Icing Physics and Ice Accretion Simulation
DATE: 24-26 May 2027
LOCATION: online / on-site: Waterloosesteenweg, 72, 1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium - near Brussels
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course serves as an introduction to basic principles of icing physics and ice accretion simulation, and is optional for all students. Emphasis is put on the relation between icing physics, meteorological aspects, important factors effecting icing and icing conditions defined in airworthiness certification requirements. This course is continuously updated following the research activities at the VKI.
The course director are Professor Serkan Özgen from METU in Türkiye and Dr. Nicolas Coudou from the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the course the student should understand the basic vocabulary and philosophy of icing physics:
- Factors affecting icingand their definitions: Liquid water content, temperature, median volumetric diameter, airspeed, temperature, water catch rate, relative humidity
- Icing clouds: stratiform clouds, cumuliform clouds
- Kinds of ice: rime ice, glaze ice, mixed ice, beak ice, runback water
- Icing conditions defined in airworthiness certification requirements
- Steps of ice accretion simulation:
- flowfield solution,
- droplet trajectory and collection efficiency solution,
- convective heat transfer coefficient calculation,
- ice growth rate calculation; Messinger Model and Extended Messinger Model
- Modeling of Supercooled Large Droplet (SLD) Physics
- Similitude relationships and scaling in icing
PROGRAMME
Monday 24 May 2027
08:30 – 09:00: Registration
09:00 – 09:15: Welcome words
09:15 - 10:30 Aerodynamic effects of icing
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:15 Factors affecting icing and their definitions
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 14:30 Icing clouds: stratiform clouds, cumuliform clouds
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 - 16:15 Kinds of ice: rime ice, glaze ice, mixed ice, beak ice, runback water
Tuesday 25 May 2027
09:00 - 10:15 Steps of Ice Accretion Simulation
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:00 Steps of ice accretion simulation
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:15 Steps of ice accretion simulation
14:15 - 14:45 Coffee Break
14:15 - 16:00 Steps of ice accretion simulation
Wednesday 26 May 2027
09:00 - 10:15 Modeling of Supercooled Large Droplet (SLD) Physics
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:00 Modeling of Supercooled Large Droplet (SLD) Physics
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:15 Similitude Relationships and Scaling in Icing
14:15 - 14:45 Coffee Break
14:15 - 16:00 Case Study
FEE AND REGISTRATION
- Deadline for on-site registration: 10 May 2027
- Deadline for online registration: 17 May 2027
- Discount of 10% in case of online participation*
- Discount of 30% for citizens from NATO countries*
- Discount of 40% for citizens from NATO nations supporting the financing of VKI*
* applicable on the price listed below
Early Bird Registration until 24 March 2027
- Undergraduate students: €180
- PhD students: €540
- Staff from recognized universities / research center: €1080
- Staff from commercial organizations: €1296
Late Registration after 24 March 2027
- Undergraduate students: €200
- PhD students: €600
- Staff from recognized universities / research center: €1200
- Staff from commercial organizations: €1440