This paper presents an Internal Model Control based structure to realise fault tolerance towards sensor faults. The proposed design implicitly embeds fault detection and controller elements requirements with considerations to stability and robustness towards uncertainties besides multiple faults environment. The performance of the proposed controller is demonstrated via multi input multi output...

In this paper we present a design method of Sliding Mode Observer (SMO) applied to reconstruct both actuator and sensor faults for a class of output time-delay systems. To guarantee the quadratically stability of the estimation error dynamics, sufficient conditions are developed with the LyapunovKrasovskii approach arising a set of Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) optimization. Applying the equiv...

Many operations in power grids, such as fault detection and event location estimation, depend on precise timing information. In this paper, a novel Time Synchronization Attack (TSA) is proposed to attack the timing information in smart grid. Since many applications in smart grid utilize synchronous measurements and most of the measurement devices are equipped with global positioning system (GPS...

The Krishna Godavari (KG) basin is rich in gas hydrate and exhibits an area of wide range of gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ). In this region, we modeled the base of the gas hydrate stability zone (BGHSZ) utilizing in situ temperature measurements acquired during national gas hydrate program (NGHP) Expedition-01. The bottom simulation reflector (BSR) closely approximates the BGHSZ, and due to ...

Due to numerous advantages of the doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG), the application of DFIG based wind generator (WG) is increasing very rapidly. However, the transient stability is one of the major concerns of the DFIG based wind generator. Therefore to accomplish this goal, in this paper, an existing non-linear controller based new inductive bridge type fault current limiter (NC-NIBFCL) ...

Gait study on quadruped robots with a locked joint failure is discussed in this paper. The quadruped robot has a moving appendage which, attached onto the robot body, serves as a controllable apparatus that changes the equivalent position of the center of gravity. We propose a crab gait sequence for the quaruped robot to continue its static walking despite an occurrence of a locked joint failur...

This paper deals with the design of an estimator-based supervisory Fault Tolerant Control (FTC) scheme for Linear Time Invariant (LTI) systems. A formal stability proof based on dwell-time conditions is presented when the state of the detection filter does not correspond to the plant state, as in classical (Luenberger) observer-based approaches. In this context, fault isolability could be impro...

This paper focuses on the principle for designing reduced-order fuzzy-observer-based actuator fault reconstruction for a class of nonlinear systems. The problem addressed can be indicated as an approach for a kind of reduced-order fuzzy observer design with special gain matrix structure that depends on a given matching condition specification. Using the Lyapunov theory, the stability conditions...

Fluid overpressure is one of the primary mechanisms for tectonic fault slip, because fluids lubricate the fault and fluid pressure reduces the effective normal stress that holds the fault in place. However, current models of earthquake nucleation, based on rate- and state- friction laws, imply that stable sliding is favoured by the increase of pore fluid pressure. Despite this controversy, curr...

In this paper, a novel fault-tolerant control scheme is proposed for a class of uncertain multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems based on online fuzzy clustering and identification. The unknown nonlinear function of the system is identified online using an evolving Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model and the fault-tolerant control law is designed based on the identified fuzzy model...