Blade Element Theory Model for UAV Blade Damage Simulation

From fault-tolerant control to failure detection, blade damage simulation is integral for developing and testing failure-resilient modern unmanned aerial vehicles. Existing approaches assume partial loss of rotor effectiveness or reduce the problem to centrifugal forces resulting from the shift in the propeller centre of gravity. In this study,...

Unreal Success: Vision-Based UAV Fault Detection and Diagnosis Framework

Online fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) enables Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to take informed decisions upon actuator failure during flight, adapting their control strategy or deploying emergency systems. Despite the camera being a ubiquitous sensor on-board of most commercial UAVs, it has not been used within FDD systems before, mainly...