This paper presents an adaptive fault-tolerant control (FTC) scheme for leader-follower consensus control of uncertain mobile agents with actuator faults. A local FTC component is designed for each agent in the distributed system by using local measurements and certain information exchanged between neighboring agents. Each local FTC component consists of a fault detection module and a reconfigu...

In this paper we present an application of fault identification and control reconfiguration in the context of a high performance aircraft. A second order divided difference filter is used to identify an internal leakage fault in an electrohydraulic actuator found in the aircraft elevator. The identified fault information is then utilized in the formulation of an aircraft systems model for progn...

Based on discrete event-triggered communication scheme (DETCS), this paper is concerned with the satisfactory H ! / H 2 event-triggered fault-tolerant control problem for networked control system (NCS) with α -safety degree and actuator saturation constraint from the perspective of improving satisfaction of fault-tolerant control and saving network resource. Firstly, the closed-loop NCS model w...

In this paper, a fault tolerant control method for linear parameter varying (LPV) systems using a virtual actuator and a virtual sensor is proposed. The basic idea of the method is to insert a reconfiguration block, which consists of an LPV virtual actuator and an LPV virtual sensor, between the plant and the nominal controller such that the fault tolerant goal is achieved without re-designing ...

This paper presents fault tolerant control systems FTC in a hybrid system framework. Due to the discrete nature of fault occurrence and reconfiguration, FTC systems are considered hybrid in nature. Thus, in this work, actuator fault recoverability is studied by utilizing a controllability concept of hybrid systems. The hybrid formalism allows the recoverability’s analysis based on the controlla...

In this paper we present three new schemes for sensor and actuator fault diagnosis for linear time-invariant systems: multirate parity-space techniques, multirate observers, and multirate detection filters. We show that these approaches offer distinct advantages over conventional fault diagnosis schemes in terms of ease of failure detection, the speed and the class of systems for which detectio...

This work studies the problem of fault estimation using a fast adaptive fault diagnosis observer. The estimator bloc considered for this purpose is an Unknown Input Observer (UIO) which is subsequently used for a robust fault detection scheme and also as an adaptive detection design for an additive actuator fault. Stability of the adaptive estimation is provided by a Lyapunov function ending wi...

This thesis reviews the developments in commercial aviation resulting from More Electric Aircraft initiatives. The present level of electromechanical actuation is considered with discussion of the factors affecting more widespread use. Two rather different electromechanical actuators are presented for commercial aircraft; DEAWS electrical flap actuation and ELGEAR nose wheel steering. Both proj...

This papers considers the problem of fault tolerance with respect to actuator failures. Accommodation and reconfiguration strategies are presented, and the system reconfigurability is analysed under possible energy limitation constraints.

Actuator systems are employed widely in aerospace, transportation and industrial processes to provide power to critical loads, such as aircraft control surfaces. They must operate reliably and accurately in order for the vehicle / process to complete successfully its designated mission. Incipient actuator failure conditions may severely endanger the operational integrity of the vehicle / proces...