscillatory response.
5. Overall gain is reduced due to presence of feedback.
6. Stability is the major problem and more care is needed to design a stable
closed loop system.
Comparison of Closed Loop And Open Loop Control System
Sr. No.

Open loop control system

Closed loop control

The feedback element is absent.

The feedback elemen

An error detector is not present.

An error detector is a

It is stable one.

It may become unsta

Easy to construct.

Complicated constru

It is an economical.

It is costly.

Having small bandwidth.

Having large bandwi

It is inaccurate.

It is accurate.

Less maintenance.

More maintenance.

It is unreliable.

It is reliable.

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Examples: Hand drier, tea maker

Examples: Servo vol

Feedback Loop of Control System

A feedback is a common and powerful tool when designing a control system.
Feedback loop is the tool which take the system output into consideration and
enables the system to adjust its performance to meet a desired result of system. In

any control system, output is affected due to change in environmental condition or

any kind of disturbance. So one signal is taken from output and is fed back to the
input. This signal is compared with reference input and then error signal is
generated. This error signal is applied to controller and output is corrected. Such a
system is called feedback system. Figure below shows the block diagram of
feedback system.

When
feedback signal is positive then system called positive feedback system. For
positive feedback system, the error signal is the addition of reference input signal
and feedback signal. When feedback signal is negative then system is called
negative feedback system. For negative feedback system, the error signal is given
by difference of reference input signal and feedback signal.
Effect of Feedback
Refer figure beside, which represents feedback system where R = Input signal E =
Error signal G = forward path gain H = Feedback C = Output signal B = Feedback

signal
1. Error between system input and system output is reduced.
2. System gain is reduced by a factor 1/(1GH).
3. Improvement in sensitivity.
4. Stability may be affected.
5. Improve the speed of response.

Digital Data of Control System

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In the present article we will discuss all about discrete signals which are made up of
discrete data or sampled data or also known as digital data of control system.
Now before we discuss this topic in detail it is very essential to know, what is the
need of a digital technology though we have analog systems? So let us discuss first
some advantages of digital system over analog system.
1. Power consumption is less in digital system as compared to analog system.
2. Digital systems can handle non linear system easily which is the most
important advantage of digital data in control system.
3. Digital systems works on the logical operations due to this they show decision
making property which is very useful in the present world of machines.
4. They are more reliable as compared to analog systems.
5. Digital systems are easily available in compact size and have light weight.
6. They works on instructions we can program them as per our needs hence we
can they are more versatile than analog systems.
7. Various complex tasks can be performed easily by the help of digital technology
with a high degree of accuracy.
Suppose you have a continuous signal then how will you convert this continuous
signal into discrete signals? Answer to this question is very simple by the help of
sampling process.

Sampling Process
Sampling process is defined as the conversion of analog signal into the digital signal
with the help of a switch (also known as sampler). A sampler is a continuous ON
and OFF switch which directly converts analog signals into digital signals. We may
have a series connection of sampler depending upon the conversion of signals we
use them. For an ideal sampler, the width of the output pulse is very small (tending
to zero). Now when talk about discrete system it is very important to know about
the z transformations. We will discuss here about the z transformations and its
utilities in discrete system. Role of z transformation in discrete systems is same as
Fourier transform in continuous systems. Now let us discuss z transformation in
detail. We define z transform as

Where, F(k) is a discrete data Z is a complex number F (z) is Fourier transform of f

(k). Important Properties of z transformation are written below Linearity Let us
consider summation of two discrete functions f (k) and g (k) such that

such that p and q are constants, now on taking the Laplace transform we have by
property of linearity:

Change of Scale : let us consider a function f(k), on taking the z transform we have

then we have by change of scale property

Shifting Property : As per this property

Now let us discuss some important z transforms and I will suggest readers to learn
these transforms:

Laplace transformation of this function is 1/s2 and the corresponding f(k) = kT. Now
the z transformation of this function is

Function f (t) =t2 : Laplace transformation of this function is 2/s3 and the
corresponding f(k)=kT. Now the z transformation of this function is

Laplace transformation of this function is 1/(s+a) and the corresponding f(k)= e(akT)

. Now the z transformation of this function is

Laplace transformation of this function is 1/(s+a)2 and the corresponding f(k)= TeakT

. Now the z transformation of this function is

Laplace transformation of this function is a/(s2+a2) and the corresponding f(k)=

sin(akT). Now the z transformation of this function is

Laplace transformation of this function is s/(s2+a2) and the corresponding f(k) =

cos(akT). Now the z transformation of this function is

Now sometime there is a need to sample data again, which means converting
discrete data into continuous form. We can convert digital data of control system
into continuous form by hold circuits which are discussed below:

Hold Circuits : These are the circuits which converts discrete data into
continuous data or original data. Now there are two types of Hold circuits
and they are explained in detail: Zero Order Hold Circuit The block diagram
representation of the zero order hold circuit is given below: Figure related to
zero order hold In the block diagram we have given an input f(t) to the
circuit, when we allow input signal to pass through this circuit it reconverts
the input signal into continuous one.The output of the zero order hold circuit
is shown below. Now we are interested in finding out the transfer function of
the zero order hold circuit. On writing the output equation we have

on taking the Laplace transform of the above equation we have

From the above equation we can calculate transfer function as

On substituting s=j we can draw the bode plot for the zero order hold circuit. The
electrical representation of the zero order hold circuit is shown below, which
consists of a sampler connected in series with a resistor and this combination is
connected with a parallel combination of resistor and capacitor.

GAIN PLOT - frequency response curve of ZOH

PHASE PLOT - frequency response curve of ZOH First Order Hold Circuit The
block diagram representation of the first order hold circuit is given below:

First Order Hold Circuit

In the block diagram we have given an input f(t) to the circuit, when we allow input
signal to pass through this circuit it reconverts the input signal into continuous one.
The output of the first order hold circuit is shown below: Now we are interested in
finding out the transfer function of the first order hold circuit. On writing the output
equation we have

On taking the Laplace transform of the above equation we have

From the above equation we can calculate transfer function as (1-e-sT)/s. on

substituting s=j we can draw the bode plot for the zero order hold circuit. The
bode plot for the first order hold circuit is shown below which consists of a
magnitude plot and a phase angle plot.The magnitude plot starts with magnitude
value 2/s.

Gain Plot of First Order Hold Circuit

Mathematical Modelling of Control

System | Mechanical Electrical
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Mathematical Modelling of Control System

There are various types of physical systems namely we have
1. Mechanical system.
2. Electrical system.
3. Electronic system.
4. Thermal system.
5. Hydraulic system.

6. Chemical system etc.

Before I describe these systems in detail let us know, what is the meaning of
modeling of the system? Mathematical modelling of control system is the
process of drawing the block diagram for these types of systems in order to
determine the performance and the transfer functions.

Now let us describe mechanical and electrical type of systems in detail. We

will derive analogies between mechanical and electrical system only which
are most important in understanding the theory of control system.
Mathematical Modelling of Mechanical Systems
We have two types of mechanical systems. Mechanical system may be a linear
mechanical system or it may be a rotational mechanical type of system. In linear
mechanical type of systems we have three variables 1. Force which is represented by F.
2. Velocity which is represented by V.
3. Linear displacement represented by X
And also we have three parameters1. Mass which is represented by M.
2. Coefficient of viscous friction which is represented by B.
3. Spring constant which is represented by K.
In rotational mechanical type of systems we have three variables1. Torque which is represented by T.
2. Angular velocity which is represented by
3. Angular displacement represented by
And also we have two parameters 1. Moment of inertia which is represented by J.
2. Coefficient of viscous friction which is represented by B.

Now let us consider the linear displacement mechanical system which is

shown below-

We

have already marked various variables in the diagram itself. We have x is

the displacement as shown in the diagram. From the Newtons second law of

motion, we can write force asdiagram we can see that the,

From the
On substituting the

values of F1, F2 and F3 in the above equation and taking the Laplace
transform we have the transfer function as,

This

equation is mathematical modelling of mechanical control system.

Mathematical Modelling of Electrical System
In electrical type of systems we have three variables 1. Voltage which is represented by V.
2. Current which is represented by I.
3. Charge which is represented by Q.
And also we have three parameters which are active and passive elements 1. Resistance which is represented by R.
2. Capacitance which is represented by C.
3. Inductance which is represented by L.
Now we are in condition to derive analogy between electrical and mechanical types
of systems. There are two types of analogies and they are written below:

Force Voltage Analogy : In order to understand this type of analogy, let us

consider a circuit which consists of series combination of resistor, inductor

and capacitor.

A voltage V

is connected in series with these elements as shown in the circuit diagram.

Now from the circuit diagram and with the help of KVL equation we write the
expression for voltage in terms of charge, resistance, capacitor and inductor
as,

Now comparing the above with that we have

derived for the mechanical system we find that1. Mass (M) is analogous to inductance (L).
2. Force is analogous to voltage V.
3. Displacement (x) is analogous to charge (Q).
4. Coefficient of friction (B) is analogous to resistance R and
5. Spring constant is analogous to inverse of the capacitor (C).
This analogy is known as force voltage analogy.

Force Current Analogy : In order to understand this type of analogy, let

us consider a circuit which consists of parallel combination of resistor,
inductor and capacitor.

A voltage E is
connected in parallel with these elements as shown in the circuit diagram.
Now from the circuit diagram and with the help of KCL equation we write the
expression for current in terms of flux, resistance, capacitor and inductor as,

Now comparing the above with that we have

derived for the mechanical system we find that,
1. Mass (M) is analogous to Capacitor (C).
2. Force is analogous to current I.
3. Displacement (x) is analogous to flux ().
4. Coefficient of friction (B) is analogous to resistance 1/ R and
5. Spring constant K is analogous to inverse of the inductor (L).
This analogy is known as force current analogy.

Now let us consider the rotational mechanical type of system which is shown
below we have already marked various variables in the diagram itself. We
have is the angular displacement as shown in the diagram. From the
mechanical system, we can write equation for torque (which is analogous to

force) as torque as,

see that the,

From the diagram we can

On substituting the values of T1, T2 and

T3 in the above equation and taking the Laplace transform we have the

transfer function as,

of electrical control system.

This equation is mathematical modelling