Failure mechanisms and design considerations for fault tolerant aerospace drives

19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bennett, John W ^a   Mecrow, Barrie C ^a   Atkinson, David J ^a   Atkinson, Glynn J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuators; Aerospace industry; Aircraft power systems; Bearings (mechanical); Fault tolerance; Safety; Synchronization; Variable speed drives

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT POWER SYSTEMS; BEARINGS (MECHANICAL); COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DESIGN ISSUES; FAILURE CONDITIONS; FAILURE MECHANISM; FAULT TOLERANT DRIVE; FAULT-TOLERANT; SAFETY; VARIABLE SPEED;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACTUATORS; AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; AIRCRAFT; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); DESIGN; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION; FAULT TOLERANCE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; MECHANICAL DRIVES; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 78649595860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5607981     Document Type: Conference Paper

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