Sequential model chips away at mysteries of aircraft
By introducing a new parameter accounting for mixtures of ice, a team of researchers in the UK proposes a new model for how ice accumulates on aircraft wings
Date:
February 6, 2018
Source:
American Institute of Physics
Summary:
Ice accumulation on aircraft wings is a common contributing factor to airplane accidents. Most existing models focus on either ice that freezes as a thin film on the airfoil, or immediately after it impacts the wing. Researchers have announced a new model, accounting for a combination of these forms, that they hope will melt our misunderstanding of ice accretion.
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