This paper focuses on failure detection in the electrical flight control system of Airbus aircraft. Fault tolerance is designed into the system by the use of stringent processes and rules, which are summarized below. Monitoring of the system components is part of this fault-tolerant design. This paper covers the particular case of oscillatory failure monitoring in the electrical flight control system. The main characteristics and consequences of these failures are presented. The detection of oscillatory failures on the A380 is considered, together with the concept of analytical redundancy to detect these failures. A nonlinear actuator model is used to generate a residual on which the failure is detected by oscillation counting. Real application and benefits of the overall method are also presented. The results are highly satisfactory and the overall method is currently implemented on A380 flight control computers.


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    Title :

    Oscillatory failure case detection in the A380 electrical flight control system by analytical redundancy


    Additional title:

    Fehlererkennung für Schwingneigungen im elektrischen Flugregelungssystem des A380 durch analytische Redundanz


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    Published in:

    Control Engineering Practice ; 18 , 9 ; 1110-1119


    Publication date :

    2010


    Size :

    10 Seiten




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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