New sequential probability ratio test: Validation on A380 flight data

A new residual analysis approach is proposed in order to improve fault detection performance and robustness. The proposed methodology is based on the Wald's sequential test which assumes that residual signal distribution is Gaussian. The new sequential test overcomes this limitation and allows...

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Published in:Control engineering practice 2014-01, Vol.22, p.1-9
Main Authors: Lavigne, L., Cazaurang, F., Fadiga, L., Goupil, P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
A-380 aircraft
Actuators
Aircraft
Aircraft actuators
Aircraft industry
Automatic Control Engineering
Computer Science
Elevators
Fault detection
Gaussian
Oscillatory failure case
Residual evaluation
Robustness
Sequential test
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Summary:A new residual analysis approach is proposed in order to improve fault detection performance and robustness. The proposed methodology is based on the Wald's sequential test which assumes that residual signal distribution is Gaussian. The new sequential test overcomes this limitation and allows handling a signal with a Laplace distribution. The proposed approach is applied to the detection of oscillatory failure cases on Airbus A380 elevator actuator. The sequential test is assessed on flight data supplied by Airbus. First results are promising as there is already a noticeable improvement over results obtained with the industrial state-of-practice technique implemented on A380.
ISSN:0967-0661
1873-6939
DOI:10.1016/j.conengprac.2013.09.008