University of Notre Dame
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

AME 437: Control Systems Engineering
Homework 4

B. Goodwine
Spring, 2000
Issued: February 9, 2000
Due: February 16, 2000

Unless otherwise indicated, all problems are from the course text.

  1. 2.25
  2. 3.18 (unless you submitted this with homework 3). Compute the transfer function from the pump to h2.
  3. For the block diagrams illustrated in Figures 3.39 (a) and (b),
    1. compute the transfer function Y(s)/R(s); and
    2. from the transfer function, determine the differential equation that relates y(t) and r(t).
  4. 3.27
  5. 3.28
  6. 3.41
  7. Final Value Theorem Problems:
    1. Use the final value theorem to find the steady state value of the response of the transfer function
      Y1(s) = 1/(s+2)
      to a unit step input.
    2. Try to apply the final value theorem to find the steady state value of the response of the transfer function
      Y2(s)= 1/(s-2)
      to a unit step input.
    3. Use the matlab
      step()
      command to plot the response of Y2(s) to a step input. If the steady state values are different, explain why.


Last updated: February 9, 2000.
B. Goodwine (goodwine@controls.ame.nd.edu)