A research plan is currently being implemented by NASA to develop and validate the use of a commercial laser scanner to record and archive fully three-dimensional (3-D) ice shapes from an icing wind tunnel. The plan focused specifically upon measuring ice accreted in the NASA Icing Research Tunnel (IRT). The plan was divided into two phases. The first phase was the identification and selection of the laser scanning system and the post-processing software to purchase and develop further. The second phase was the implementation and validation of the selected system through a series of icing and aerodynamic tests. Phase I of the research plan has been completed. It consisted of evaluating several scanning hardware and software systems against an established selection criteria through demonstrations in the IRT. The results of Phase I showed that all of the scanning systems that were evaluated were equally capable of scanning ice shapes. The factors that differentiated the scanners were ease of use and the ability to operate in a wide range of IRT environmental conditions.


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    Title :

    Development of 3-D Ice Accretion Measurement Method


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environments Conference ; 2012 ; New Orleans,LA, United States


    Publication date :

    2012-06-25


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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