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Detection and Isolation of Actuator/Surface Faults for a Large Transport Aircraft

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Fault Tolerant Flight Control

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In this chapter we address the problem of detection and isolation of actuator faults for a Boeing 747-100/200 from the perspective of fault tolerant control (FTC). The main goal of FTC is to allow, after a successful identification of faults, the application of appropriate control reconfiguration to ensure safe operation of the aircraft in the presence of identified failures or, in extreme cases, to guarantee a safe landing to the nearest airport. The most relevant faults for our analysis are related to four categories of primary control surfaces: elevator, stabilizer, rudder, and ailerons.

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  1. German Aerospace Center, DLR - Oberpfaffenhofen, Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, D-82234, Wessling, Germany

    Andras Varga

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  1. University of Leicester, University Road, LE1 7RH, Leicester, United Kingdom

    Christopher Edwards

  2. Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, P.O. Box 5058, 2600 GB, Delft, The Netherlands

    Thomas Lombaerts

  3. National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, Anthony Fokkerweg 2, 1059 CM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Hafid Smaili

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Varga, A. (2010). Detection and Isolation of Actuator/Surface Faults for a Large Transport Aircraft. In: Edwards, C., Lombaerts, T., Smaili, H. (eds) Fault Tolerant Flight Control. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 399. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11690-2_15

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