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Aircraft icing refers to the ice buildup on the surface of an aircraft flying in icing conditions. The ice accretion on the aircraft alters the original aerodynamic configuration and degrades the aerodynamic performances and may lead to unsafe flight conditions. Evaluating the flow structure, icing mechanism and consequences is of great importance to the development of an anti/deicing technique. Studies have shown computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and machine learning (ML) to be effective in predicting the ice shape and icing severity under different flight conditions. CFD solves a set of partial differential equations to obtain the air flow fields, water droplets trajectories and ice shape. ML is a branch of artificial intelligence and, based on the data, the self-improved computer algorithms can be effective in finding the nonlinear mapping relationship between the input flight conditions and the output aircraft icing severity features.
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An Experimental Study on the Rain-Erosion Characteristics of Anti-Icing Coatings Used for UAV Inflight Icing Mitigation
- Award ID(s):
- 2313310
- PAR ID:
- 10627059
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Date Published:
- ISBN:
- 978-1-62410-723-8
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Location:
- Orlando, FL
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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