NASA NTRS · 20050196816
Fail-Safe Magnetic Bearing Controller Demonstrated Successfully
Abstract
The Structural Mechanics and Dynamics Branch has successfully demonstrated a fail-safe controller for the Fault-Tolerant Magnetic Bearing rig at the NASA Glenn Research Center. The rotor is supported by two 8-pole redundant radial bearings, and coil failing situations are simulated by manually shutting down their control current commands from the controller cockpit. The effectiveness of the controller was demonstrated when only two active coils from each radial bearing could be used (that is, 14 coils failed). These remaining two coils still levitated the rotor and spun it without losing stability or desired position up to the maximum allowable speed of 20,000 rpm.
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Choi, Benjamin B., Provenza, Andrew J.. 2001-03-01. Fail-Safe Magnetic Bearing Controller Demonstrated Successfully. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20050196816
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