Department of Mechanical Engineering Tutorial 1

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE AY 2018/19

ME2142 Feedback Control Systems Sem 2

T1.1. Find the Laplace Transform of the following functions:

2 sin 3 2 , 2
a) b)
0 , 2

c) d)

T1.2. Find the inverse Laplace transform of the following functions

a) b)

c) For the two functions, and obtained, determine their values when time becomes
very large.
d) Solve the following differential equation for the function using the method of Laplace
Transforms

2 7 3 0, 0 1, 0 1.

T1.3.
a)
x3
x2 x1
m
b k

For the mechanical system shown above, derive the transfer function and .

b)

x1 x2
k2
k1
m
b

For the mechanical system shown above, derive the transfer function .

c)
C2

C1

R2
vi
- vo
R1
+

For the circuit above, derive the transfer function . Hence, determine the steady-state
value of the output when the input , being a unit step input.

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Answers:

T1.1: (a) (b) (c) (d)

T1.2: (a) 0.8 1 cos 2 0.5 sin 2

(b) t 2.5 10e 7.5e 5te

.
(c) 0.8, 2.5 (d)

T1.3: (a) ,

(b)

(c) , ∞

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