Aerodynamic Effects of Simulated Ice Accretion on a Generic Transport Model 2011-38-0065
An experimental research effort was begun to develop a database of airplane aerodynamic characteristics with simulated ice accretion over a large range of incidence and sideslip angles. Wind-tunnel testing was performed at the NASA Langley 12-ft Low-Speed Wind Tunnel using a 3.5% scale model of the NASA Langley Generic Transport Model. Aerodynamic data were acquired from a six-component force and moment balance in static-model sweeps from α = -5 to 85 deg. and β = -45 to 45 deg. at a Reynolds number of 0.24x10⁶ and Mach number of 0.06. The 3.5% scale GTM was tested in both the clean configuration and with full-span artificial ice shapes attached to the leading edges of the wing, horizontal and vertical tail. Aerodynamic results for the clean airplane configuration compared favorably with similar experiments carried out on a 5.5% scale GTM. The addition of the large, glaze-horn-type ice shapes did result in an increase in airplane drag coefficient but had little effect on the lift and pitching moment. The lateral-directional characteristics showed mixed results with a small effect of the ice shapes observed in some cases. The flow visualization images revealed the presence and evolution of a spanwise-running vortex on the wing that was the dominant feature of the flowfield for both clean and iced configurations. The lack of ice-induced performance and flowfield effects observed in this effort was likely due to Reynolds number effects for the clean configuration. Estimates of full-scale baseline performance were included in this analysis to illustrate the potential icing effects.
Citation: Broeren, A., Lee, S., Shah, G., and Murphy, P., "Aerodynamic Effects of Simulated Ice Accretion on a Generic Transport Model," SAE Technical Paper 2011-38-0065, 2011, https://doi.org/10.4271/2011-38-0065. Download Citation
Author(s):
Andy P. Broeren, Sam Lee, Gautam H. Shah, Patrick C. Murphy
Affiliated:
NASA Glenn Research Center, ASRC Aerospace Corporation, NASA Langley Research Center
Pages: 19
Event:
SAE 2011 International Conference on Aircraft and Engine Icing and Ground Deicing
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Scale models
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Icing and ice detection
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