Research Article

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

Table 3

Settings for the rime ice accretion case.

GeometryNACA0012—0.5334 m

Velocity102.8 m/s
IDLEWICE Run 404
AoA
Pressure100,920 Pa
Density1.457 kg/m3
Temperature256.49 K
MVD20 μm
LWC0.55 g/m3
Reynolds number5,100,000
Computational domainC-type, diameter: 16 m
Mesh number49,176
Ice accretion time7 min