Aircraft Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System Fault Diagnosis with 1-D Dilated Convolutional Neural Network.

Journal: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
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Abstract

The faults of the landing gear retraction/extension(R/E) system can result in the deterioration of an aircraft's maneuvering conditions; how to identify the faults of the landing gear R/E system has become a key issue for ensuring aircraft take-off and landing safety. In this paper, we aim to solve this problem by proposing the 1-D dilated convolutional neural network (1-DDCNN). Aiming at developing the limited feature information extraction and inaccurate diagnosis of the traditional 1-DCNN with a single feature, the 1-DDCNN selects multiple feature parameters to realize feature integration. The performance of the 1-DDCNN in feature extraction is explored. Importantly, using padding dilated convolution to multiply the receptive field of the convolution kernel, the 1-DDCNN can completely retain the feature information in the original signal. Experimental results demonstrated that the proposed method has high accuracy and robustness, which provides a novel idea for feature extraction and fault diagnosis of the landing gear R/E system.

Authors

  • Jie Chen
    School of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
  • Qingshan Xu
    School of Civil Aviation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
  • Yingchao Guo
    School of Civil Aviation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
  • Runfeng Chen
    China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), Beijing 100081, China.