An ice protection system includes an aircraft surface and a gutter defined in the aircraft surface between raised rails. The gutter includes a mouth that narrows into a trailing portion of the gutter. The mouth is configured to channel water runback rivulets into the trailing portion of the gutter. The gutter can be a first gutter of a plurality of side by side gutters, each including a respective mouth narrowing into a respective trailing portion, wherein the gutters are separated from one another by respective rails.
Runback control
2019-04-09
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Experimental Simulation of Runback Ice
Online Contents | 1997
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AIAA | 1981
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