Abstract: The object of this report is to provide a comprehensive survey of the state of knowledge concerning aircraft in-flight icing, including the cause and effect of icing as well as its prediction and computer simulation. After an introduction to aircraft icing and investigation of previous work, the report reviews the characteristics of the icing atmosphere, including the water cycle and phases, temperature distribution, size and concentration of condensation nuclei and cloud droplets, and classification and types of clouds. Also examined are icing physics and ice mechanisms, icing variation as a function of cloud types, ice growth processes, and different kinds of precipitation. The important parameters in aircraft icing are studied, principally liquid water content, temperature, air speed, and aircraft aerodynamic conditions. The final chapter concerns the important parameters in icing and the methodology to predict aircraft in-flight icing using numerical tools.
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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