A Process For Ice Detector Placement Using 3-d Eulerian Droplet Impingement Analysis

dc.contributorLancaster, Glenn T.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-16T18:20:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-24T21:42:58Z
dc.date.available2009-09-16T18:20:34Z
dc.date.available2011-08-24T21:42:58Z
dc.date.issued2009-09-16T18:20:34Z
dc.date.submittedJanuary 2008en_US
dc.description.abstractIce detectors invoke an aircraft's ice protection systems, which reduce the risks of flight into known icing conditions. A process has been developed to place ice detectors on aircraft using high fidelity computational icing tools. Three-dimensional Eulerian droplet impingement analysis is used to determine the necessary ice detector height and location required to achieve full functionality. This method is applied to the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft for validation against both tunnel and flight test data. When compared to icing tunnel test data, computational results for the volume of ice accreted on an antenna were within ten percent, validating the computational tools. Flight test data also provided validation of the ice detector placement method, when both flight test and computational results confirmed that one particular ice detector was ineffective during a flight in known icing conditions.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10106/1877
dc.language.isoENen_US
dc.publisherAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.titleA Process For Ice Detector Placement Using 3-d Eulerian Droplet Impingement Analysisen_US
dc.typeM.S.en_US

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