Controls/Fall 2016/Test 2

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Previous Tests

Previous ECE 382 and ME 344 tests are available at Dr. G's Big Box of Random.

IMPORTANT NOTE!

Test 2 this year is closed-book and will not have a computational component to it.

Equation Sheet

The equation sheet is here (pdf). If you would like to request other equations be added, write a post on Piazza.

Test 2 Fall 2016 Coverage

This test comes primarily from Chapters 1-7, excepting Chapter 3. Material from Homework 1-6 will be covered. The focus will be on Chapters 4-7. It will be similar to, though not the same as, Test 2 from Fall 2015. Also:

Similar to Test 2's from 2007-2010 and Test 1's from 2011-2012

• Determine characteristics of the step response for a first-order system or design a system to achieve those characteristics. Specifically, rise time and settling time.
• Determine the characteristics of the step response for a second-order system or design a system to achieve those characteristics. Specifically for a second-order underdamped system: rise time, peak time, %OS, settling time, damping, natural frequency, and damped frequency.
• Know when extra poles and zeros interfere with the assumptions of a dominant pair of poles.
• Translate a block diagram into a signal flow graph.
• Determine the transfer function of a signal flow graph.
• Generate a Routh array for a transfer function and determine regions of stability. Be sure to know how to handle rows with all zeros and rows with leading zeros.
• Find the value of one or more free parameters to obtain marginal stability and the frequency of oscillation for marginal stability.

Similar to Test 2's from 2011-2012

• Determine system type for a unity feedback system and for a general system.
• Determine steady state error for step, ramp, parabolic inputs
• Determine steady state error due to disturbances

Specifically Not On The Test

• Root Locus
• Differential equations using "classical" methods
• Maple
• MATLAB
• State Space