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Numerical Investigation on the Effect of Blockage on the Icing of Airfoils

Daixiao Lu    
Zhiliang Lu    
Zhirong Han    
Xian Xu and Ying Huang    

Resumen

The blockage is one of the important factors affecting the icing of airfoils in wind tunnel tests. In this paper, numerical simulations are conducted to study the effect of blockage on the icing of different airfoils. By reducing the height of testing wind tunnels, the blockage is increased, and the changes in the height and angle of the ice horn are numerically investigated. The simulation results indicate that as the blockage increases, the flow velocity above the stagnation point of the airfoil increases, leading to larger pressure coefficients distribution and stronger heat transfer capacity. As a result, the position of icing moves forward, and the angle of the upper ice horn becomes smaller. In addition, the increased flow velocity facilitates the collection of water droplets in the area, which improves the icing and increases the height of the upper ice horn. It is also found that the blockage increases the angle of attack of the airfoil, moving the stagnation point backward and decreasing the angle of the upper ice horn. When the blockage is above 15%, the joint influence of the opening angle and height of the upper ice horn significantly reduces the projection height of the upper ice horn in the direction of the incoming flow, leading to unacceptable criticality of the ice shape.

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