A Fractional-Order Analytical Redundancy Approach for Fault Detection on a Hovering Helicopter

Abstract

This paper presents an analytical redundancy approach for fault detection on a simulated hovering helicopter. For this purpose, a standard state-observer fault-detection technique is extended to adopt a commensurate fractional-order model. The results are favorably compared with those of an integer-order state observer, in terms of after-fault residue amplification and area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.