Modelling, imaging and measurement of distortion, drag and break-up of aircraft- icing droplets
| dc.contributor.author | Luxford, Geoffrey | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Hammond, David W. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Ivey, Paul C. | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-28T23:01:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-11-28T23:01:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z | - |
| dc.description.abstract | The distortion, drag and break-up of supercooled drizzle droplets in aircraft icing was investigated in ambient conditions. An effective efficient computer procedure was developed for the distortion and drag of small droplets, < 1mm, at low Reynolds numbers, < 1000, and high Weber numbers, > 10. High-speed videos and photographs were obtained with an improved high-intensity LED strobe. Experimental measurements validated the drag model for droplets distorted by a rapidly accelerating airflow in a convergent wind tunnel. To prevent droplet coalescence, due to wake interactions, droplets were generated with a steady jet impinging of a rotating slotted disk. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/946 | |
| dc.title | Modelling, imaging and measurement of distortion, drag and break-up of aircraft- icing droplets | en_UK |
| dc.type | Report | - |