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Towards Certifiable Fault-Tolerant Actuation Architectures for UAVs

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Abstract

There is an increasing demand for integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into civilian airspaces. Consequently, onboard systems should be evaluated for possible threats to human life. This paper discusses future certification requirements for flight control actuators. A scheme is proposed for evaluating reliability requirements for flight control electro-mechanical actuators (EMAs) considering different flight control configurations. This work is part of the TEMA-UAV project, which aims at developing certifiable fault-tolerant actuation for future UAVs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWCCM 2019
EditorsLen Gelman, Nadine Martin, Andrew A. Malcolm, Chin Kian (Edmund) Liew
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages355-364
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789811591983
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event2nd World Congress on Condition Monitoring, WCCM 2019 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 2 Dec 20195 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

Conference2nd World Congress on Condition Monitoring, WCCM 2019
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period2/12/195/12/19

Keywords

  • Airworthy certification
  • Electro-mechanical actuators
  • Fault-tolerant architectures

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