Safely Learn to Fly Aircraft From Human: An Offline-Online Reinforcement Learning Strategy and Its Application to Aircraft Stall Recovery

H Jiang, H Xiong, W Zeng, Y Ou - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Researchers have made many attempts to apply reinforcement learning (RL) to learn to fly
aircraft in recent years. However, existing RL strategies are usually not safe (eg, can lead to …

Aircraft Upset Recovery Strategy and Pilot Assistance System Based on Reinforcement Learning

J Wang, P Zhao, Z Zhang, T Yue, H Liu, L Wang - Aerospace, 2024 - mdpi.com
The upset state is an unexpected flight state, which is characterized by an unintentional
deviation from normal operating parameters. It is difficult for the pilot to recover the aircraft …

Two-stage strategy to achieve a reinforcement learning-based upset recovery policy for aircraft

H Cao, W Zeng, H Jiang, H Hu, C Li… - 2021 China …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aircraft upset situations are the highest risk to civil aviation. Thus, a reliable upset recovery
policy is necessary for aircraft. In this paper, a two-stage strategy to achieve a reinforcement …

Risk Analysis of Airplane Upsets in Flight: An Integrated System Framework and Analysis Methodology

N Lu, B Meng - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
Generally, airplane upsets in flight are considered a precursor to loss of control in flight (LOC-
I) accidents, and unfortunately LOC-I is classified as the leading cause of fatal accidents. To …

Exploring architectures for integrated resilience optimization

D Hulse, A Biswas, C Hoyle, IY Tumer… - Journal of Aerospace …, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
To achieve system resilience, one can leverage high-level design features (eg,
redundancies and fail-safes), adjust operational profiles (eg, load or trajectory), and use …

Understanding Resilience Optimization Architectures: Alignment and Coupling in Multilevel Decomposition Strategies

D Hulse, C Hoyle - Journal of Mechanical Design, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Including resilience in an overall systems optimization process is challenging because the
space of hazard-mitigating features is complex, involving both inherent and active …

Model-Predictive Spiral and Spin Upset Recovery Control for the Generic Transport Model Simulation⋆

T Cunis, D Liao-McPherson… - … IEEE Conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aircraft upsets are a major cause of fatalities in civil aviation. Unfortunately, recovery from
upset scenarios is challenging due to the combination of nonlinearities, actuator limits, and …

A Computational Framework for Resilience-Informed Design

DE Hulse - 2020 - ir.library.oregonstate.edu
It is desirable for complex engineered systems to perform missions efficiently and
economically, even when these missions' complex, variable, long-term operational profiles …

Understanding Resilience Optimization Architectures With an Optimization Problem Repository

D Hulse, H Zhang, C Hoyle - … and Information in …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Optimizing a system's resilience can be challenging, especially when it involves considering
both the inherent resilience of a robust design and the active resilience of a health …

Hybrid statistical and engineering optimization architectures in early multidisciplinary designs of resilience and expensive black-box complex systems

A Biswas - 2020 - ir.library.oregonstate.edu
Practical engineering design problems are generally multi-disciplinary with limited budget
and high risk in terms of life loss, economic resources, etc. In the early phase of such …