Development of a high redundancy actuator with direct driven linear electromechanical actuators for fault-tolerance

GA Manohar, V Vasu, K Srikanth - Procedia computer science, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The High Redundancy Actuator (HRA) deals with the intrinsic fault-tolerance
actuation by having a large number of small actuation elements coupled in series and …

Modelling of high redundancy actuation utilising multiple moving coil actuators

J Davies, T Steffen, R Dixon, RM Goodall… - IFAC Proceedings …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper presents the modelling of a moving coil actuator for use as an element in a High
Redundancy Actuator (HRA). A single element model is derived from first principles and …

LQG control of a high redundancy actuator

X Du, R Dixon, RM Goodall… - 2007 IEEE/ASME …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A high redundancy actuator, comprising a relatively large number of actuation elements, is
being developed for safety critical applications. Some classical control results have …

Multi-agent control of high redundancy actuation

J Davies, R Dixon, RM Goodall, T Steffen - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
The high redundancy actuator (HRA) concept is a novel approach to fault tolerant actuation
that uses a high number of small actuation elements, assembled in series and parallel in …

Failure modes and probabilities of a high redundancy actuator

T Steffen, J Davies, R Dixon, RM Goodall… - IFAC Proceedings …, 2008 - Elsevier
A high redundancy actuator (HRA) is composed of a high number of actuation elements,
increasing both the travel and the force over the power of an individual element. This …

[PDF][PDF] Force-fight problem in control of aileron's plane

Y Zhang, Z Yuan, W Wang - China Mechanical Engineering, 2014 - cmnt.lv
In order to reduce or eliminate the force-fight phenomenon of single feedback loop of
redundant-channels, modelling the whole control system on the basis of analysing the …

Analysing the reliability of actuation elements in series and parallel configurations for high-redundancy actuation

T Steffen, F Schiller, M Blum, R Dixon - International journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
A high-redundancy actuator (HRA) is an actuation system composed of a high number of
actuation elements, increasing both travel and force above the capability of an individual …

Multi-variable control of a high redundancy actuator

T Steffen, R Dixon, RM Goodall, A Zolotas - 2008 - eprints.hud.ac.uk
The High Redundancy Actuator project deals with the construction of an actuator from many
redundant actuation elements. Whilst this promises a high degree of fault tolerance, the high …

Increasing reliability by means of efficient configurations for high redundancy actuators

T Steffen, F Schiller, M Blum, R Dixon - IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 2009 - Elsevier
A high redundancy actuator (HRA) is composed of a high number of actuation elements,
increasing both the travel and the force above the capability of an individual element. This …

Multi-agent control of a 10x10 High Redundancy Actuator

J Davies, T Steffen, R Dixon, RM Goodall - 2008 - eprints.hud.ac.uk
The High Redundancy Actuator (HRA) project investigates the use of a relatively high
number of small actuation elements, assembled in series and parallel in order to form a …