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GATE 2021 BM – Question 18

Measurements and Control Systems · Control System Transfer Functions · 1 mark · Multiple choice

For a linear stable second-order system, the unit-step peak time is twice its rise time. The system is ______.

  1. Underdamped
  2. Undamped
  3. Overdamped
  4. Critically damped

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Correct answer: (B) Undamped

Explanation

For the standard second-order response, tp=π/ωd and the zero-to-final-value rise time is tr=(π−θ)/ωd, θ=arccosζ. Requiring tp=2tr gives θ=π/2 and ζ=0, an undamped system, B. It is marginally stable rather than asymptotically stable; the source uses stable in the bounded natural-motion sense.

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