Enhancing the auto flight system of the SAGITTA Demonstrator UAV by fault detection and diagnosis

Martin E. Kugler; Florian Holzapfel

doi:10.1109/ICARES.2015.7429827

Enhancing the auto flight system of the SAGITTA Demonstrator UAV by fault detection and diagnosis

Martin E. Kugler, Florian Holzapfel

Chair of Flight System Dynamics

Technical University of Munich

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Abstract

The SAGITTA Demonstrator is a novel UAV with a digital flight control system being developed by the Institute of Flight System Dynamics of Technische Universitat Munchen. This paper presents the enhancement of the integrated auto flight system software by a monitoring / fault detection and diagnosis module. Its algorithms are designed to assess the health status of the flight control system components and to detect faults or failures. Within the scope of the simplex system architecture of the SAGITTA Demonstrator, monitoring / fault detection and diagnosis focuses on availability and accuracy of sensor values, detection of data link and flight control system-internal communication errors, and operability of the actuator control electronics. The developed module interconnects with the system automation and automatic take-off and landing modules of the auto flight system, which feature fault evaluation and predefined contingency procedures on the basis of the fault detection and diagnosis introduced in this paper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing, ICARES 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467377140
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARES.2015.7429827
State	Published - 9 Mar 2016
Event	IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing Technology, ICARES 2015 - Bali, Indonesia Duration: 3 Dec 2015 → 5 Dec 2015

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Name	Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing, ICARES 2015

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing Technology, ICARES 2015
Country/Territory	Indonesia
City	Bali
Period	3/12/15 → 5/12/15

Keywords

ATOL
Fault Detection and Diagnosis
Flight Control System
Monitoring
Remotely Piloted Aircraft
SAGITTA Demonstrator
Simplex
System Architecture
System Automation
UAV

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Kugler, M. E., & Holzapfel, F. (2016). Enhancing the auto flight system of the SAGITTA Demonstrator UAV by fault detection and diagnosis. In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing, ICARES 2015 Article 7429827 (Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing, ICARES 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARES.2015.7429827

Kugler, Martin E. ; Holzapfel, Florian. / Enhancing the auto flight system of the SAGITTA Demonstrator UAV by fault detection and diagnosis. Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing, ICARES 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. (Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing, ICARES 2015).

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Kugler, ME & Holzapfel, F 2016, Enhancing the auto flight system of the SAGITTA Demonstrator UAV by fault detection and diagnosis. in Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing, ICARES 2015., 7429827, Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing, ICARES 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing Technology, ICARES 2015, Bali, Indonesia, 3/12/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARES.2015.7429827

Enhancing the auto flight system of the SAGITTA Demonstrator UAV by fault detection and diagnosis. / Kugler, Martin E.; Holzapfel, Florian.
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing, ICARES 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. 7429827 (Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing, ICARES 2015).

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Kugler ME, Holzapfel F. Enhancing the auto flight system of the SAGITTA Demonstrator UAV by fault detection and diagnosis. In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing, ICARES 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. 7429827. (Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing, ICARES 2015). doi: 10.1109/ICARES.2015.7429827

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