[HTML][HTML] Flight evaluation of a sliding mode online control allocation scheme for fault tolerant control

L Chen, C Edwards, H Alwi, M Sato - Automatica, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This paper develops a sliding mode fault tolerant control scheme based on a Linear
Parameter Varying (LPV) system representation of the plant. The scheme includes a control …

Control method for determining feasible pre-stresses of cable-struts structure

Y Zhao, J Guo, Z Jiang, W Chen, G Zhou - Thin-Walled Structures, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The structural stiffness of a cable-struts structure is dependent on its feasible pre-stresses.
The search for the pre-stresses is an inverse problem, and classical approaches for this …

Simple adaptive wing-aileron flutter suppression system

CR Vindigni, G Mantegna, C Orlando… - Journal of Sound and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In this work a simple adaptive flutter suppression system is designed in order to increase the
operative speed range of a wing-aileron aeroelastic plant. The equivalent beam finite …

Sliding mode observers for robust fault estimation in linear parameter varying systems

L Chen, C Edwards, H Alwi, M Sato… - … Journal of Robust …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
A linear parameter varying sliding mode fault reconstruction scheme is proposed. Compared
with other conventional sliding mode observer designs, the estimate emerges quite naturally …

Simple adaptive V-stack piezoelectric based airfoil flutter suppression system

CR Vindigni, C Orlando - Journal of Vibration and Control, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
The suppression of aeroelastic vibrations due to flutter using a trailing edge flap is analyzed
to increase the speed operability range of wings. The aeroelastic model of a 3DOF airfoil in …

Nose landing gear simple adaptive shimmy suppression system

C Orlando - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2020‏ - arc.aiaa.org
The occurrence of shimmy vibration in aircraft nose landing gear can cause an increase of
fatigue stress on the nose landing gear mechanical elements that can eventually lead to …

Simple adaptive control with an adaptive anti-windup compensator for the unmanned aerial vehicle attitude control

W Gai, Y Zhou, M Zhong, C Sheng, J Zhang - IEEE Access, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an extension of the simple adaptive control (SAC) deal with input
saturation for the attitude control of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A new SAC structure …

[HTML][HTML] Pilot-in-the-loop simulation of simple adaptive fault-tolerant controller

R Takase, JO Entzinger, S Suzuki - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
A piloted simulator evaluation is an important step for making a Fault-Tolerant Flight Control
(FTFC) system more practical and reliable. Especially, in the case of an adaptive technique …

[HTML][HTML] The Application and Optimisation of a Neural Network PID Controller for Trajectory Tracking Using UAVs

M Siwek, L Baranowski, E Ładyżyńska-Kozdraś - Sensors, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
This paper considers the problem of flying a UAV along a given trajectory at speeds close to
the speed of sound and above. A novel pitch channel control system is presented using the …

A hybrid scheme to improve transient and recover performance in a fault-tolerant control system with loss of actuator effectiveness

AT de Moraes, KH Kienitz - International Journal of Dynamics and Control, 2023‏ - Springer
In the context of fault-tolerant control (FTC), we propose a hybrid fault-tolerant control
scheme for single-input single-output systems with piecewise continuous dynamic and …