Failure or degradation of the flight control system, or hull damage, can lead to loss of vehicle control during entry. Possible failure scenarios are debris impact and wing damage that could result in a large aerodynamic asymmetry which cannot be trimmed out without additional yaw control. Currently the space shuttle uses aerodynamic control surfaces and Reaction Control System jets to control ...

This paper considers sliding mode allocation schemes for fault tolerant control. The schemes allow redistribution of the control signals to the remaining functioning actuators when a fault or failure occurs. The paper analyzes the schemes and determines conditions under which closed–loop stability is retained for a certain class of faults and failures. It is shown that faults and even certain t...

An adaptive cruise control (ACC) system can reduce driver workload and improve safety by taking over the longitudinal of vehicles. Nowadays, with development range sensors V2X technology, ACC has been applied to curved conditions. Therefore, in curving car-following process, it is necessary simultaneously consider performance, ride comfort, fuel economy lateral stability vehicle. The direct yaw...

This paper addresses the observability properties of a 3D autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) model in the presence of ocean currents, under the assumption that the vehicle can only measure its distance to a fixed transponder using an acoustic ranging device. In the set-up adopted, the AUV may undergo a wide range of maneuvers that are usually described as trimming trajectories. The latter are ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the semicircular canals and otolith organs on respiration in humans. On the basis of animal studies, we hypothesized that vestibular activation would elicit a vestibulorespiratory reflex. To test this hypothesis, respiratory measures, arterial blood pressure, and heart rate were measured during engagement of semicircular canals and/or ot...

Steer-by-wire performance is largely determined by the control system is applied. In this paper the present modeling and simulation of vehicle steering control system using Particle Swarm Optimization to tune the parameters that are needed on Fuzzy Logic and PID control, the cascade Fuzzy Logic and PID control used for controlling lateral motion and yaw motion errors on the vehicle model be rep...

We analyze the observability properties of the kinematic model of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) moving in 3D, under the influence of ocean currents, using range and depth measurements. The results obtained shed light into the types of trajectories that an AUV may be requested to undergo in order to ensure observability, which is a crucial step in the design of single or multiple beacon...

We investigated effects of roll (rotation around line of sight) and pitch (rotation around the horizontal axis) components of retinal flow on heading judgement from visual motion information. It was found that performance level of human observers for yaw (rotation around the vertical axis) plus pitch is little different from that for only yaw although there is bias in perceived heading toward t...

This research presents a fractional order integral controller strategy, which improves the steering angle for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). The AUV mathematical modeling is presented. A Fractional Order Proportional Integral (FOPI) control scheme implemented to ensure yaw stability of under system uncertainty. FOPI validated with MATLAB/Simulink and compared conventional Integer PI (IO...

Many extant studies proposed various stabilizing control methods for humanoids during the stance phase while hopping and running. Although these methods contribute to stability during hopping and running, humanoid robots do not swing their legs rapidly during the flight phase to prevent rotation in the yaw direction. Humans utilize their torsos and arms when running to compensate for the angula...