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The document discusses block diagram manipulation and signal flow graphs. It defines key terms used in signal flow graphs like nodes, branches, input/output nodes, forward paths, loops, and non-touching loops. It explains how to find the forward path gain and loop gain. Mason's rule can be used to simplify a block diagram represented as a signal flow graph to a single transfer function.

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Block Diagram Manipulation

The document discusses block diagram manipulation and signal flow graphs. It defines key terms used in signal flow graphs like nodes, branches, input/output nodes, forward paths, loops, and non-touching loops. It explains how to find the forward path gain and loop gain. Mason's rule can be used to simplify a block diagram represented as a signal flow graph to a single transfer function.

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Control Engineering EMM 4423

Block Diagram Manipulation


Block diagram is used to represent the control system Relationship among the variables in the system. Block diagram - > Complex system Block diagram -> simplified -> single transfer function Output/input -> transfer function

2 methods to simplify block diagram -> block diagram reduction, signal flow graph (masons rule)

(a)

Block diagram reduction

Example: Reduce to block diagram as shown below to a single transfer function

Solution

(b) Signal Flow Graph

Terminology

Node: It represents a system variables. For example: Figure 1(X1, X2,X3,X4 and X5)

Figure 1

Branch: A signal travels along a branch from one node to another in the direction indicated by the branch arrow and in the process gets multiplied by the gain of the branch. Example:-Figure 1(Signal reaching node X3 from node X2 is given by G23X2 where G23 is the gain Input node: Node with only outgoing branches.Example-Figure 1(X1) Output node: Node with only incoming branches.

Figure 2

Forward path: It is a path from input node to the output node.Example : There are 2 forward paths in Figure 2 as shown in Figure 3 Figure 2 Figure 3

Loop: It is a path which originates and terminates at the same node. For example, there are 5 loops in figure 2 as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4

Non touching loops: Loops that do not possess any common node.For example there are 2 possible combinations of nontouching loops in Figure 2 as shown in Figure 5

Figure 2

Figure 5

Forward path gain: It is the product of the branch gain encountered in traversing a forward path Example (a) G12 G23 G34 G45 (b) G12 G23 G35

Figure 6

Loop gain: It is the product of the branch gains encountered in traversing a loop. Example: G23 G34 G42

figure 7

Example:

Find the transfer function of the following system using Masons rule.

Solution:

Solution:

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