Accession Number:

ADA616775

Title:

Artificial Immune System for Flight Envelope Estimation and Protection

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 30 Nov 2012-31 Dec 2014

Corporate Author:

WEST VIRGINIA UNIV MORGANTOWN DEPT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Perhinschi, Mario G.
• Moncayo, Hever
• Al Azzawi, Dia

Report Date:

2014-12-31

Pagination or Media Count:

196.0

Abstract:

The general goal of this research effort was to design and develop a novel biologically inspired framework for flight envelope estimation and protection, which is conceptually integrated with the abnormal detection and accommodation processes and is general and comprehensive such that it can operate at all conditions, normal and abnormal, a priori known or unknown. Two major methodologies have been proposed and investigated one based on a dendritic cell mechanism and one on structuring of the selfnon-self. Data for development and demonstration has been obtained from the WVU motion-based flight simulator for a supersonic fighter aircraft. Results show promising capabilities of the artificial immune system paradigm for providing an integrated and comprehensive solution to the problem of aircraft abnormal condition detection, identification, evaluation, and accommodation.

Descriptors:

• *ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS
• *BIOTECHNOLOGY
• *FAULT DETECTION
• *FLIGHT ENVELOPE
• *FLIGHT SIMULATORS
• AERODYNAMICS
• COMPUTER AIDED MAINTENANCE
• FALSE ALARMS
• FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
• IMMUNITY
• KALMAN FILTERING
• MAN COMPUTER INTERFACE
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
• VECTOR ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Aircraft
• Computer Programming and Software
• Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE