On-Line Optimization for Fault Tolerant Flight Control

Lunlong Zhong (1) , Felix Mora-Camino (2)

1 MAIAA - ENAC - Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées, Informatique et Automatique pour l'Aérien
2 LAAS-DISCO - Équipe DIagnostic, Supervision et COnduite

In this communication the case in which an aerodynamic actuator failure occurs to an aircraft while it has to perform some guidance maneuver is considered. This problem is dealt with the reassignment of remaining operational actuators in order to perform the required maneuver while maintaining the structural integrity of the aircraft. Nonlinear Inverse Control technique is used to generate online nominal moments along the three axes of the aircraft. Taking into account all material and structural constraints as well as the redundant effects from other actuators, a mathematical programming problem to be solved on-line which related to control reallocation can be formulated. Solution techniques, based on dynamic neural networks, active set methods and interior point methods are discussed and the respective performances are compared.

Mots clés: on-line optimization; fault tolerant flight control; active set; interior point; neural network

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Automatique / Robotique

Lunlong Zhong, Felix Mora-Camino. On-Line Optimization for Fault Tolerant Flight Control. ISAA 2013, 3rd International Symposium on Aircraft Airworthiness, Nov 2013, Toulouse, France. ⟨hal-00930266⟩