Integrated active fault-tolerant control using IMM approach

An integrated fault detection, diagnosis, and reconfigurable control scheme based on interacting multiple model (IMM) approach is proposed. Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) is carried out using an IMM estimator. An eigenstructure assignment (EA) technique is used for reconfigurable feedback control law design. To achieve steady-state tracking, reconfigurable feedforward controllers are also synthesized using input weighting approach. The developed scheme can deal with not only actuator and sensor faults, but also failures in, system components. To achieve fast and reliable fault detection, diagnosis, and controller reconfiguration, new fault diagnosis and controller reconfiguration mechanisms have been developed by a suitable combination of the information provided by the mode probabilities from the IMM algorithm and an index related to the closed-loop system performance. The proposed approach is evaluated using an aircraft example, and excellent results have been obtained     

Reconfigurable fault-tolerant control for supersonic missiles with actuator failures under actuation redundancy

Aircraft undergoing actuator failures into under-actuation have been seldom studied in literature. Aiming at addressing actuator failures of Total Loss of Effectiveness (TLOE) as well as Partial Loss of Effectiveness (PLOE) resulting in different system actuations, reconfigurable Fault-Tolerant Control (FTC) is proposed for supersonic wingless missiles under actuation redundancy. The under-actuated system of TLOE failure patterns is solved by transformation to cascade systems through a ‘shape variable’. Meanwhile, actuator TLOE faults of different unknown failure patterns from proper actuation to under-actuation are accommodated by a reconfigurable adaptive law on a multiple-model basis. The backstepping technique with the Extended State Observer (ESO) method adopted as a basic strategy is applied to an established symmetric coupled missile system with actuator PLOE faults, modeling errors, and external disturbances. Additionally, the nonlinear saturation characteristics of actuators are settled by an auxiliary system with the Nussbaum function technique. The stability of the control system is analyzed and proven through Lyapunov theory. Numerical simulations are implemented in the presences of aerodynamic uncertainties, gust disturbance, and actuator failures. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method with satisfactory tracking performance and actuator fault tolerance capacity.     

Fault tolerant control system design with explicit consideration of performance degradation

A new approach is proposed for active fault tolerant control systems (FTCS), which allows one to explicitly incorporate allowable system performance degradation in the event of partial actuator fault in the design process. The method is based on model-following and command input management techniques. The degradation in dynamic performance is accounted for through a degraded reference model. A novel method for,selecting such a model is also presented. The degradation in steady-state performance is dealt with using a command input adjustment technique. When a fault is detected by the fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) scheme, the reconfigurable controller is designed automatically using an eigenstructure assignment algorithm in an explicit model-following framework so that the dynamics of the closed-loop system follow that of the degraded reference model. In the mean time, the command input is also adjusted automatically to prevent the actuators from saturation. The proposed method has been evaluated using the lateral dynamics of an F-8 aircraft against actuator faults subject to constraints on the magnitude of actuator inputs. Very encouraging results have been obtained.     

考虑预设性能约束的运输机姿态容错控制

针对运输机舵面故障情况下的姿态容错控制问题,提出了一种考虑预设性能约束的自适应指令滤波增量反步(Adaptive Command-filtered Incremental Backstepping,ACFIBS)容错控制器。首先,构造运输机故障模型,在反步控制设计结构下,通过构造预设性能函数,保证外回路姿态角跟踪误差的动态性能。然后,考虑舵机偏转速率和幅值限制,引入受限指令滤波器和补偿信号,综合考虑气动参数不确定性,采用增量方法设计反步内环控制律。在此基础上,进一步考虑舵面故障情况,引入自适应方法及低通滤波器改进增量反步控制器。最后,通过理论推导和仿真试验验证了控制方法的有效性。仿真结果表明,所设计的控制器具有良好的容错性能,在不同舵面故障条件下均可实现对指令信号的预设性能跟踪,且在参数摄动情况下具有较强的鲁棒性。     

基于鲁棒故障观测器的非线性离散系统容错控制设计

针对存在执行器故障以及未知干扰的非线性离散系统,提出了一种鲁棒故障估计与容错控制方法。首先在未知系统干扰作用下,设计鲁棒故障观测器实现系统状态和执行器故障的同步估计;然后根据鲁棒故障观测器得到的系统状态估计和故障估计信息设计容错控制器,进行状态反馈容错控制,同时基于D稳定与H_∞控制理论对鲁棒故障观测器和容错控制器进行设计,实现了多约束条件下的故障估计与容错控制;最后用飞行控制系统模型验证了所提方法的有效性。     

Adaptive Integral-type Sliding Mode Control for Spacecraft Attitude Maneuvering Under Actuator Stuck Failures

A fault tolerant control (FTC) design technique against actuator stuck faults is investigated using integral-type sliding mode control (ISMC) with application to spacecraft attitude maneuvering control system. The principle of the proposed FTC scheme is to design an integral-type sliding mode attitude controller using on-line parameter adaptive updating law to compensate for the effects of stuck actuators. This adaptive law also provides both the estimates of the system parameters and external disturbances such that a prior knowledge of the spacecraft inertia or boundedness of disturbances is not required. Moreover, by including the integral feedback term, the designed controller can not only tolerate actuator stuck faults, but also compensate the disturbances with constant components. For the synthesis of controller, the fault time, patterns and values are unknown in advance, as motivated from a practical spacecraft control application. Complete stability and performance analysis are presented and illustrative simulation results of application to a spacecraft show that high precise attitude control with zero steady-error is successfully achieved using various scenarios of stuck failures in actuators.     

基于布谷鸟搜索算法的一类变体飞行器容错控制

针对一类存在执行机构故障的分布式结构变体飞行器的控制分配问题,结合整数规划理论,提出一种基于布谷鸟搜索算法的容错控制方法。首先,设计虚拟控制指令,使得系统状态能够很好地跟踪参考模型;然后,将执行器概率性故障与饱和约束转换为整数规划问题中决策变量的约束,从而将执行器控制分配问题转化为一类整数规划问题;最后,采用改进的布谷鸟搜索算法进行求解,得到实际的执行器控制分配指令。仿真结果表明,在执行器存在概率性故障的情况下,该容错控制方法较无容错策略的情况能够有效提升系统的跟踪性能;与遗传算法相比,该算法得到的执行器控制分配结果更加精确。     

LQG控制理论在阵风载荷减缓系统中的应用

针对D ryden频谱函数,通过有理谱成形理论,建立了阵风的线性化模型。明确了阵风对飞机的扰动机理后,以某型飞机为对象,建立了包括阵风过程、舵机系统和飞机模型的纵向动力学増广模型。以该增广模型为设计对象,应用LQG控制理论,设计了阵风载荷减缓系统。仿真结果表明,该系统能有效减缓阵风对飞行过载的影响。     

突风气象条件下电动飞机电推进系统 PI控制参数的设定方法

电动飞机电推进系统采用高效永磁同步电机作为主驱动,配备矢量控制器。飞机在巡航过程中不可避免地会遭遇突风,影响飞机的稳定飞行。通过建立电动飞机在巡航阶段遭遇突风时的空气动力学模型和电推进系统的动态响应数学模型,并对模型进行求解,给出了突风气象条件下电推进系统速度PI控制参数的设定方法。以某双座电动飞机的电推进系统为研究对象,采用MATLAB仿真和样机地面试验对速度PI控制进行了仿真分析和试验测试,对比了未考虑和考虑突风气象条件下的速度PI控制器的动态特性。仿真和样机试验结果表明:当飞机遭遇突风时,采用考虑突风气象条件的速度PI控制参数可以有效地降低螺旋桨的转速波动范围。     

执行器故障的挠性航天器姿态滑模容错控制

针对挠性航天器执行器卡死与失效故障的姿态稳定控制问题,提出一种改进型滑模容错控制策略.与传统的滑模控制相比,该方法能削弱传统滑模控制中抖振现象对姿态控制精度的影响,且它采用自适应技术在线估计系统中的不确定参数,从而保证控制性能对外部干扰、不确定甚至时变转动惯量具有良好的鲁棒性.该控制器并不需要任何在线或离线的故障信息,...     

Robust adaptive fault-tolerant control of a tandem coaxial ducted fan aircraft with actuator saturation

This paper is concerned with the robust adaptive fault-tolerant control of a tandem coaxial ducted fan aircraft under system uncertainty, mismatched disturbance, and actuator saturation. For the proposed aircraft, comprehensive controllability analysis is performed to evaluate the controllability of each state as well as the margin to reject mismatched disturbance without any knowledge of the controller. Mismatched disturbance attenuation is ensured through a structured H-infinity controller tuned by a non-smooth optimization algorithm. Embedded with the H-infinity controller, an adaptive control law is proposed in order to mitigate matched system uncertainty and actuator fault. Input saturation is also considered by the modified reference model. Numerical simulation of the novel ducted fan aircraft is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The simulation results reveal that the proposed adaptive controller achieves better transient response and more robust performance than classic Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) method, even with serious actuator saturation.     

卫星姿态时延反步容错控制

针对卫星在轨飞行过程中存在执行机构故障及带有常值干扰的控制问题,提出了一种将时延控制(TDC)与反步技术相结合的鲁棒容错控制方法。该方法在继承反步控制优点的同时,引入积分环节用于减小常值干扰引起的稳态误差;同时,利用TDC的逼近能力来补偿执行机构的故障,且对设计者而言,故障信息不需要进行在线的检测和分离,而仅需要一步状态迭代。基于Lyapunov方法从理论上证明了系统的稳定性。最后,将该方法应用于卫星的姿态调节控制,仿真结果表明该控制器能有效地抑制外部干扰、参数不确定性和执行机构故障的约束,在完成姿态调节控制的同时,具有良好的过渡过程品质。     

航天器自适应快速非奇异终端滑模容错控制

针对存在外部干扰、转动惯量矩阵不确定、控制器饱和以及执行器故障的航天器姿态跟踪控制问题,提出了基于自适应快速非奇异终端滑模的有限时间收敛控制方案。通过引入能够避免奇异点的具有有限时间收敛特性的快速非奇异终端滑模面,设计了满足多约束的有限时间姿态跟踪容错控制器,并利用参数自适应方法使控制器设计不依赖于系统惯量信息和外部干扰的上界。此外,所设计的控制器显式考虑了执行器输出力矩的饱和幅值特性,使航天器在饱和幅值的限制下完成姿态跟踪控制任务,并且无须进行在线故障估计。Lyapunov稳定性分析表明：在外部干扰、转动惯量矩阵不确定、控制器饱和以及执行器故障等约束条件下,所设计的控制器能够保证闭环系统的快速收敛性,而且对控制器饱和与执行器故障具有良好的容错性能。数值仿真校验了该控制器在姿态跟踪控制中的优良性能。     

基于UIO的航空发动机执行机构故障诊断

为了提高航空发动机诊断过程中对噪声干扰和模型参数变化的鲁棒性,应用UIO(Unknown Input Ob-server)理论估计发动机动态系统的工作状态,通过干扰正交投影弱化外界干扰对状态估计的影响,处理了航空发动机执行机构的故障诊断问题。对航空发动机执行机构设计一组UIO观测器,其中每个UIO用于监测估计对应执行机构的故障偏移量,计算系统输出理论估计值与发动机实际测量信号间的残差数据,分析残差队列的幅值特性,实现航空发动机执行机构系统的故障检测和隔离。某型涡扇发动机上的实验结果表明,与Kalman滤波算法相比,UIO诊断方法更能鲁棒地检测和隔离出执行机构故障。     

基于CFD降阶模型的阵风减缓主动控制研究

飞行器飞行时会受到大气紊流的影响,降低飞行品质。阵风减缓控制是改善飞行器飞行性能的关键技术。现有的阵风响应分析多以离散阵风为研究对象,对更加真实描述大气紊流的连续型阵风时域分析关注较少。采用成形滤波器方法将频域形式给出的大气紊流信号转换为时域信号。在跨声速区域内,利用系统辨识技术,基于计算流体力学(CFD)方法建立阵风激励下的气动载荷状态空间降阶模型(ROM)。为方便控制器设计,借助平衡模态法进行模型的进一步降阶。使用模型预测控制(MPC)算法通过控制操纵面偏转实现阵风减缓主动控制。以AGARD445.6标模作为仿真算例,验证基于ROM设计的阵风减缓控制律的有效性。仿真结果表明,在跨声速飞行状态下,模型预测控制器能够在满足操纵面偏转范围的约束下,对连续阵风激励下的翼根弯矩输出进行有效抑制。     

MIMO变结构飞行重构控制系统设计

基于滑模变结构控制,提出一种MIMO(multiple input multiple output)的飞行重构控制系统的频域设计方法.将滑模变结构控制与飞行重构控制相结合,解决了飞行重构控制技术中故障检测和系统参数辨识的问题.引入渐近观测器和hedge模型增加重构控制系统对衍生未建模动态的鲁棒性;引入作动器模型、输出饱和限制和驾驶员模型,使变结构重构控制系统设计方法变得更为有效和实用;以某型飞机的横航向飞行控制系统为例,进行设计模拟.结果表明:在飞机气动参数大幅突变和操纵面严重受损的情况下,飞机仍能保持良好的性能.      

基于干扰观测器的四旋翼无人机离散时间容错控制

为了飞行控制方案便于在计算机上实现，针对具有外部干扰和执行器加性故障的四旋翼无人机（UAV）角度运动方程，给出一种基于干扰观测器的离散时间跟踪控制方案。通过设计离散时间干扰观测器抑制外部干扰和执行器故障的不利影响，并结合干扰观测器设计离散时间控制器。通过数值仿真验证了基于干扰观测器的离散时间容错控制方案的有效性。仿真结果表明，设计的离散控制器能够保证外部干扰和执行器故障综合作用下的四旋翼UAV系统跟踪控制性能。     

Sensor/actuator fault diagnosis based on statistical analysis of innovation sequence and Robust Kalman Filtering

In this paper, an approach to detect and isolate the aircraft sensor/actuator faults affecting the mean of the Kalman filter innovation sequence is presented. The effects of the sensor and actuator faults in the innovation process of the channels are investigated, and a decision approach to isolate the sensor and actuator faults is proposed. When a Kalman filter is used, the decision statistics change regardless of whether the fault is in the sensors or in the actuators, whilst when a Robust Kalman Filter (RKF) is used, it is easy to distinguish the sensor and actuator faults. A novel feature of this diagnostic method is that the innovation sequence based fault isolation algorithm has been presented and hence, the sensor/actuator fault detection and isolation problem has been solved. The categories (or classes) of the likely faults are not demanded. The statistical characteristics of the system are not required to be known after the fault has occurred. In the simulations, the longitudinal dynamics of an aircraft control system are considered, and the detection and isolation of pitch rate gyro faults and actuator faults affecting the mean of the innovation sequence are examined.     

航空发动机分布式控制系统动态输出反馈鲁棒H∞容错控制

针对存在网络诱导时延、外部干扰的航空发动机分布式控制系统,提出了执行机构发生部分失效故障时的输出反馈容错控制方法。对航空发动机分布式控制系统中网络诱导时延以及执行器部分失效问题进行量化说明,在此基础上,采用动态输出反馈控制器建立增广闭环系统。针对所建立的增广闭环系统,对H∞性能约束下的增广闭环系统稳定性进行分析,并利用线性矩阵不等式理论设计了输出反馈H∞容错控制器。仿真结果表明,当两个执行机构输出值分别为衰减80%和50%时,控制系统在所设计的控制器作用下均方渐进稳定,且具有H∞性能指标为0.63,同样在正向偏差故障条件下也具有很好的容错能力。      

基于神经网络的超机动飞机自适应重构控制

 讨论了一种基于神经网络的超机动飞机直接自适应重构控制方法。飞机的基本控制律采用非线性动态逆方法设计,对于模型不准确和舵面故障等因素导致的逆误差采用神经网络进行在线补偿。通过仿真表明,在飞机发生舵面故障时,神经网络通过自适应地补偿逆误差,可以快速在线重构控制律,保持飞机稳定和一定的操纵品质。