HRA - Intrinsically fault tolerant actuation through high redundancy

R. Dixon; T. Steffen; J. Davies; R. M. Goodall; A. C. Zolotas; J. Pearson; X. Du

doi:10.3182/20090630-4-ES-2003.00199

HRA - Intrinsically fault tolerant actuation through high redundancy

R. Dixon^*
, T. Steffen
, J. Davies
, R. M. Goodall
, A. C. Zolotas
, J. Pearson
, X. Du

^*Corresponding author for this work

British Aerospace plc
Control Systems Group
Loughborough University
SEIC
BAE Systems plc

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to summarise on-going research into a new method of providing fault tolerant actuators for high-integrity and/or safety-critical applications. The High Redundancy Actuator (HRA) project aims to exploit a large number of very small actuation elements to make up a single large actuator. This is in contrast to current technology where a relatively low level of functional redundancy is used. The HRA elements are configured and controlled in such a way that faults in individual elements are inherently accommodated without resulting in a failure of the complete actuation system. The HRA project research challenges are outlined and progress to-date is discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	1216-1221
Number of pages	6
Volume	42
ISBN (Print)	9783902661463
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3182/20090630-4-ES-2003.00199
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2009
Event	7th IFAC International Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Systems, SAFEPROCESS'09 - Barcelona, United Kingdom Duration: 30 Jun 2009 → 3 Jul 2009

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Name	IFAC Proceedings Volumes
Publisher	Elsevier
Number	8
Volume	42
ISSN (Print)	1474-6670

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Conference	7th IFAC International Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Systems, SAFEPROCESS'09
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Barcelona
Period	30/06/09 → 3/07/09

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Dixon, R, Steffen, T, Davies, J, Goodall, RM, Zolotas, AC, Pearson, J & Du, X 2009, HRA - Intrinsically fault tolerant actuation through high redundancy. in IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). vol. 42, IFAC Proceedings Volumes, no. 8, vol. 42, Elsevier, pp. 1216-1221, 7th IFAC International Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Systems, SAFEPROCESS'09, Barcelona, United Kingdom, 30/06/09. https://doi.org/10.3182/20090630-4-ES-2003.00199

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