<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Sliding mode methods have been historically studied because of their strong robustness properties with regard to a certain class of uncertainty, achieved by employing nonlinear control/injection signals to force the system trajectories to attain in finite time a motion along a surface in the state-space. This paper will consider how these ideas can be exploited for fault detection (specifically fault signal estimation) and subsequently fault tolerant control. It will also describe applications of these ideas to aerospace systems, including piloted flight simulator results associated with the GARTEUR AG16 Action Group on Fault Tolerant Control. The results demonstrate a successful real-time implementation of the proposed fault tolerant control scheme on a motion flight simulator configured to represent the post-failure EL-AL aircraft.</p></abstract>

Sliding mode methods have been historically studied because of their strong robustness properties with regard to a certain class of uncertainty, achieved by employing nonlinear control/injection signals to force the system trajectories to attain in finite time a motion along a surface in the state-space. This paper will consider how these ideas can be exploited for fault detection (specifically fault signal estimation) and subsequently fault tolerant control. It will also describe applications of these ideas to aerospace systems, including piloted flight simulator results associated with the GARTEUR AG16 Action Group on Fault Tolerant Control. The results demonstrate a successful real-time implementation of the proposed fault tolerant control scheme on a motion flight simulator configured to represent the post-failure EL-AL aircraft.

Sliding mode methods for fault detection and fault tolerant control with application to aerospace systems

Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK

School of Engineering, Sunway Campus Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 46150 Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

Sliding mode methods have been historically studied because of their strong robustness properties with regard to a certain class of uncertainty, achieved by...

Sliding mode methods for fault detection and fault tolerant control with application to aerospace systems

Published Online: Mar 22, 2012

Page range: 109 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10006-012-0008-7

Keywords
sliding modes, fault detection, fault tolerant control, control allocation

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Sliding mode methods for fault detection and fault tolerant control with application to aerospace systems

Published Online: Mar 22, 2012

Page range: 109 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10006-012-0008-7

Keywordssliding modes, fault detection, fault tolerant control, control allocation

This content is open access.

Keywords
sliding modes, fault detection, fault tolerant control, control allocation