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D.O.S 

Controls Theory 

MEC308 

Assignment 1 
Part A 

1.  Give 3 examples each of open loop and closed loop practical control systems. Draw the
schematic diagram of each of Machine Tool Control, Boiler Control, Engine Governing,
Aerospace Control, and Active Vibration Control.
 
2.  Obtain the equivalent viscous-friction coefficient beq, of the system shown in Fig. below:

Fig. Damper System

3.  Consider the system shown in Fig. below. An armature-controlled dc servomotor drives a
load consisting of the moment of inertia JL. The torque developed by the motor is T. The
moment of inertia of the motor rotor is Jm. The angular displacements of the motor rotor and
the load element are θm and θ, respectively. The gear ratio is n = θ/θm. Obtain the transfer
function Θ(s) / Ei(s).

Fig. Armature-controlled dc servomotor system

   
 Part B 

4.  A schematic diagram of a pneumatic actuating valve is shown in Fig. below. Assume that at
t = 0, there is a control pressure change pc from the steady-state value. As a result, there is a
change pv of the valve pressure. The valve pressure variation pv results in a change x of the
valve displacement. Considering that pc is the input and x is the output of the system,
determine the transfer function of the valve. Here, A is the area of the diaphragm and K is the
spring constant.

Fig. Pneumatic actuating valve

5.  A string dangling from a helium-filled balloon has it’s free end resting on the floor as shown
in Fig. below. As a result the balloon hovers at a fixed height off the floor and when it is
deflected a little from that height it oscillates up and down for a while, eventually returning
to the same height. Develop the simplest mathematical model competent to describe the
vertical motion of the balloon. You may take all the elements of your model to be linear.
Show that your model is competent to describe the observed hovering behaviour.

Fig.: Hovering Balloon

6.  Derive mathematical models for DC and AC motors, tachometers, error detectors, gears,
hydraulic actuators, and pneumatic amplifiers.