07 - Systems, Subsystems and Equipment
ICE DETECTION: CORRELATION OF ICE ACCRETIONS AND DYNAMIC RESPONSES ON SMALL-SCALE AIRFOIL PROTOTYPES TESTED IN ICING WIND TUNNEL
L. Mangiacrapa¹, T. Klaas², N. Rehfeld², F. Amoroso, Eurotech s.r.l., Italy; G. Mingione¹, S. Ameduri¹; ¹Italian Aerospace Research Centre, Italy ;²Fraunhofer IFAM , Germany
In UP WING project, two small-scale NACA 0012 airfoil were realized to prove the functionality of an Ice Protection System and to develop the capability of detecting ice accretions based on piezoelectric (PZT) technology. The two test articles and have been tested in the IFAM Icing Wind Tunnel. The objective is to the demonstrate that the comparison of tests performed with and without ice accretion make it possible to use the PZT system also as an ice-detector system.
DOI: 10.71945/icas2026_0186