The NTNU UAV Icing Lab recently made a significant contribution to the SAE International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures in Vienna. Our team showcased our research results by presenting seven papers.
As leaders in the field of UAV icing research, we are dedicated to providing knowledge and solution for unmanned aircraft operations in cold weather conditions. We proudly contributed seven research papers, showcasing our expertise in UAV icing and highlighting the challenges of adverse weather conditions. Our research explored intercycle ice effects on aerodynamic performance, conducted experiments of an electrothermal propeller ice protection system, developed performance-based ice detection of an electric propulsion system, provided validation ice shapes at low Reynolds numbers, simulated icing effects on wings and empennage, generated validation cases for a path-planning tool, and performed ice accretion simulations and experiments on a UAM eVTOL rotor.
By sharing our findings and insights at the conference, we contributed to the advancement of knowledge in the field of UAV icing while also promoting collaborations with experts from around the globe.
Stay tuned to more in-depth updates about the papers that we presented at the conference.
References:
Wallisch, J., Hann, R., (2023). UAV Icing: Intercycle Ice Effects on Aerodynamic Performance. SAE International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures. DOI: 10.4271/2023-01-1400
Müller, N.C., Hann, R., (2023). UAV Icing: 3D simulations of propeller icing effects and anti-icing heat loads. SAE International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures. DOI: 10.4271/2023-01-1400
Løw-Hansen, B., Müller, N.C., Coates, E., Johansen, T.A., Hann, R., (2023). Identification of an Electric UAV Propulsion System in Icing Conditions. SAE International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures. DOI: 10.4271/2023-01-1378
Cheung, M., Johansen, T.A., Hann, R., (2023). UAV Icing: Icing Scenarios for Validation of Particle Swarm Path Planning Method. SAE International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures. DOI: 10.4271/2023-01-1379
Hann, R., Müller, N.C., Lindner, M., Wallisch, J. (2023). UAV Icing: Experimental validation data for predicting ice shapes at low Reynolds numbers. SAE International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures. DOI: 10.4271/2023-01-1372
Lindner, M., Wallisch, J., Hann, R. (2023). UAV Icing: Numerical Simulation of Icing Effects on Wing and Empennage. SAE International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures. DOI: 10.4271/2023-01-1384
Heramarwan, H., Müller, N., Lutz, T., Hann, R. (2023). UAM Icing: Ice Accretion Simulations and Experiments of an eVTOL Rotor. SAE International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures. DOI: 10.4271/2023-01-1391
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