Block Diagram Reduction

EE-371 / EE-502 Control Systems

Milwaukee School of Engineering
Fall Term 2005
Dr. Glenn Wrate, P.E.
 Block Diagrams
• The transfer
function is given E(s) C(s)
inside the block G(s)
• The input in this
case is E(s)
• The output in this
case is C(s)
• C(s) = G(s) E(s)

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 Cascaded Subsystems

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 Parallel Subsystems

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 Feedback Control System

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 Block Diagram Algebra

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 Block Diagram Algebra

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 Example 1
• collapse summing
junctions
• form equivalent
cascaded system
in the forward path
and equivalent
parallel system in the
feedback path
• form equivalent
feedback system and
multiply by cascaded
G1(s)

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 Example 2

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