Fault detection, isolation, and accommodation in a UAV longitudinal control system

Sajjad Fekri, Da-Wei Gu, Nishat Khan, Ian Postlethwaite

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a multiple-model based method of analyzing for the longitudinal controller performance loss caused by actuator faults in the aircraft elevator system. More specifically, we consider the effects of the failure-induced elevator actuator bandwidth reduction integrated with the longitudinal flight dynamics. Results of the proposed multiple-model based fault detection, isolation, and accommodation (FDIA) algorithm are applied to an uninhabited air vehicle (UAV) subject to multiple actuator failures. Simulation results illustrate that the proposed fault-tolerant controller is an effective and efficient FDIA methodology, and could practically be vital to attack a wide range of similar applications.
Original languageEnglish
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2010
Event2010 Conference on Control and Fault-Tolerant Systems (SysTol) - Nice, France
Duration: 1 Oct 2010 → …

Conference

Conference2010 Conference on Control and Fault-Tolerant Systems (SysTol)
Period1/10/10 → …

Keywords

  • actuators
  • aerodynamics
  • aircraft
  • atmospheric modeling
  • elevators
  • Kalman filters
  • vehicle dynamics

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