Neural network prediction for ice shapes on airfoils using icefoam simulations

S Strijhak, D Ryazanov, K Koshelev, A Ivanov - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this article the procedure and method for the ice accretion prediction for different airfoils
using artificial neural networks (ANNs) are discussed. A dataset for the neural network is …

Workflow for predictor–corrector simulations of in-flight ice accretion, with applications on swept wings

E Radenac, G Blanchard, T Renaud… - Engineering with …, 2024 - Springer
A workflow for the numerical prediction of in-flight ice accretion on 3D structures is
presented. The method is based on the predictor–corrector approach, which has been so far …

Experimental investigation of icing effects on a hovering drone rotor performance

E Villeneuve, A Samad, C Volat, M Béland, M Lapalme - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
A scaled version of the APT70 drone rotor, typical of small to medium UAV rotors, was tested
in a 9-meter-high cold chamber for a wide range of icing parameters. The drone rotor used …

Surface roughness in RANS applied to aircraft ice accretion simulation: A review

K Ignatowicz, F Morency, H Beaugendre - Fluids, 2023 - mdpi.com
Experimental and numerical fluid dynamics studies highlight a change of flow structure in
the presence of surface roughness. The changes involve both wall heat transfer and skin …

Immersed boundary methodology for multistep ice accretion using a level set

P Lavoie, E Radenac, G Blanchard, E Laurendeau… - Journal of Aircraft, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
The numerical prediction of in-flight ice accretion involves a sequential call to different
modules including mesh generation, aerodynamics, droplet trajectories, wall heat transfer …

A preliminary approach towards rotor icing modeling using the unsteady vortex lattice method

A Samad, E Villeneuve, F Morency, M Béland… - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
UAV rotors are at a high risk of ice accumulation during their operations in icing conditions.
Thermal ice protection systems (IPSs) are being employed as a means of protecting rotor …

Stochastic ice accretion model using an unstructured advancing front technique

HP Laroche, E Radenac, E Laurendeau - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper describes a stochastic ice accretion method to model in-flight ice accretion. The
approach consists in complementing the deterministic quasi-steady process generally used …

Sensitivity study of ice accretion simulation to roughness thermal correction model

K Ignatowicz, F Morency, H Beaugendre - Aerospace, 2021 - mdpi.com
The effects of atmospheric icing can be anticipated by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
Past studies show that the convective heat transfer influences the ice accretion and is itself a …

Numerical algorithms for infinite swept wing ice accretion

P Lavoie, S Bourgault-Côté, E Laurendeau - Computers & Fluids, 2018 - Elsevier
A method to simulate ice accretion on swept wings using a two-dimensional Navier-Stokes
airflow solver, an Eulerian droplets field formulation and a PDE based thermodynamic …

[PDF][PDF] Multi-layer icing methodologies for conservative ice growth

S Bourgault-Côté, K Hasanzadeh, P Lavoie… - Proc. of the 7th …, 2017 - eucass.eu
Three main approaches to the geometrical evolution of ice accretion are presented to
discuss the impact of ice mass conservation in ice accretion simulations. An algebraic …