Impact of rotation on UAM icing ❄️
➡️ My research aims to derive scaling laws for icing parameters through numerical simulations of ice accretion on Urban Air Mobility (UAM) rotors. These scaling laws will support the design of targeted wind-tunnel experiments and enable the reliable transfer of experimental findings to real-world operating conditions.
🔎 UAM rotors present distinct challenges due to their small characteristic dimensions compared to conventional aircraft and the significant influence of rotational effects on icing mechanisms. A deeper understanding of these coupled effects is essential for accurately predicting ice formation and its impact on aerodynamic performance.
♻️Ultimately, this work contributes to the development of more efficient and robust icing-protection concepts for UAM systems.
To devise ice scaling laws and simulate in-flight icing on UAM with ducted rotors
- To numerically investigate the ice and snow accretion phenomena on small scale UAM
- Data gathered through the project will be used to investigate a possible scaling law for the icing problem and to assess the performance of UAM in icing and snow conditions
Detection of ice conditions and real-time power control of IPS (PWG1)
- Scroger, S., Palacios, J., & Han, Y. (2020). Urban Air Mobility Rotor Icing Performance Characterization and Prediction. In AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM (p. 2816). https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-2816
- Karpen, N., Diebald, S., Dezitter, F., & Bonaccurso, E. (2022). Propeller-integrated airfoil heater system for small multirotor drones in icing environments: Anti-icing feasibility study. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 201, 103616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2022.103616
- Scroger, S. P., Palacios, J., & Han, Y. (2020). Empirical modeling of urban air mobility rotor icing thrust degradation. In AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-2816
