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ENAE12003 – Control Technology Assignment 1
Sanath Alahakoon
School of Engineering & Technology
ENAE12003 – Control Technology
Assignment 1 – 25 Marks
NOTE: This assessment carries 25% of the final unit total. Each question will be marked out of 20 and the
total will be scaled to a mark out of 25.
Students need to score more than 40% (10/25) to pass this assessment item
Our specified software (in case needed) used in this course is Matlab/SIMULINK. You can access
Matlab/SIMULINK through the virtual desktop from the link anydesk.cqu.edu.au . Please log on
with your CQUniversity student log in.
1. Draw a block diagram for the elementary speed control system (velocity
servomechanism) given by the following schematic diagram shown in Figure Q1.
Figure Q1
2. Obtain the transfer function of the following differential equation given that all initial
conditions are zero.
2
2
( ) ( ) ( )
5 3 4 ( ) 3 7 ( ) d y t dy t y t dx t x t
dt dt dt
− + = −
3. Obtain the differential equation relating the input x(t) and output y(t) related by the
following transfer function;
2
( ) 2
( ) 2 7
Y s s
X s s s
+
=
+ −
4. Solve the following differential equations using Laplace transform. Assume that the
initial conditions are zero and also assume that the input signals are zero prior to t = 0
s.
(a) dy t ( ) 7 ( ) 5 ( ) y t u t
dt
+ =
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(b) dy t ( ) 7 ( ) 5cos 2 y t t
dt
+ =
(c)
2
2
( ) ( )
d y t dy t 6 8 ( ) 3 ( ) y t u t
dt dt
+ + =
5. Find the transfer function, G s V s V s ( ) ( ) ( ) = L for each of the networks shown in Figure
Q5. Assume zero initial conditions.
Figure Q5
6. Reduce the following block diagram in Figure Q6 to a single transfer function.
Figure Q6
7. Reduce the following block diagram in Figure Q7 to a single transfer function
( )
( )
R s
C s
2s
s s
2 s
+ +
+
- -
R(s) C(s)
1s
Figure Q7
Y
A B
E
C
R
+
–
+
+
D
F
+
–