Comparison of Computational and Experimental Ice Accretions of Large Swept Wings

What is it about?

The formation of ice over aircraft wings during flight can lead to severe effects and, therefore, must be addressed by aircraft manufacturers and regulatory agencies during the design and certification of commercial aircraft. Computational tools have been taking an increasingly role in this process. However, a significant portion of the certification process still relies on icing wind tunnel testing. In this work, we show a comparison between the state-of-the art in the computational icing tools and high-quality experimental data for large swept wings to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of current tools for ice-accretion prediction.

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