scholarly journals Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control Scheme for Quadcopter UAVs with a Total Loss of Actuator

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngoc Nguyen ◽  
Sung Hong
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Active Fault ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Fault Tolerant ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Fault Tolerant Control ◽  
Total Loss ◽  
Actuator Faults ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
Robust Adaptive

Fault-tolerant control has drawn attention in recent years owning to its reliability and safe flight during missions. In this article, an active fault-tolerant control method is proposed to control a quadcopter in the presence of actuator faults and disturbances. Firstly, the dynamics of the quadcopter are presented. Secondly, a robust adaptive sliding mode Thau observer is presented to estimate the time-varying magnitudes of actuator faults. Thirdly, a fault-tolerant control scheme based on sliding mode control and reconfiguration technique is designed to maintain the quadcopter at the desired position despite the presence of faults. Unlike previous studies, the proposed method aims to integrate the fault diagnosis and a fault-tolerant control scheme into a single unit with total loss of actuator. Simulation results illustrate the efficiency of the suggested algorithm.

scholarly journals Active Fault-Tolerant Control of a Quadcopter against Time-Varying Actuator Faults and Saturations Using Sliding Mode Backstepping Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (19) ◽  
pp. 4010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngoc Phi Nguyen ◽  
Sung Kyung Hong
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Active Fault ◽  
Fault Tolerant ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Fault Tolerant Control ◽  
Lyapunov Theory ◽  
Fault Estimation ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Actuator Faults ◽  
Active Fault Tolerant Control

Fault-tolerant control is becoming an interesting topic because of its reliability and safety. This paper reports an active fault-tolerant control method for a quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to handle actuator faults, disturbances, and input constraints. A robust fault diagnosis based on the H ∞ scheme was designed to estimate the magnitude of a time-varying fault in the presence of disturbances with unknown upper bounds. Once the fault estimation was complete, a fault-tolerant control scheme was proposed for the attitude system, using adaptive sliding mode backstepping control to accommodate the actuator faults, despite actuator saturation limitation and disturbances. The Lyapunov theory was applied to prove the robustness and stability of the closed-loop system under faulty operation. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the fault diagnosis scheme and proposed controller for handling actuator faults.

scholarly journals Fault-tolerant Control of Quadcopter UAVs Using Robust Adaptive Sliding Mode Approach

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngoc Phi Nguyen ◽  
Sung Kyung Hong
Keyword(s):  
Control Method ◽  
Fault Tolerant ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Fault Tolerant Control ◽  
Lyapunov Theory ◽  
Adaptive Sliding Mode Control ◽  
Actuator Faults ◽  
Adaptive Sliding Mode ◽  
System Uncertainties ◽  
Robust Adaptive

In this paper, a fault-tolerant control method is proposed for quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to account for system uncertainties and actuator faults. A mathematical model of the quadcopter UAV is first introduced when faults occur in actuators. A normal adaptive sliding mode control (NASMC) approach is proposed as a baseline controller to handle the chattering problem and system uncertainties, which does not require information of the upper bound. To improve the performance of the NASMC scheme, radial basis function neural networks are combined with an adaptive scheme to make a quick compensation in presence of system uncertainties and actuator faults. The Lyapunov theory is applied to verify the stability of the proposed methods. The effectiveness of modified ASMC algorithm is compared with that of NASMC using numerical examples under different faulty conditions.

Fault Tolerant Predictive Control Based on Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Observer for Quadrotor UAV

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 498-505
Author(s):  
Qibao Shu ◽  
◽  
Pu Yang ◽  
Yuxia Wang ◽  
Ben Ma
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Predictive Control ◽  
Discrete Time ◽  
Active Fault ◽  
Fault Tolerant ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Fault Tolerant Control ◽  
Sliding Mode Observer ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
The Impact

An active fault-tolerant control scheme for a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with actuators faults is presented in this paper. The proposed scheme is based on model predictive control (MPC) and the discrete-time sliding mode observer. Considering the impact of disturbances on fault diagnosis, a discrete-time sliding mode observer with simple structure and strong robustness against the disturbances is designed to isolate the actuator faults and estimate the control effectiveness factors accurately. Using the fault diagnosis information, a model predictive active fault tolerant controller with embedded integrator is proposed to compensate parameter uncertainty and bounded disturbances in the realistic control system of the quadrotor. The advantages of the proposed control scheme are the ability of dealing with the control constraints, improving the fault-tolerant control precision and getting better real-time and anti-interference performance. The algorithm comparison experimental results on the quadrotor semi-physical simulation platform validate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.

scholarly journals Robust Adaptive Sliding Mode Fault Tolerant Control for Nonlinear System with Actuator Fault and External Disturbance

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Zheng ◽  
Xuelian Dong ◽  
Qian Luo ◽  
Menglan Zeng ◽  
Xinping Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control Method ◽  
Fault Tolerant ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
External Disturbance ◽  
Fault Tolerant Control ◽  
Actuator Fault ◽  
Estimation Errors ◽  
Adaptive Sliding Mode ◽  
Sliding Motion ◽  
Robust Adaptive

In this paper, an adaptive sliding mode fault tolerant control (ASMFTC) approach is proposed for a class of nonlinear systems with actuator fault, uncertainty, and external disturbance. Specifically, first, a novel observer is proposed to estimate the state, actuator fault, and external disturbance. Then, by utilising the observed information, a novel output sliding mode observer is constructed. In the control method, an adaptive law and two compensators are designed to attenuate the unknown estimation errors, actuator fault, and disturbance. Furthermore, the reaching ability of the sliding motion is analysed and the H-infinite performance is introduced to ensure the robustness of the system. Finally, a flexible single joint manipulator system and a two-cart system are used to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

scholarly journals Cloud-Based Fault Tolerant Control for a DC Motor System

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao He ◽  
Yamei Ju ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Bangcheng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Motor System ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Fault Tolerant ◽  
Fault Tolerant Control ◽  
Dc Motor ◽  
Fault Estimation ◽  
Packet Dropout ◽  
Actuator Faults ◽  
The Stability

The fault tolerant control problem for a DC motor system is investigated in a cloud environment. Packet dropout phenomenon introduced by the limited-capacity communication channel is considered. Actuator faults are taken into consideration and fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control methods towards actuator faults are proposed to enhance the reliability of the whole cloud-based DC motor system. The fault diagnosis unit is then established with purpose of obtaining fault information. When the actuator fault is detected by comparing the residual signal with a predefined threshold, a residual matching approach is utilized to locate the fault. The fault can be further estimated by a least-squares filter. Based on the fault estimation, a fault tolerant controller is designed to guarantee the stability as well as the control performance of the DC motor system. Simulation result on a DC motor system shows the efficiency of the fault tolerant control method proposed in this paper.

Adaptive anti-saturation fault-tolerant control of hypersonic vehicle with actuator faults

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 (6) ◽  
pp. 2066-2083
Author(s):  
Jing-guang Sun ◽  
Shen-Min Song ◽  
Peng-Li ◽  
Guan-qun Wu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Time ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Fault Tolerant ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Input Saturation ◽  
Reference Signal ◽  
Fault Tolerant Control ◽  
Hypersonic Vehicle ◽  
Actuator Faults ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, related researches and analyses are conducted for the tracking problem of the hypersonic vehicle subject to external disturbances, actuator faults, and input saturation. Firstly, to achieve automatic adjustment of control gains and deal with the impact of dynamic failures of system without requiring prior knowledge of the fault, a new modified fast nonsingular terminal sliding manifold is proposed, and a fast adaptive finite time fault-tolerant controller is provided combining the adaptive control method and terminal sliding mode. Then, a fast adaptive finite time anti-saturation fault-tolerant controller is presented to further solve the problem of input saturation, under which both of the velocity and altitude can track respective reference signal with the actuator input constraint. Finally, the closed-loop stability under the proposed two adaptive fault-tolerant control schemes is analyzed, and numerical simulations of longitudinal model of the hypersonic vehicle are demonstrated to further confirm the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

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