An experimental and theoretical study of the ice accretion process during artificial and natural icing conditions

May 1986

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kirby, Mark Samuel, Hansman, Robert John
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Flight Transportation Laboratory
Format: Technical Report
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1986] 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68059
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spelling mit-1721.1/680592019-04-09T15:37:27Z An experimental and theoretical study of the ice accretion process during artificial and natural icing conditions Kirby, Mark Samuel Hansman, Robert John Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Flight Transportation Laboratory Aeronautics Airplanes Safety measures Ice prevention Climatic factors May 1986 Also issued as an M.S. thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1986 Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-129) Real-time measurements of ice growth during artificial and natural icing conditions were conducted using an ultrasonic pulse-echo technique. This technique allows ice thickness to be measured with an accuracy of ł0.5 mm; in addition, the ultrasonic signal characteristics may be used to detect the presence of liquid on the ice surface and hence discern wet and dry ice growth behaviour. Ice growth was measured on the stagnation line of a cylinder exposed to artificial icing conditions in the NASA Lewis Icing Research Tunnel, and similarly for a cylinder exposed in flight to natural icing conditions. Ice thickness was observed to increase approximately linearly with exposure time during the initial icing period. The ice accretion rate was found to vary with cloud temperature during wet ice growth, and liquid runback from the stagnation region was inferred. A steady-state energy balance model for the icing surface was used to compare heat transfer characteristics for icing wind tunnel and natural icing conditions. Ultrasonic measurements of wet and dry ice growth observed in the Icing Research Tunnel and in flight were compared with icing regimes predicted by a series of heat transfer coefficients. The heat transfer magnitude was generally inferred to be higher for the icing wind tunnel tests than for the natural icing conditions encountered in flight. An apparent variation in the heat transfer magnitude was also observed for flights conducted through different natural icing cloud formations Supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Supported by the Federal Aviation Administration 2012-01-06T22:05:24Z 2012-01-06T22:05:24Z 1986 Technical Report 16386635 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68059 FTL report (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Flight Transportation Laboratory) ; R86-7 139 p application/pdf Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1986]
spellingShingle Aeronautics
Airplanes
Safety measures
Ice prevention
Climatic factors
Kirby, Mark Samuel
Hansman, Robert John
An experimental and theoretical study of the ice accretion process during artificial and natural icing conditions
title An experimental and theoretical study of the ice accretion process during artificial and natural icing conditions
title_full An experimental and theoretical study of the ice accretion process during artificial and natural icing conditions
title_fullStr An experimental and theoretical study of the ice accretion process during artificial and natural icing conditions
title_full_unstemmed An experimental and theoretical study of the ice accretion process during artificial and natural icing conditions
title_short An experimental and theoretical study of the ice accretion process during artificial and natural icing conditions
title_sort experimental and theoretical study of the ice accretion process during artificial and natural icing conditions
topic Aeronautics
Airplanes
Safety measures
Ice prevention
Climatic factors
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68059
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