Electrical Engineering
GATE EE topic:control-systems PYQs
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Question 13
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The Laplace transform of the step response of a system is given by
The rise time is defined as the time taken for the response to go from 0.1 to 0.9 of its final value. The settling time is defined as the time taken for the response to reach 0.98 of its final value.
For this system, the rise time (
), settling time (
), and time constant (
), all expressed in seconds, areYour answerChoose one option.
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The asymptotic Bode magnitude plot of a system is shown.

Which one of the following options best represents the transfer function of the system?
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A system is characterized by the following state equation and output equation (
: input,
: state vector,
: output)
What are the values of
and
for which the poles of the transfer function are at
and
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A system is represented in state-space form as follows:
(
: input,
: state vector,
: output)
Consider the new state vector
What is the state-space representation of the system in terms of the new state vector
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Selected data points of the step response of a stable first-order linear time-invariant (LTI) system are given below. The closest value of the time-constant, in sec, of the system is
Time (sec) | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Output | 0.78 | 1.65 | 2.18 | 2.98 | 3 |
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The Nyquist plot of a strictly stable
having the numerator polynomial as
encircles the critical point
once in the anti-clockwise direction. Which one of the following statements on the closed-loop system shown in figure, is correct?
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The open loop transfer function of the system shown in the figure, is
. For
, which of the following real axis point(s) is/are on the root locus? 
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Let
. Then the closed-loop system shown in the figure below, is

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Consider the state-space model
where
are the state, input and output, respectively. The matrices
are given below
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A controller
of the form
is to be designed for the plant
as shown in the figure. The value of
that yields a phase margin of
at the gain cross-over frequency of 10 rad/sec is ________________ (round off to one decimal place).

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