Output feedback based adaptive robust fault-tolerant control for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems

An adaptive robust approach for actuator fault-tolerant control of a class of uncertain nonlinear systems is proposed.The two chief ways in which the system performance can degrade following an actuator-fault are undesirable transients and unacceptably large steady-state tracking errors.Adaptive control based schemes can achieve good final tracking accuracy in spite of change in system parameters following an actuator fault,and robust control based designs can achieve guaranteed transient response.However,neither adaptive control nor robust control based fault-tolerant designs can address both the issues associated with actuator faults.In the present work,an adaptive robust fault-tolerant control scheme is claimed to solve both the problems,as it seamlessly integrates adaptive and robust control design techniques.Comparative simulation studies are performed using a nonlinear hypersonic aircraft model to show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme over a robust adaptive control based faulttolerant scheme.

Robust fault-tolerant controller design for linear time-invariant systems with actuator failures:an indirect adaptive method

In this paper,indirect adaptive state feedback control schemes are developed to solve the robust fault-tolerant control （FTC） design problem of actuator fault and perturbation compensations for linear time-invariant systems.A more general and practical model of actuator faults is presented.While both eventual faults on actuators and perturbations are unknown,the adaptive schemes are addressed to estimate the lower and upper bounds of actuator-stuck faults and perturbations online,as well as to estimate control effectiveness on actuators.Thus,on the basis of the information from adaptive schemes,an adaptive robust state feed-back controller is designed to compensate the effects of faults and perturbations automatically.According to Lyapunov stability theory,it is shown that the robust adaptive closed-loop systems can be ensured to be asymptotically stable under the influence of actuator faults and bounded perturbations.An example is provided to further illustrate the fault compensation effectiveness.

Model-Based Fault Tolerant Control for Hybrid Dynamic Systems with Sensor Faults

A model-based fault tolerant control approach for hybrid linear dynamic systems is proposed in this paper. The proposed method, taking advantage of reliable control, can maintain the performance of the faulty system during the time delay of fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) and fault accommodation (FA), which can be regarded as the first line of defence against sensor faults. Simulation results of a three-tank system with sensor fault are given to show the efficiency of the method.

A New Approach to Robust and Fault Tolerant Control

In this paper, we shall summarize a new approach to robust and fault tolerant control proposed recently by the author. This approach is based on a variation of all controller parametrization. This robust and fault-tolerant control design consists of two parts: a nominal performance controller and a robustness controller, and works in such a way that when a component (sensor,actuator, etc.) failure is detected, the controller structure is reconfigured by adding a robustness loop to compensate the fault. We shall illustrate how this strategy works under various situations.

Guaranteeing the Fault Transient Performance of Aerospace Multiphase Permanent Magnet Motor System: an Adaptive Robust Speed Control Approach

To enhance the fault transient performance of aerospace multiphase permanent magnet synchronous motor(PMSM)system,an adaptive robust speed control is proposed regardless of the phase open-circuit(OC)and short-circuit(SC)fault in this paper,which can be applied for both the redundant motor system and fault tolerant motor system.For aerospace multiphase PMSM system,besides external load disturbance and system parameter perturbation,there inevitably exists the electromagnetic torque ripple in fault transient process,which can degrade the system performance and even cause the system instability.To cope with this issue,the electromagnet torque ripple of the multiphase PMSM system in fault transient process is first analyzed.Then,by considering the electromagnet torque fluctuation caused by fault transient as a system uncertainty,a novel adaptive robust speed control scheme is proposed,while the adaptive law is constructed to emulate the total system uncertainty bound,which include the load disturbance,the parameter variation,and the electromagnetic torque fluctuation due to fault transient.The resulting control can ensure the speed control performance even in fault transient process regardless of the uncertainty,in which no prior estimation of the uncertainty bound is required.In addition,the proposed adaptive robust speed control is demonstrated by a six-phase PMSM experimental platform.The novelty of this research is to explore a novel adaptive robust speed control to strengthen the fault tolerance performance of multiphase PMSM system even in fault transient process,which requires no prior estimation of the uncertainty bound.

Fault-tolerant Control and Disturbance Attenuation of a Class of Nonlinear Systems with Actuator and Component Failures

这份报纸象外部骚乱一样与致动器和部件失败调查非线性的动态系统的一个班的稳定问题。没有对在致动器失败变量上固定的估计的经分解的需要，新差错容忍的控制算法被导出，并且因此，结果的控制计划有更简单的结构并且作为与大多数存在方法相比要求更少的联机计算。与建议控制，致动器和分系统 / 部件失败能被提供，这被显示出，并且州的依赖生长骚乱能有效地被稀释。算法面对外部骚乱，参量的无常，以及严重致动器 / 分系统失败基于一条 Lyapunov 途径和数字模拟经由构词的数学分析被验证。

Fault Tolerant Neuro-Robust Position Control of DC Motors

DC motors are widely used in industry such as mechanics, robotics, and aerospace engineering. In this paper, we present a high performance control method for position control of DC motors. Fault-tolerant control model are also addressed to combine with neuro-robust control approach. It is shown that with the proposed control algorithms, external disturbances and coupled dynamics inherent in the system are effectively compensated using neural network unit in which no analytical estimation on the upper bound of the reconstruction error and uncertainties is needed. Simulations on various flight conditions also confirm the effectiveness of the proposed methods.

Fault Tolerant Control Scheme Design for Formation Flight Control System of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

The command tracking problem of formation flight control system(FFCS)for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)with sensor faults is discussed.And the objective of the addressed control problem is to design a robust fault tolerant tracking controller such that,for the disturbances and sensor faults,the closed-loop system is asymptotically stable with a given disturbance attenuation level.A robust fault tolerant tracking control scheme,combining an observer with H∞ performance,is proposed.Furthermore,it is proved that the designed controller can guarantee asymptotic stability of FFCS despite sensor faults.Finally,a simulation of two UAV formations is employed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Reliability Analysis of Controller Area Network Based Systems—A Review

This paper reviews the research work done on the Reliability Analysis of Controller Area Network (CAN) based systems. During the last couple of decades, real-time researchers have extended schedulability analysis to a mature technique which for nontrivial systems can be used to determine whether a set of tasks executing on a single CPU or in a distributed system will meet their deadlines or not [1-3]. The main focus of the real-time research community is on hard real-time systems, and the essence of analyzing such systems is to investigate if deadlines are met in a worst case scenario. Whether this worst case actually will occur during execution, or if it is likely to occur, is not normally considered. Reliability modeling, on the other hand, involves study of fault models, characterization of distribution functions of faults and development of methods and tools for composing these distributions and models in estimating an overall reliability figure for the system [4]. This paper presents the research work done on reliability analysis developed with a focus on Controller-Area-Network-based automotive systems.

A Decentralized Autonomous Control on Highly Redundant Robot Manipulators

The control method of highly redundant robot manipulators is introduced. A decentralized autonomous control scheme is used to guide the movement of robot manipulators so that the work done by manipulators is minimized. The method of computing pseudoinverse which needs too many complicated calculation can be avoided. Then the calculation and control of robots are simplified. At the same time system robustness/fault tolerance is achieved.

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 Hinfinity 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.

Fault-Tolerant Communication Network System for the Super Stored Program Control Exchange

With the increasing popularity of the computer network, more and more attention is paid to the reliability of the network. To improve the reliability of the communication network in the stored program control exchange, the author propounds a redundant method supported by a kind of the double local area network. Fault detection, hardware switching and system rebuilding are processed automatically by the administration of the software. The method can improve not only the system′s reliability but also its communication efficiency. It has been implemented in the pSOSystem environment in a super stored program control exchange.

Reliability and Feedback of Multiple Hop Wireless Networks

This paper analyzes fault-tolerance over the entire design life of a class of multiple-hop wireless networks, where cooperative transmission schemes are used. The networks are subject to both node failure and random channel fading. A node lifetime distribution is modeled with an increasing failure rate, where the node power consumption level enters the parameters of the distribution. A method for assessing both link and network reliabilities projected at the network＇s design life is developed. Link reliability is enhanced through use of redundant nodes. The number of redundant nodes is restricted by the cooperative transmission scheme used. The link reliability is then used to establish a re-transmission control policy that minimizes an expected cost involving power, bandwidth expenditures, and packet loss. The benefit and cost of feedback in network operations are examined. The results of a simulation study under specific node processing times are presented. The study quantifies the effect of loop closure frequency, acknowledgment deadline, and nodes＇ storage capacity on the performance of the network in terms of network lifetime, packet loss rate, and false alarm rate. The study concludes that in a network where energy is severely constrained, feedback must be applied judiciously.

执行器部分失效的鲁棒模糊容错切换控制

针对一类具有不确定性、外部扰动和执行器部分失效的非线性工业过程,提出一种鲁棒模糊容错切换控制方法。首先,构建新型多自由度T-S模糊状态空间模型,在此基础上,结合执行器部分失效的情况设计控制律。其次,给出基于线性矩阵不等式(LMI)的容错切换条件和系统稳定条件,并通过当前系统状态和稳定性条件求取其子模型的控制律及相应权值。最后,通过对连续搅拌釜式反应器的仿真研究来验证该文方法的有效性。

执行器随机失效系统鲁棒预测容错切换控制

针对一类具有执行器随机失效问题的离散线性系统,提出一种基于故障概率情况下的鲁棒预测容错切换控制方法。首先,将工业过程建立成新型多自由度状态空间模型,设计含有故障概率的容错控制器;其次,引入系统故障和其恢复时的随机概率,利用李雅普诺夫判据给出基于线性矩阵不等式形式的稳定性条件,再通过指数稳定的相关证明求解出不同执行器切换时的稳定条件,以保证系统故障时容错控制与无故障时常规控制间的切换;然后,控制器设计时还充分考虑了设定值变化时所产生的跟踪误差带来的影响。最后,通过仿真结果验证了所提方法的可行性。

多执行器故障条件下植保无人机的自适应鲁棒容错控制

针对多执行器故障条件下难以保证植保无人机的高度与姿态的准确控制问题,提出一种多执行器故障条件下植保无人机自适应鲁棒容错控制算法。在建立植保无人机高度、姿态动力学模型和执行器故障模型的基础上,基于非线性back‑stepping自适应控制原理,设计一种无需故障检测和隔离机制的非线性高度和姿态自适应容错控制器。通过容错控制器的自适应性保证多个执行器故障下植保无人机在高度与姿态上的跟踪控制性能,利用鲁棒控制保证系统在建模不确定性条件下的稳定性。结果表明,在单执行器故障条件下植保无人机的高度和姿态跟踪的最大误差分别为0.13 m和[±3.26°±2.71°±1.16°],在多执行器故障条件下植保无人机的高度和姿态跟踪的最大误差分别为0.21 m和[±3.11°±4.75°±3.07°],本文方法能够有效保证植保无人机的高度和姿态跟踪的跟踪性能,且跟踪误差渐近收敛。

Adaptive Output Feedback Control Using Fault Compensation and Fault Estimation for Linear System with Actuator Failure

The problem of linear systems subject to actuator faults（outage,loss of efectiveness and stuck）,parameter uncertainties and external disturbances is considered.An active fault compensation control law is designed which utilizes compensation in such a way that uncertainties,disturbances and the occurrence of actuator faults are account for.The main idea is designing a robust adaptive output feedback controller by automatically compensating the fault dynamics to render the close-loop stability.According to the information from the adaptive mechanism,the updating control law is derived such that all the parameters of the unknown input signal are bounded.Furthermore,a disturbance decoupled fault reconstruction scheme is presented to evaluate the severity of the fault and to indicate how fault accommodation should be implemented.The advantage of fault compensation is that the dynamics caused by faults can be accommodated online.The proposed design method is illustrated on a rocket fairing structural-acoustic model.

DCS控制系统在乙二醇控制中的应用

文章研究了DCS控制系统在乙二醇生产中的应用,探讨了其在生产控制中的优势和应用策略。首先介绍了DCS控制系统的基本结构和特点,详细分析了其在乙二醇生产中的应用现状,包括高可靠性硬件设备的应用、智能化和网络化技术的发展以及系统架构的优化;然后阐述了DCS在乙二醇生产中的优势,包括可靠性、灵活性、自动化控制、故障处理能力等方面,提出了在乙二醇生产中采用DCS控制系统的应用策略,包括广泛应用高可靠性硬件设备、采用冗余技术、实现系统容错技术等;最后,通过实验数据分析展示了DCS控制系统在乙二醇生产中的有效性和优势,实验证明其能够提高生产效率和产品质量。