Problems in understanding aircraft icing dynamics

Abstract

A general discussion of the nonthermodynamic mechanisms present during ice accretion on nonrotatig and rotating/flexing aerodynamic surfaces is undertaken. It is shown that competing physical effects do not in general allow a rigorous scaling methodology to be formulated, but suggestions are made which may result in an acceptable approxiamte scaling scheme. A test program is described which may provide data from which these approximate scaling schemes may be validated.