Research Article

Performance Deterioration of Pitot Tubes Caused by In-Flight Ice Accretion: A Numerical Investigation

Table 2

Setup and inlet conditions of the droplet impingement validation case over a 2D NACA0012 airfoil.

GeometryNACA0012—0.5334 m

Velocity102.80 m/s
AoA
Pressure100,920 Pa
Density1.46 kg/m3
Temperature262.04 K
MVD20 μm
LWC0.55 g/m3
Reynolds number5,100,000
Computational domainO-type, diameter -16 m
Mesh number49,176