We are thrilled to announce its upcoming course on Icing Physics and Ice Accretion Simulation. The course will be delivered by an expert in the field, Prof. Serkan Özgen (Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University.

Event Date: 20 - 22 November 2023

Location: VKI Campus, Rhode-Saint-Genèse, Belgium

Course Credits: 1.5 ECTS

Programme and Registration here Emphasis is put on the relation between icing physics, meteorological aspects, important factors affecting icing and icing conditions defined in airworthiness certification requirements. This course is continuously updated following the research activities at the VKI.

Learning outcomes: At the end of the course the student should understand the basic vocabulary and philosophy of icing physics:

- Aerodynamic effects of icing;

- Factors affecting icing and 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:

1. flowfield solution,

2. droplet trajectory and collection efficiency solution,

3. convective heat transfer coefficient calculation,

4. ice growth rate calculation; Messinger Model and Extended Messinger Model