A novel electro-thermal anti-icing system for fiber-reinforced polymer composite airfoils

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-58

  Mohseni, M ^a   Amirfazli, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airfoil; Anti icing; Electro thermal; Polymeric composites; Thermal characteristics; Thermography

Indexed keywords

AIRFOIL SURFACES; ANTI-ICING; ANTI-ICING SYSTEMS; ELECTRO-THERMAL; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; ICE ACCRETION; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; POWER THRESHOLDS; SURFACE HEATING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL ELEMENTS; THERMAL MODELING; WIND TURBINE BLADES; WING STRUCTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); WINGS;

AIRFOILS;

COMPOSITE; HEATING; ICE; POLYMER; SNOW;

AIR FOILS; COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY; WINGS;

EID: 84872414507     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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