Engineering resilience quantification and system design implications: A literature survey

N Yodo, P Wang - Journal of Mechanical Design, 2016 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A resilient system is a system that possesses the ability to survive and recover from the
likelihood of damage due to disruptive events or mishaps. The concept that incorporates …

Enabling resilience of complex engineered systems using control theory

N Yodo, P Wang, M Rafi - IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Successful recovery from a disrupted state to maintain optimal performance is a key feature
that a resilient complex engineered system should have. In the engineering design …

A comparison of control strategies for disruption management in engineering design for resilience

J Wu, P Wang - ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Managing potential disruptive events at the operating phase of an engineered system
therefore improving the system's failure resilience is an importance yet challenging task in …

Airborne Doppler lidar sensor parameter analysis for wake vortex impact alleviation purposes

J Ehlers, N Fezans - Advances in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and …, 2015 - Springer
This paper presents a sensitivity study of a wake vortex impact alleviation system based on
an airborne forward-looking Doppler LiDAR sensor. The basic principle of the system is to …

Wake impact alleviation control based on wake identification

J Ehlers, D Fischenberg, D Niedermeier - Journal of Aircraft, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
During a wake-vortex encounter, an aircraft can experience significant attitude and flight-
path changes, which can represent a severe safety risk. The application of a wake impact …

Measuring and Architecting System Resilience Through Trade Study Analysis

DJ Veit, TA Mazzuchi, S Sarkani - IEEE Systems Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Resilience is a dimension of trade study analysis that must be accounted for in early
conceptual system design because it can influence cost, reliability, performance, and overall …

Laplace-based predictive estimation of loss-of-control boundaries on a transport aircraft

K Rajaram, M Rafi, JE Steck… - … Guidance, Navigation, and …, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
Over the last decade, Loss-of-Control in-flight (LOC-I) has been deemed to be the most
significant contributing factor to fatal accidents amongst the worldwide commercial jet flee t …

Deriving Lidar Sensor Requirements for Use in Wake Impact Alleviation Functions

J Schwithal, N Fezans - Journal of Aircraft, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
The paper complements previous works of the authors on lidar-based active wake impact
alleviation control functions by investigating the lidar sensor requirements for such systems …

Approaches to Real-time Predictive Estimation of Loss-of-Control Events & Boundaries on Transport Aircraft

M Rafi, JE Steck, A Chakravarthy… - AIAA Guidance, Navigation …, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
Over the last decade, Loss-of-Control in-flight (LOC-I) has been deemed to be the most
significant contributing factor to fatal accidents amongst the worldwide commercial jet fleet2 …

Kalman-Filter-based adaptive control: Flight testing on general aviation aircraft

M Rafi, JE Steck, J Watkins - Journal of Guidance, Control, and …, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
SENSOR noise and turbulence effects have been prevalent issues in control system design.
Although a control system may respond well to “clean” input signals and commands in …