Have you ever wondered how planes stay ice-free and safe in freezing conditions? ✈️ ❄️
➡️In her PhD research, Belén explores innovative electromechanical de-icing systems that could revolutionize the way we keep aircraft safe in icy weather.⚙️🌨️
From advanced computer simulations 🖥️ to wind tunnel experiments 📏 and real-world flight tests ☁️˚⋅✈🌨️˚⋅, discover how we’re pushing the boundaries of technology to make aviation safer, more economical, and sustainable.
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To establish novel methods for electromechanical de-icing based upon actuation systems and assess the actuations systems readiness for industrial applications
- Modelling, design, and optimization of electromechanical systems for de-icing using impact, vibrations or deformation
- Assessment of de-icing electromechanical systems with respect to: energy and electrical power required to de-ice, stresses introduced into the structure to de-ice, mass of the de-icing systems including their power supply, robustness of the actuator control, and compactness of the actuation system
Design and virtual certification of a hybrid ice mitigation system (PWG2)
- Rausa, A., & Guardone, A. (2021). Multi-physics simulation of in-flight ice shedding. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1730, No. 1, p. 012024). IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1730/1/012024
- Rausa, A., Morelli, M., & Guardone, A. (2021). A novel method for robust and efficient prediction of ice shedding from rotorcraft blades. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 391, 113452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2021.113452
- Morelli, M., & Guardone, A. (2022). A simulation framework for rotorcraft ice accretion and shedding. Aerospace Science and Technology, 129, 107157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2021.107157
