WP2

TRACES | TRAining the next generation iCE researcherS

Development of innovative experimental and numerical tools.

Objectives

Develop robust numerical techniques for ice accretion analysis, including the effect of Ice Protection Systems

Develop strategies for designing exposed to icing environments, accounting for certification requirements

Quantification of the uncertainty of the models and of the operating conditions

DR1: Robust design of a multi-level ice detection system for rotorcraft and propellers

DR2: Virtual certification tools and procedures for in-flight ice accretion

DR3: Robust design of a three-dimensional thermal ice protection system

DR5: Experimental investigation of the effects of ice roughness on the laminar-turbulent transition and the transitional region

DR8: Multi-physics simulation of mechanical de-icing of aircraft

DR9: Robust assessment of the model error for ice accretion models through Bayesian-based methods and experimental data

DR10: Liquid transport and solidification on cold structured and rough substrates

DR11: Heterogeneous nucleation in a propagating wall bounded supercooled drop

DR12: Dynamics and properties of a mushy layer formed by solidification of supercooled water

DR15: Experimental study of the initial phase of ice crystal accretion