In this paper, we propose a novel approach for Failure Detection and Identification (FDI) in nonlinear systems based on the Interacting Multiple Model (IMM) Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) approach. In the nonlinear system FDI application, the main idea consists of representing each failure mode by a model and combining the outputs of EKF's based on different models in a near-optimal way. This IMM-FDI filter provides not only failure detection and identification but also a near-optimal estimate of the system state (even during a failure). The approach has been applied successfully to a problem of spacecraft autonomy for the detection and identification of sensor (gyro, star tracker) and actuator failures. The results of this application show that IMM-EKF detects and identifies failures much more rapidly and reliably than the multi-hypothesis EKF. Furthermore, it handles satisfactorily both permanent and transient failures. Current efforts are underway to perform extensive validation testing on high-fidelity simulation models of representative spacecraft.


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    Title :

    Autonomous failure detection, identification and fault-tolerant estimation with aerospace applications


    Contributors:
    Mehra, R. (author) / Rago, C. (author) / Seereeram, S. (author)


    Publication date :

    1998-01-01


    Size :

    592647 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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