A field study of ice accretion and its effects on the power production of utility-scale wind turbines

L Gao, T Tao, Y Liu, H Hu - Renewable energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A field study was conducted to examine ice accretion on 50-m-long turbine blades and icing-
induced power production losses to multi-megawatt wind turbines. An unmanned-aerial …

An experimental study on soft PDMS materials for aircraft icing mitigation

Y Liu, L Ma, W Wang, AK Kota, H Hu - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
A series of experiments were conducted to characterize the anti-/de-icing performances of
soft PDMS materials with different shear modulus and to explore their potentials for aircraft …

A comparison study on the thermal effects in DBD plasma actuation and electrical heating for aircraft icing mitigation

Y Liu, C Kolbakir, H Hu, H Hu - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2018 - Elsevier
A comparison study of a novel method of utilizing thermal effects induced by Dielectric-
Barrier-Discharge (DBD) plasma actuation (ie, DBD plasma-based method) and a …

[HTML][HTML] Multirotor UAV icing correlated to liquid water content measurements in natural supercooled clouds

AJ Miller, C Fuchs, N Omanovic, F Ramelli… - Cold Regions Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Atmospheric icing, the accumulation of ice on surfaces, is a severe concern for the aviation
industry. Deicing and icing prediction tools are necessary for pilots to ensure flight safety …

An experimental study on the aerodynamic performance degradation of a UAS propeller model induced by ice accretion process

Y Liu, L Li, W Chen, W Tian, H Hu - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2019 - Elsevier
An experimental study was performed to investigate the effects of ice accretion on the
aerodynamic performances and wake characteristics of a propeller model used for …

[HTML][HTML] UAV icing: Development of an ice protection system for the propeller of a small UAV

NC Müller, B Løw-Hansen, KT Borup, R Hann - Cold Regions Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Atmospheric icing, also called in-flight icing, is a common hazard for the operation of
uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs). With the background of a growing commercial and military …

An experimental investigation of dynamic ice accretion process on a wind turbine airfoil model considering various icing conditions

L Gao, Y Liu, H Hu - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, the dynamic ice accretion process over a typical wind turbine airfoil
model (ie, DU96-W-180 airfoil) was experimentally investigated under various icing …

An experimental study on the thermal effects of duty-cycled plasma actuation pertinent to aircraft icing mitigation

Y Liu, C Kolbakir, H Hu, X Meng, H Hu - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
An experimental study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of utilizing the thermal
effects induced by duty-cycled dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuation for …

UAV icing: a performance model for a UAV propeller in icing conditions

NC Müller, R Hann - AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-3903. vid In-flight icing on
unmanned aerial vehicles is a severe hazard and imposes limits on the operational …

An experimental study on the thermal characteristics of NS-DBD plasma actuation and application for aircraft icing mitigation

Y Liu, C Kolbakir, AY Starikovskiy… - … Sources Science and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A comprehensive study was performed to explore the thermal characteristics of NS-dielectric-
barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuation over an airfoil/wing surface and evaluate the anti …