AIR6977: Water Content Instrumentation for Icing Cloud Characterization - Information Report

Features

Issuing Committee: AC-9C Aircraft Icing Technology Committee

Scope

Content: This SAE Aerospace Information Report (AIR) provides a comprehensive overview of primary water content measurement instrumentation, for both facility-based icing research and in-flight icing research, over the range of commonly used aircraft certification icing envelopes. It includes information on the theory of operation of the instruments, system errors and limitations, and practical considerations when using them for cloud characterization. This document does not address other icing cloud measurements of interest, such as particle sizing, or measurement of phenomena such as snow, sleet, or hail.

Rationale

Content: The need for a single, comprehensive document providing guidance on instrumentation that measures liquid, ice, and total water content in supercooled, mixed-phase, and glaciated clouds was identified. This document would eliminate duplication of effort as the information appears sporadically in several other SAE documents. This SAE Aerospace Information Report (AIR) is intended to be the definitive source for such information.

Meta Tags

Topics: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Wind tunnel tests
Icing and ice detection
Gas turbines

Details

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/AIR6977

Pages: 50

Citation: SAE International Information Report, Water Content Instrumentation for Icing Cloud Characterization, SAE Standard AIR6977, Issued May 2023, https://doi.org/10.4271/AIR6977.

Additional Details

Publisher: SAE International

Published: May 22, 2023

Product Code: AIR6977

Content Type: Information Report

Status: Current

Language: English