AIRCRAFT ICE PROTECTION: REPORT OF SYMPOSIUM APRIL 28-30 1969

Abstract

Contents: Review of icing criteria; Description, history and status of NASA-Lewis icing research tunnel; Ice protection for turbine engines; Laboratory testing of engine ice systems; Small turbine engine and inlet ice protection; Ice tunnel testing at the Naval Air Propulsion Test Center; A water spray tanker for icing simulation; Icing factors, water spray tankers and specifications; Airframe design for protection against icing; Flight testing in dry air and icing cloud; Techniques used to determine artificial ice shapes and ice shedding, characteristics of unprotected airfoil surfaces; Experiments with icephobic surfaces; Air force operational problems attributable to airframe and powerplant icing; Naval operational experience; Ice protection systems, commercial maintenance experience; Airline operational experience in icing environment; Discussions following the presentations are included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0690469

Entities

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Equations Of State
  • Geometry
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Latent Heat
  • Meteorology
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thermodynamics
  • Transport Aircraft

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design