Aircraft taking off from or landing at airports and/or flying
through icing clouds encounter the problem of ice
formation on critical surfaces and on engine
components. This can jeopardize flight by altering
aerodynamic performance and handling qualities.
While such problems have been studied for over half a
century by icing tunnels and flight tests at specialized
facilities, simulation by Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD) is proving itself a low-cost, flexible and effective
aid-to-design-and-certification tool. The current trend is
to bring to bear 3D simulation tools and new physical
models, to more completely explore the flight and icing
envelopes, optimize design and focus tunnel and flight tests.
This timely course should be of value to all involved in
in-flight icing, as it will illustrate the state-of-the-art in
CFD icing simulations, linking theory with applications
through demonstrations and training, using the
FENSAP-ICE GUI-driven modular system. It is
structured to be of equal interest to users of icing
codes, designers of ice protection equipment (airplane,
helicopter, engine and UAV), ice detection and
protection manufacturers, flight simulator
manufacturers, aircraft accident investigators,
regulators and ACO?s. The instructors bring a wealth of
aggregate information as scientists, engineers,
designers, regulators and code developers.
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