Technology Transfer

Analysis of Atmospheric Icing

Applications

Ice deposits on a wing obtained in a wind tunnel

 > Aeronautics

• All kinds of aircrafts

 > Civil Engineering

• Design of bridges, buildings and other structures submitted to potentially heavy icing weather conditions.

Keywords

• Icing conditions, Iced structures, Aeronautic accidents, Aerodynamics during icing, Structure design under icing conditions, Aerodynamic degradation.

Advantages

• World leader in the development of icing computer simulation software in collaboration with industrial partners.
• Icing modeling with fully validated physics by icing wind tunnel tests.
• Ice shape prediction

Testing

• Ability to predict ice deposits on structures in an icy environment. Achieved in order to evaluate the consequences and to reduce the number of test flights.
• Wind tunnel icing test design .

Expertise

• Technical/Scientific advice and expertise.
• Testing, monitoring and diagnosis of the risks.
• Design of icing resistant devices on structures.
• Design of defrosting devices.
• Electrical de-icing modeling.
• Hot air anti-icing modeling.

Customers

Airbus, Dassault, Eurocopter, Liebherr, Turbomeca, Paulstra, Snecma

      Ice deposits on a wing obtained in a wind tunnel .

Last Update: 3 October 2006 - © ONERA 2009 - Terms of use