Aircraft fuel management reconfigurable system with smart components for distributed decision

Author

Giron-Sierra, Jose M. ; Cifuentes, Santiago ; Jimenez, Juan F. ; Seminario, M. ; Insaurralde, C.

Author_Institution

Dep. A.C.Y.A., Univ. Complutense de Madrid, Madrid

fYear

2008

fDate

17-20 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1534

Lastpage

1539

Abstract

This papers introduces a current research on avionic distributed control systems, using smart components. The research focus on fuel management systems. The nearest experimental target is real flight testing into three years. For safety reasons the new distributed system has to react with pertinent reconfigurations when there are problems in the system, as detected by the smart components. Likewise, it is possible that the fuel plant changes, for instance when extra tanks are added, so the distributed control system has to reconfigure its functionality. The specific experimental platform for the research is an helicopter. The paper describes the control problem, the control distribution concept, the smart components, and the present research for reconfiguration.

Keywords

aircraft control; avionics; distributed control; intelligent materials; aircraft fuel management reconfigurable system; avionic distributed control systems; control distribution concept; distributed decision; distributed system; flight testing; fuel management systems; smart components; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Automatic control; Control systems; Distributed control; Fuels; Intelligent actuators; Intelligent sensors; Testing; Valves; avionic systems; distributed control; reconfigurable systems; smart components;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, 2008. ICARCV 2008. 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hanoi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2286-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2287-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICARCV.2008.4795752

Filename

4795752