Local errors in the geometrical description of the ice front are amplified in multistep simulations over conformal meshes due to the coupling of aerodynamics, water impingement, ice accretion, and grid deformation. Small perturbations in the initial phase of ice formation possibly result in dramatically different ice shapes, which can hinder the stability of the multistep procedure. This problem is analyzed by investigating the combined effects of space and time discretization on the ice growth over airfoils and three-dimensional wings. We propose an automatic procedure for selecting the time interval for the update of the aerodynamics and particle impingement. A local growth limiter λ is introduced here to bound the local ice thickness growth to be comparable to the local grid spacing on the surface, resulting in an automatic adaptive time step to be used in the multistep simulation. Examples are provided for three-dimensional cases under both rime and glaze conditions over straight and swept wings. These examples highlight the different accretion mechanisms of the two ice regimes and preliminarily indicate that ice-shape convergence can be achieved for low values of λ .


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    Title :

    Ice Shape Convergence in Multistep Ice Accretion Simulations


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    Publication date :

    2024-06-26


    Size :

    14 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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