Characterization of a recoverable flight control computer system

Author

Malekpour, Mahyar ; Torres, Wilfredo

Author_Institution

NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1519

Abstract

The design and development of a closed-loop system to study and evaluate the performance of the Honeywell Recoverable Computer System (RCS) in electromagnetic environments (EME) is presented. The development of a Windows-based software package to handle the time-critical communication of data and commands between the RCS and flight simulation code in real-time, while meeting the stringent hard deadlines is also submitted. The performance results of the RCS and characteristics of its upset recovery scheme while exercising flight control laws under ideal conditions as well as in the presence of electromagnetic fields are also discussed

Keywords

aerospace simulation; aircraft control; closed loop systems; electromagnetic interference; fault tolerant computing; Honeywell Recoverable Computer System; Windows-based software package; electromagnetic environments; flight control laws; flight simulation code; recoverable flight control computer system; time-critical communication; upset recovery scheme; Aerospace control; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace simulation; Aircraft; Computer architecture; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic radiation; NASA; Protection; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Applications, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kohala Coast, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5446-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCA.1999.801197

Filename

801197