03.1 - Aerodynamics – CFD Methods and Validation
INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A CFD ICING TOOL
J.R. Teixeira Da Silva¹, M.E.M.C. Lopes¹, A.P.R. Preguica¹, C.F. Rafael¹, P.C. Souza Villela¹, G.A. Lima da Silva, Aerothermal Solutions and Software Distributor LLC, United States; H. Jasak, Cambridge University, United Kingdom; ¹ATS Aerothermal Solutions, Brazil
This paper introduces iceAccretionRimeFoam, a 3D ice accretion tool in Foam-extend 5.0 CFD suite. It simulates rime ice growth on NACA0012 airfoil using Eulerian droplet trajectories and evaluates solver accuracy. It considers parameters like droplet size, liquid content, airspeed, temperature, ice density, and droplet distribution.