Graduation Semester and Year
2016
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering
Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
First Advisor
Baxter R Mullins
Abstract
The US Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) conducted a civilian, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sponsored, evaluation of tailplane icing of a twin-turboprop business transport at Edwards Air Force Base. The flight test was conducted to evaluate ice shape growth and extent of ice on the tailplane for specific weather conditions of Liquid Water Content (LWC), droplet size, and ambient temperature. This work analyzes the flight test data comparing the drag for various tailplane icing conditions with respect to a flight test verified calibrated aircraft model. Although less than a third of the test aircraft was involved in the icing environment, the results of this analysis shows a significant increase in the aircraft drag with respect to the LWC, droplet size, and ambient temperature.
Keywords
Icing, Flight test, Liquid water content, Mean volumetric diameter, Coefficient of drag
Disciplines
Aerospace Engineering | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Shaikh, Shehzad Maksudahmad, "Analysis of an Artificial Tailplane Icing Flight Test of a High-Wing, Twin-Engine Aircraft" (2016). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses. 750.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/mechaerospace_theses/750
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington