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Scaling of Lift Degradation Due to Anti-Icing Fluids Based Upon the Aerodynamic Acceptance TestIn recent years, the FAA has worked with Transport Canada, National Research Council Canada (NRC) and APS Aviation, Inc. to develop allowance times for aircraft operations in ice-pellet precipitation. These allowance times are critical to ensure safety and efficient operation of commercial and cargo flights. Wind-tunnel testing with uncontaminated anti-icing fluids and fluids contaminated with simulated ice pellets had been carried out at the NRC Propulsion and Icing Wind Tunnel (PIWT) to better understand the flowoff characteristics and resulting aerodynamic effects. The percent lift loss on the thin, high-performance wing model tested in the PIWT was determined at 8 angle of attack and used as one of the evaluation criteria in determining the allowance times. Because it was unclear as to how performance degradations measured on this model were relevant to an actual airplane configuration, some means of interpreting the wing model lift loss was deemed necessary. This paper describes how the lift loss was related to the loss in maximum lift of a Boeing 737-200ADV airplane through the Aerodynamic Acceptance Test (AAT) performed for fluids qualification. A loss in maximum lift coefficient of 5.24 percent on the B737-200ADV airplane (which was adopted as the threshold in the AAT) corresponds to a lift loss of 7.3 percent on the PIWT model at 8 angle of attack. There is significant scatter in the data used to develop the correlation related to varying effects of the anti-icing fluids that were tested and other factors. A statistical analysis indicated the upper limit of lift loss on the PIWT model was 9.2 percent. Therefore, for cases resulting in PIWT model lift loss from 7.3 to 9.2 percent, extra scrutiny of the visual observations is required in evaluating fluid performance with contamination.
Document ID
20120014612
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Broeren, Andy P. (NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Riley, James T. (William J. Hughes Technical Center Atlantic City, NJ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 2012
Subject Category
Aerodynamics
Report/Patent Number
E-18388
NASA/TM-2012-217701
AIAA Paper 2012-2800
Meeting Information
Meeting: 4th AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environments Conference
Location: New Orleans, LA
Country: United States
Start Date: June 25, 2012
End Date: June 28, 2012
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Funding Number(s)
WBS: WBS 031102.02.02.03.0693.11
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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