Method And Device For Detecting An Uncontrolled Movement Of An Aircraft Control Surface

Anca Gheorghe (1) , Jérome Cieslak (1) , Ali Zolghadri (1) , Philippe Goupil (2) , Rémy Dayre (3) , Hervé Le Berre (3)

1 IMS - Laboratoire de l'intégration, du matériau au système
2 Airbus France EYC - CC - Flight Control System
3 Airbus [France]

The detection device (1) comprises means (29) for calculating the difference between a theoretical command and an actual command in order to form a residual value, and means (40) for detecting an uncontrolled movement of the control surface, if a comparison value depending on this residual value is greater than a threshold value (λ).

Mots clés: fault detection; aircraft

Domaines: Automatique

Anca Gheorghe, Jérome Cieslak, Ali Zolghadri, Philippe Goupil, Rémy Dayre, et al.. Method And Device For Detecting An Uncontrolled Movement Of An Aircraft Control Surface. France, Patent n° : EP Patent 2551191 A1. 2013. ⟨hal-00796229⟩