23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-7.3.1

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SCALING METHODS FOR ICING WIND TUNNEL TESTING AT REDUCED SCALE

R. J. Kind (1), M. M. Oleskiw (2)
(1) Carleton University, Canada; (2) National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Keywords: icing testing; reduced scale; scaling methods

This paper is concerned with reduced scale testing of in-flight ice accretion on aircraft surfaces. A basic description of the icing process is presented and the implied modelling requirements are outlined and discussed. It is shown that the requirements can be readily satisfied for rime icing conditions. However for glaze icing not all of the scaling requirements are known. Recent developments in this area are outlined and discussed.

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