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Increasing reliability by means of efficient configurations for high redundancy actuators
conference contribution
posted on 2009-07-13, 12:50 authored by Thomas Steffen, Frank Schiller, Michael Blum, Roger DixonA high redundancy actuator (HRA) is composed of a high number of actuation elements,
increasing both the travel and the force above the capability of an individual element. This provides
inherent fault tolerance: if one of the elements fails, the capabilities of the actuator may be reduced, but
it does not become dysfunctional. This paper analyses the likelihood of reductions in capabilities. The
actuator is considered as a multi-state system, and the approach for k-out-of-n:G systems can be extended
to cover the case of the HRA. The result is a probability distribution that quantifies the capability of the
HRA. By comparing the distribution for different configurations, it is possible to identify the optimal
configuration of an HRA for a given situation.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Citation
STEFFEN, T. ... et al, 2009. Increasing reliability by means of efficient configurations for high redundancy actuators. IN: Proceedings of 7th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes. SafeProcess 2009, Barcelona, Spain, 30 June - 3 July 2009.Publisher
© IFACVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2009Notes
This is a conference paper, it was presented at SafeProcess 2009 [© IFAC]. The definitive version will be available at: http://www.ifac-papersonline.net/Language
- en