Numerical Investigation of a Wing Hot Air Ice Protection System
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF A WING HOT AIR ICE PROTECTION SYSTEM A Thesis by Alonso Oscar Zamora Rodríguez Bachelor of Science, Wichita State University, 2007 Submitted to the Department of Aerospace Engineering and the faculty of the Graduate School of Wichita State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science December 2009 © Copyright 2009 by Alonso Oscar Zamora Rodriguez. All Rights Reserved ii NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF A WING HOT AIR ICE PROTECTION SYSTEM The following faculty members have examined the final copy of this thesis for form and content, and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Master of Science with a major in Aerospace Engineering. __________________________________ Michael Papadakis, Committee Chair ___________________________________ Scott Miller, Committee Member ___________________________________ Ikram Ahmed, Committee Member iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Dr. Michael Papadakis for giving me the opportunity to work in the CFD/Icing lab and to participate on the research effort that gave way to this thesis. I would also like to acknowledge See-Ho Wong, Hsiung-Wei Yeong, See-Cheuk Wong, and all the graduate and undergraduate students in the CFD/Icing lab for their continuous help, support, and comradeship throughout these years. iv ABSTRACT Aircraft icing is a recurrent aviation safety concern. In the past eight years alone, eight icing accidents involving business jets and other aircraft have occurred. The accumulation of ice on critical aerodynamic surfaces, the primary cause of these accidents, leads to considerable performance degradation that compromises the safety of the passengers, the crew, and the vehicle.
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