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Engine Icing

Completed TRL 2 (started at 1, targeting 4)

Description

The Engine Icing challenge predicts the likelihood of icing events with 90% probability in current engines operating in ice crystal environments to enable icing susceptibility assessments of advanced ultra-efficient engines.

Benefits

Enables analysis of ice crystal icing effects on turbofan engines. Assists in the development of design tools to be adapted for N+3 technologies, compact core, higher bypass ratio turbofan engines to assess icing impacts during design/development phases.

Details

Technology areaPropulsion Systems > Aero Propulsion > Engine Icing
ProgramAdvanced Air Vehicles Program (AAVP)
Lead organizationGlenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
Start date2015-10-01
End date2021-09-30

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