Standardized Fault-Tolerant Sensing Nodes for an Intelligent Turbine Engine Control System (Preprint)

Abstract

Control systems can vary from small and simplex to large and complex, but in all cases the systems consist of a controller, at least one actuator (as simple as a solenoid) and enough sensors to determine the result of the actuation, or in other words, the state of the system. In many cases, the size of the system, meaning either the physical size of the components, or the distance separating the sensors from the controller, presents problems in wiring, noise immunity, and power distribution. By configuring the control system to use distributed smart nodes, these problems are mitigated to various degrees determined by the requirements of the system and the amount by which control can feasibly be distributed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA586910

Entities

People

  • Alireza R. Behbahani
  • Mike Willett

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Application-Specific Integrated Circuits
  • Computer Programming
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Communications
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Electronics
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Governments
  • High Temperature
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Standards
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design