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CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
John R. Szuch

JOHN R. SZUCH is Head of the System Dynamics Section, Wind Tunnel and Flight
Division, at NASA Lewis. He joined the Lewis staff in 1962 after attending the Case
Institute of Technology, where he obtained a B.S. degree in electrical engineering.
He has specialized in mathematical modeling and simulation of rocket and jet engines.

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BASIC

ENGINE

CONTROL

FUNCTIONS

CUTAWAY OF FIDO HYDROMECHANICAl CONTROL

STARTING
ACCELERATION/DECELERATION
SPEED GOVERNING
MECHANICAL LIMIT PROTECTION
FUEL METERING/SHUTOFF
VANE/BLEED CONTROL

TRENDS IN CONTROL COMPLEXITY

DESIRABLE

FEATURES OF

ENGINE

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ADVANCED

CONTROLS

MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL
THRUST RATING
OVERTEMP LIMITING
SELF-TRIM
CONDITION MONITORING

CONTROLLED
VARIABLES

FAULT TOLERANCE
INTERFACE WITH A/C SYSTEMS

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1950

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1960

1980

1970

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EVOLUTION OF ENGINE CONTROLS

r

TIME

HYOROHECHANICAL ENGINE CONTROL

WITH ELECTRONIC TRIM-FIDO

FULL AUTHORITY

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COMMERCIAL
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CONTROL SYSTEM RELIABILITY

RELIABILITY

ENHANCEMENT A R E A S

10 000 pELECTRONIC CONTROLLERS

CONTROL SOFTWARE

HT90 HYDRO EXPERIENCE

MTBF,
hr

CONTROL INTERFACE COMPONENTS

1000

CONTROL INTEGRATION

100I

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CUMULATIVE TIME, hr

NASA-DOD

PROPULSION

CONTROL

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PROGRAMS

STAGG ELECTRONIC CONTROL CONSTRUCTION

PROGRAM - SPONSORS

EMPHASIS

ATDE - ARMY
QCSEE - NASA
FADEC - NAVY

ELECTRONIC CONTROLLERS

MVCS - NASA, AF

CONTROL SOFTWARE

ADV COMPONENTS - NASA

INTERFACE COMPONENTS

IPCS - NASA, AF
IPAC -NASA, NAVY, AF

CONTROL INTEGRATION

FULL A U T H O R I T Y

Q C S E E OTW ENGINE C O N T R O L FEATURES

DIGITAL

ELECTRONIC CONTROL

PROGRAM
FULL-AUTHORITY DIGITAL
THRUST-RATING

NAVY CONTRACT WITH PRATT & WHITNEY & GE TO DESIGN, FABRICATE,

& TF.ST AN ENGINE MOUNTED DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN
ADVANCED MILITARY ENGINE

RAPID THRUST RESPONSE

FICA SOFTWARE
ENGINE CONDITION

FADEC GOALS:

MONITORING

LIFE CYCLE COST REDUCTION - 30*

AIRCRAFT COMPUTER INTERFACE

ACQUISITION COST REDUCTION - 25*

WEIGHT REDUCTION - 25*
MAINTENANCE TIME REDUCTION - 50*.
MTBF-2000hr

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FADEC COMPUTER RELIABILITY

MULTIVARIABLE

CONTROL SYNTHESIS

PROGRAM

100 000 r

80000

- IHYDROMECHANICAL
LQR CONTROL THEORY

60000

COMPUTER
MTBF,
hr

LSI/HYBRID CONSTR

40000

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN

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FADEC
GOAL

-MSI/MILTI LAYER
/
BOARD CONSTR

VERIFIED ON HYBRID SIMULATION

20000

DEMONSTRATED ON F-100 IN ALTITUDE FACILITY

10000
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100

200

300

400

CONTROL COMPLEXITY
(INPUTS + INPUTS x OUTPUTS * OUTPUTSI

LeRC HYBRID COMPUTING SYSTEM

F-IOO MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL TEST

F-IOO TURBOFAN IN LeJtC ALTITUDE CHAMBER

COMPLETE FIBER-OPTIC FABRY-PEROT

TEMPERATURE SENSOR

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INTEGRATED P R O P U L S I O N - A I R F R A M E C O N T R O L P R O G R A M

PROVIDE A FLEXIBLE FLIGHT RESEARCH FACILITY FOR DEMONSTRATING:

INTEGRATED CONTROLS
AIRCRAFT ENERGY MANAGEMENT
FADEC
REAL-TIME ENGINE DIAGNOSTICS
FAILURE ACCOMODATION
DATA BUS TECHNOLOGY
ADVANCED HARDWARE/SOFTWARE

WHAT

DOES

FUTURE

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HOLD?
FABRY-PEROT TI6SPEMTURE SENSOR TEST RESULTS

ADVANCES IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW

SOPHISTICATED CONTROL ALGORITHMS
FAULT ACCOMODATION/DIAGNOSTICS
INTEGRATED CONTROLS
LESS HARDWARE COMPLEXITY
RESULT WILL BE
BETTER PERFORMANCE
INCREASED RELIABILITY
LOWER COST

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