Supercooled large droplet icing accretion and its unsteady aerodynamic characteristics on high-lift devices

Abstract

Given the importance of understanding new FAR25, Appendix O certification, supercooled large droplet icing characteristics and its damages should be specified because of its serious hazard to in-flight safety and aircraft engineering. This study compares the icing feature and aerodynamic degradation of high-lift devices under different diameter conditions using a verified numerical method SJTUICE (a ice accretion simulating code by Shanghai Jiao Tong Univeristy). With two different flow and freezing time-steps T_f and T_s, the accuracies on fluid dynamic and icing predictions over a long period of time can be both controlled within an acceptable range. The comparisons between supercooled large droplet and non-supercooled large droplet conditions reflect that larger diameters induce more intense icing characteristics on the suction-side of each airfoil, in which the leading edge of flap is the most sensitive one to drop size. The second-accelerated flow near the gap is adverse to smaller droplet collection but benefit for impact thermodynamic enhancement of those larger collected droplets. The ice-caused gap narrowing makes flow separation earlier, which finally leads to the degradation of global high-lift performance worsen. Lift coefficient comparison also indicates the performance of high-lift devices decays more quickly under supercooled large droplet conditions. Results of this paper highlight the supercooled large droplet icing effects with respect to smaller diameter conditions.

Keywords

Supercooled large droplet icing simulation aerodynamic analysis iced high-lift devices

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