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The paper presents design solution and physical implementation of a system for examination of electro hydraulic steering based on OSPE 200 components. The implementation is based on synthesis of required hydraulic and structure parameters, presented in a previous paper. Now we present the interconnection of the digital control system and the closed-loop flow diagram. A formal description of embedded software is presented too, which supports operation of PI control algorithm in real-time. Identification is performed based on experimentally reported the transitional process by developing mathematical models. Presents the structure and capabilities of the models for identification, as well as procedures for their validation.

The paper presents design solution and physical implementation of a system for examination of electro hydraulic steering based on OSPE 200 components. The implementation is based on synthesis of required hydraulic and structure parameters, presented in a previous paper. Now we present the interconnection of the digital control system and the closed-loop flow diagram. A formal description of embedded software is presented too, which supports operation of PI control algorithm in real-time. Identification is performed based on experimentally reported the transitional process by developing mathematical models. Presents the structure and capabilities of the models for identification, as well as procedures for their validation.

Most modern control systems use digital controllers to ensure safe operation. We modify the traditional digital control system architecture to integrate a new component known as a trusted input/output processor (TIOP). TIOP interface to the inputs (sensors) and outputs (actuators) of the system through existing communication protocols. The TIOP also interface to the application processor (AP) through a simple message passing protocol. This removes any direct input/output (I/O) interaction from taking place in the AP. By isolating this interaction from the AP, system resilience against malware is increased by enabling the ability to insert run-time monitors to ensure correct operation within provided safe limits. These run-time monitors can be located in either the TIOP(s) or in independent hardware. Furthermore, monitors have the ability to override commands from the AP should those commands seek to violate the safety requirements of the system. By isolating I/O interaction, formal methods can be applied to verify TIOP functionality, ensuring correct adherence to the rules of operation. Additionally, removing sequential I/O interaction in the AP allows multiple I/O operations to run concurrently. This reduces I/O latency which is desirable in many control systems with large numbers of sensors and actuators. Finally, by utilizing a hierarchical arrangement of TIOP, scalable growth is efficiently supported. We demonstrate this on a Xilinx Zynq-7000 programmable system-on-chip device. / Master of Science / Complex modern systems, from unmanned aircraft system to industrial plants are almost always controlled digitally. These digital control systems (DCSes) need to be verified for correctness since failures can have disastrous consequences. However, proving that a DCS will always act correctly can be infeasible if the system is too complex. In addition, with the growth of inter-connectivity of systems through the internet, malicious actors have more access than ever to attempt to cause these systems to deviate from their proper operation. This thesis seeks to solve these problems by introducing a new architecture for DCSes that uses isolated components that can be verified for correctness. In addition, safety monitors are implemented as a part of the architecture to prevent unsafe operation.

A robust servo control system based on Integral Variable Structure Model Following Control (IVSMFC) is proposed. The IVSMFC approach comprises a reference model part for specifying the design requirements and an Integral Variable Structure Control (IVSC) part for minimizing the errors between the plant and the model. Sliding mode thus obtained features robustness against external disturbances and parameter variations. Design procedures in both continuous-time and discrete-time have been detailed. The IVSMFC-based servo control system has been successfully applied to a DSP-based brushless DC motor drive for globoidal cam indexing system and to power system. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can achieve fast and robust responses.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This work presents contributions to the sinusoidal acceleration control of electrodynamic shakers applied in vibration testing. Considering the importance of sine tests to identify critical frequencies of operation and to determine mechanical weakness in the specified performance of specimens, vibration controllers are designed to reproduce the amplitude and the frequency of the reference acceleration specifically at the interface between the shaker and the structure under test. Two distinct approaches are considered to solve the control problem: time domain control, where the acceleration instantaneous value is adjusted to track the sinusoidal reference, and frequency domain control, in which only the amplitude or the root mean square value of the acceleration is compensated to follow the reference magnitude. The solutions developed based on these two different approaches are implemented in a digital control platform and experimentally evaluated. The development of vibration controllers is complemented by contributions to the study of the shaker dynamic model, as well as to the instrumentation applied to measure and feedback the acceleration and to the voltage control of switching-mode power amplifiers designed to drive the shaker. Regarding the vibration machine dynamic model, a method is proposed to experimentally identify the mechanical parameters of a two degrees of freedom system that represents the suspension resonance and the finite armature stiffness of the electrodynamic shaker. A procedure is developed to design and implement charge mode preamplifiers and signal conditioning circuits for piezoelectric accelerometers. A robust model reference adaptive algorithm is applied to control the output voltage of an industrial switching-mode power amplifier. The experimental analysis of the adaptive controller considers not only the improvements on the power amplifier performance, but also the of impact over the behavior of a commercial digital vibration control system. / Este trabalho apresenta contribuições ao controle de aceleração senoidal de vibradores eletrodinâmicos utilizados em ensaios de vibração. Considerando a importância de testes com aceleração senoidal para identificar freqüências críticas de operação e determinar a resistência de materiais e estruturas, são desenvolvidos controladores para a máquina de vibração com o propósito de garantir que a amplitude e a freqüência da aceleração imposta à estrutura sob teste correspondam aos valores de referência. Na solução do problema, admitem-se duas abordagens distintas: controle no domínio do tempo, onde o valor instantâneo da aceleração é ajustado para seguir a referência senoidal, e controle no domínio da freqüência, no qual apenas a amplitude ou o valor eficaz da aceleração é regulado conforme a magnitude de referência. As técnicas propostas com base nestas abordagens são implementadas numa plataforma de controle digital e avaliadas experimentalmente. O desenvolvimento dos controladores de vibrações é complementado por contribuições ao estudo do modelo dinâmico do vibrador, à instrumentação aplicada para realimentar a aceleração e ao controle da tensão de amplificadores de potência que utilizam inversores com modulação por largura de pulso para acionar a máquina. Com relação ao modelo do vibrador, é descrito um método que permite determinar experimentalmente os parâmetros mecânicos de um modelo com dois graus de liberdade, o qual representa o comportamento da máquina devido à suspensão e à rigidez finita da armadura. Um procedimento de projeto e realização prática de pré-amplificadores de carga e de um circuito de condicionamento para acelerômetros piezoelétricos é apresentado. Um algoritmo adaptativo robusto por modelo de referência é avaliado no controle da tensão de saída de um amplificador industrial projetado para excitar o enrolamento da armadura do vibrador. A análise experimental do impacto do controlador adaptativo é realizada considerando não apenas a melhoria no desempenho do amplificador, mas também em termos dos reflexos na performance de uma plataforma comercial de controle de ensaios de vibrações.

Digitální Fly-by-Wire systém je novým přístupem k řídícímu systému letadla, na jehož základě firma Honeywell - HTS CZ začala výzkumný projekt s názvem “Next Generation Distributed Fly-by-Wire System” a tato práce je jeho součástí. Řídící plochy letadla jsou řízeny dvěma nebo třemi elektrohydraulickými (či elektrickými) servy a každé servo je ovládáno nezávislou řídící jednotkou. Díky provozním tolerancím systému a drobným odchylkám vstupních dat v řídících jednotkách, dostává každé servo mírně odlišné povely a rozdíl v poloze serv vede k namáhání řídící plochy i k namáhání serv. Hlavním cílem této práce je navrhnout algoritmus, který bude eliminovat rozdíly mezi polohami jednotlivých serv, a tudíž sníží sílu, která namáhá řídící plochu, na přípustnou mez. Implementace řídícího systému letadla byla do detailu analyzována a algoritmus redukce síly na kontrolní ploše letadla byl navržen a implementován v prostředí Simulink. Iterační kriteriální ladící metoda byla vyvinuta a za účelem co nejlepšího nastavení algoritmu redukce síly. Práce také analyzuje vliv časových zpoždení na sběrnici na kvalitu algoritmu redukce síly.