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Experimental Study of Supercooled Large Droplet Impingement Effects

Authors :
Papadakis, M
Rachman, A
Wong, S. C
Hung, K. E
Vu, G. T
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2003.

Abstract

Typically, ice accretion results from small supercooled droplets (droplets cooled below freezing), usually 5 to 50 microns in diameter, which can freeze upon impact with an aircraft surface. Recently, ice accretions resulting from supercooled large droplet (SLD) conditions have become a safety concern. Current ice accretion codes have been extensively tested for Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 25, Appendix C icing conditions but have not been validated for SLD icing conditions. This report presents experimental methods for investigating large droplet impingement dynamics and for obtaining small and large water droplet impingement data.

Subjects

Subjects :
Aeronautics (General)

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.20040006403
Document Type :
Report