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Aircraft Control Augmentation and Health Monitoring Using FADS Technology

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NND06AA23C
Agency Tracking Number: 054408
Amount: $69,020.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A1.04
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2005
Award Year: 2006
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2006-01-20
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2006-07-24
Small Business Information
2205 229th Place
Boone, IA 50036-7003
United States
DUNS: 141872965
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Jerry Vogel
 Principal Investigator
 (515) 292-3578
 vogel@iastate.edu
Business Contact
 Atul Kelkar
Title: Business Official
Phone: (515) 292-3578
Email: akelkar@vibroacoustics-solutions.net
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

This Phase I research proposal is aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of an innovative architecture comprising control augmentation and on-line health monitoring system. This architecture integrats Flush Air Data System (FADS) with Reconfigurable Generalized Predictive Control (RGPC) technologies. The Phase 1 effort includes identification and description of all supporting modules, their functionality and associated algorithm structures, connectivity, and final simulations using a specific aircraft for system performance evaluations. Proof-of-concept study will include demonstrating the capability using selected aircraft health degradation and/or failure situations. The concept innovation is derived from the prognostic nature of the system feedback used by the controller for applying corrective aircraft control. In traditional controllers the errant transients possessing loss of control potential are detected after the fact and corrective actions for recovery are commanded by controller posteriori. The proposed system performs a real-time autonomous monitoring of aircraft surface pressure fields that contain precursor information for prediction of incipient errant transient motions. The proposed system will enable reconfiguration of control based on measured pressure field anomalies that indicate standard control system equipment malfunctions.

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