26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-P2.11

WIND TUNNEL AND COMPUTIONAL INVESTIGATION OF SIMULATED CONTAMINATION ON AIRFOIL

Z. Pátek, M. Zabloudil
VZLU, Czech Republic

Keywords: airfoil, ice accretion, wind tunnel, cfd

A study of aerodynamic characteristics of an airfoil with flap was made. Consequences of different kinds of contamination of airfoil were examined – leading-edge ice accretion and ice accretion caused by supercooled large droplets. The studied cases were computed by the flow solver and then measured in the low-speed wind tunnel.

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