Events

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Past event

ICING COURSE: Effective Use of CFD for In-flight Icing Certification

13 to 17 April 2009, University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA

Aircraft, Rotorcraft, Jet Engines and UAVs flying through icing clouds encounter the problem of ice formation on critical surfaces, on nacelles, in engines and on appendages (probes / detectors / antennae / optronics). This can jeopardize flight by altering aerodynamic performance and reducing handling qualities.

CFD is proving itself a cost-effective aid-to-design-and-certification tool. The current trend is to bring to bear “advanced, integrated and realistic” 3D simulations, using new physical models, to comprehensively explore the combined flight and icing envelopes, optimize designs and focus tunnel and flight tests.

This course illustrates the state-of-the-art of CFD applications in icing simulations and links theory to applications. The course, taught by academics, practitioners and regulators, has been offered annually in different locations in the US, Canada and Europe. It should be of value to all concerned with in-flight icing, and is structured to be of equal interest to design engineers, simulation code users, detection and protection systems manufacturers, regulators, ACOs and DERs.