• DocumentCode
    1860893
  • Title

    Invariant control of non-linear elements in a stacked High Redundancy Actuator

  • Author

    Steffen, T. ; Dixon, R. ; Goodall, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Aeronaut. & Automotive Eng., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    3-5 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    47
  • Abstract
    The High Redundancy Actuator (HRA) concept aims to provide a single actuator comprising many cooperating actuation elements. The potential benefits of this include improved overall reliability, availability, and reduced need for oversizing of actuators in safety critical applications. This paper deals with the question of distributing the load evenly between a stack of elements despite non-linear characteristics.
  • Keywords
    actuators; nonlinear control systems; actuation elements; invariant control; nonlinear elements; safety critical applications; stacked high redundancy actuator; Actuators; Force; Mathematical model; Muscles; Redundancy; Springs; Tuning; electromagnetic actuation; fault tolerance; multi-variable control; non-linear control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Control (CONTROL), 2012 UKACC International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cardiff
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1559-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1558-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CONTROL.2012.6334599
  • Filename
    6334599