Reliability is of prime importance in computer-based safety critical systems where failure can lead to fatal consequences. Fault tolerant techniques in software have a vital role to play, because veri cation and validation techniques cannot guarantee that software is error free. Fault tolerance further improves the reliability of the system by ensuring it continues to operate safely when residu...

Concurrent error detection (CED) based on time redundancy entails performing the normal computation and the re-computation at different times and then comparing their results. Time redundancy implemented can only detect transient faults. We present two algorithm-level time-redundancy-based CED schemes that exploit register transfer level (RTL) implementation diversity to detect transient and pe...

This paper deals with different software based strategies allowing the on-line detection of bit flip errors arising in microprocessor-based digital architectures as the consequence of the interaction with radiation. Fault injection experiments put in evidence the detection capabilities and the limitations of each of the studied techniques. RELATED TOPICS: Radiation effects, fault tolerant syste...

With modern hardware heading for smaller feature sizes and lower operating voltages, failure rates are expected to increase. Instead of adding hardware to protect against failures, which is expensive and inflexible, one can implement error detection in software. The focus of the present work is the AN encoding scheme. Improvements to code generation are introduced that enable a high level of fa...

this paper presents a method for diagnosis of eccentricity fault in a switched-reluctance motor (srm) during offline and standstill modes. in this method, the fault signature is differential induced voltage (div) achieved by injecting diagnostic pulses to the motor windings. it will be demonstrated by means of results that there is a correlation between differential induced voltage and eccentri...

Invariant-based concurrent test schemes can provide economical solutions to the problem of concurrent error detection. An invariant-based concurrent error-detection scheme for linear digital systems is proposed. The cost of concurrent error-detection hardware is appreciably reduced due to utilization of a time-extended invariant, which extends the error-checking computation over time and, thus,...

In this paper, a simulation-based method is proposed for optimal placement of vibration sensors for the purpose of fault detection in a centrifugal pump. The centrifugal pump is modeled to investigate the effect of vane tip fault on fluid flow patterns numerically. Pressure pulsations are investigated at different locations at the inner surface of the pump before and after the presence of the f...

In recent years, DC microgrid has attracted considerable attention of the research community because of the wide usage of DC power-based appliances. However, the acceptance of DC microgrid by power utilities is still limited due to the issues associated with the development of a reliable protection scheme. The high magnitude of DC fault current, its rapid rate of rising and absence of zero cros...

microgrid presents an efficient and novel solution for integrating many new energy generating resources with traditional distribution networks. having an appropriate protective scheme is a fundamental challenge in achieving microgrid plans. it is proven that traditional protective plans are not efficient for protecting microgrid, since the network is dynamic and the level of fault current chang...

Prompt detection and diagnosis of faults in industrial systems areessential to minimize the production losses, increase the safety of the operatorand the equipment. Several techniques are available in the literature to achievethese objectives. This paper presents fuzzy based control and fault detection for a6/4 switched reluctance motor. The fuzzy logic control performs like a classicalproporti...