RECONFIGURABLE REDUNDANCY MANAGEMENT FOR AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROL

A highly fault-tolerant digital computer system has been configured based on extensive experience with flight-proven redundant digital flight control systems. The feasibility of minimizing hardware complexity is shown while maintaining high levels of fault tolerance. The emerging hardware design combines reconfiguration concepts with conventional hardware redundancy techniques and special operational software to provide dual fail operate performance with a basic triplex system. The design provides high reliability and flight safety, enhances maintainability, and reduces life cycle cost while offering improved performance for future aircraft.

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  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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• Authors:
  • Bosch, J A
  • Kuehl, W J
• Publication Date: 1977-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 966-971
• Serial:
  • Journal of Aircraft
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • ISSN: 0021-8669
  • Serial URL: https://arc.aiaa.org/journal/ja

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Aviation safety; Computer aided design; Control; Costs; Digital computers; Flight control systems; Maintenance; Performance; Redundancy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aircraft safety
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173091
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 14 1978 12:00AM