Abstract:
A method for detecting a failure of at least one sensor onboard an aircraft implementing wind detection is provided. The method includes measuring an airspeed of the aircraft; measuring a geographical speed of the aircraft; determining an instantaneous wind vector, based on the measured airspeed and geographical speed; establishing an instantaneous wind variation vector, based on the determined instantaneous wind vector; projecting the instantaneous wind variation vector on the direction of the vector of an air or geographical speed of the aircraft; and determining the presence of a failure based on the obtained projection.
Abstract:
A method for detecting a failure of at least one sensor onboard an aircraft implementing a baro-inertial loop is provided. The method includes implementing a baro-inertial loop including obtaining a computed vertical speed, then a short-term baro-inertial altitude, based on a double integration of the measured vertical acceleration; and developing at least one intermediate loop parameter based on a deviation between the short-term baro-inertial altitude and the pressure altitude. The method also includes observing at least one failure detection parameter obtained from one of the intermediate parameters of the baro-inertial loop; and determining the presence of a failure on one of the sensors of the aircraft based on the value of the observed failure detection parameter.
Abstract:
A method for detecting a failure of at least one sensor on board an aircraft is provided. The method includes implementing an anemo-inertial loop including obtaining a computed horizontal speed, based on an integration of a measured horizontal acceleration and obtainment of a short-term anemo-inertial speed from the computed horizontal speed; developing at least one intermediate loop parameter based on a deviation between the short-term anemo-inertial speed and the anemometric speed or the airspeed; and observing a failure detection parameter obtained from an intermediate parameter of the anemo-inertial loop and determining the presence of a failure on one of the sensors of the aircraft, based on the value of the observed failure detection parameter.