Electro-Mechanical Actuator, Diagnostic and Fault-Tolerant Control Systems
A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Control Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2023) | Viewed by 19329
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit your papers to our Special Issue on Electro-Mechanical Actuator, Diagnostic and Fault-Tolerant Control Systems.
Electrically-powered actuation systems do not suffer from many of the inherent shortcomings of hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical ones; they are relatively flexible and light, more environmentally sustainable, and have higher efficiency. To further improve their reliability and efficiency, electromechanical actuators (EMA) can be designed with fault-tolerant architectures and equipped with diagnostic and fault-tolerant algorithms. Since modern systems’ technology is characterized by the interconnection of many automated components, the detection and accommodation of a faulty component is essential to avoid the propagation of the fault to the whole system. In this context, the recent concept of health-aware control is rapidly emerging as a way to incorporate system health information into control actions.
In summary, the aim of this Special Issue is to foster and promote research on diagnosis and fault-tolerant control of electromechanical actuators, both methodological and experimental, with no restrictions in terms of the applicative domain. The topics of interest to the Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
- Innovative EMA fault-tolerant design;
- Fault diagnosis, condition monitoring and prognostics of EMA;
- Fault-tolerant control of EMA;
- Health-aware control of EMA;
- Applications of electromechanical actuators.
Dr. Mirko Mazzoleni
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electromechanical actuators
- fault diagnosis
- condition monitoring
- predictive maintenance
- fault-tolerant control
- health-aware control
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