[HTML][HTML] UAV icing: Development of an ice protection system for the propeller of a small UAV

NC Müller, B Løw-Hansen, KT Borup, R Hann - Cold Regions Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Atmospheric icing, also called in-flight icing, is a common hazard for the operation of
uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs). With the background of a growing commercial and military …

Ice accretion on rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles—a review study

M Muhammed, MS Virk - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ice accretion on rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (RWUAVs) needs to be studied
separately from the fixed-wing UAVs because of the additional flow complexities induced by …

A flight-testing campaign to examine inflight icing characteristics and its effects on the flight performance of an Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle

N Han, MA Siddique, Z Zhang, L Tian, H Hu… - Cold Regions Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
A flight-testing campaign was conducted to examine in-flight icing characteristics and its
effects on the flight performance of a fixed-wing Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle (UAV). While the …

UAV Icing: 3D simulations of propeller icing effects and anti-icing heat loads

NC Müller, R Hann - 2023 - sae.org
In-flight atmospheric icing is a significant threat to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) in adverse weather. The propeller of the UAV is especially sensitive to icing …

[HTML][HTML] UAV Icing: Aerodynamic Degradation Caused by Intercycle and Runback Ice Shapes on an RG-15 Airfoil

J Wallisch, M Lindner, ØW Petersen, I Neunaber… - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
Electrothermal de-icing systems are a popular approach to protect unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) from the performance degradation caused by in-cloud icing. However, their …

[PDF][PDF] UAV Icing: Challenges for computational fluid dynamic (CFD) tools

R Hann - International Conference on Computational Fluid …, 2022 - iccfd.org
Atmospheric in-flight icing imposes a significant hazard for the operation of unmanned
aircraft. The objective of this study is to highlight current challenges for simulating icing with …

Identification of an Electric UAV Propulsion System in Icing Conditions

In-flight atmospheric icing is a severe hazard for propeller-driven unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) that can lead to issues ranging from reduced flight performance to unacceptable loss …

Ice Accretion: Image Post-Processing Measurement Techniques for 2D Ice Shapes

A Enache, J Wallisch, J Van Beeck, P Hendrick… - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ice accretion poses substantial safety hazards for the manned and unmanned aviation
industries. Its study is essential for icing events risk assessment and for the development of …

UAV icing: A unified icing severity index derived from performance degradation

M Cheung, R Hann, TA Johansen - AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-3906. vid A problem that
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) operators face when dealing with in-flight icing conditions …

UAV icing: Ice shedding detection method for an electrothermal de-icing system

B Løw-Hansen, R Hann, TA Johansen - AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-3904. vid Among the identified
problems with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), especially with the medium-sized fixed …