Aircraft Icing: Meteorology, Protective Systems, Instrumentation and Certification

Instructor(s)

Description

Covers meteorology and physics of aircraft icing; forecasting, finding and avoiding icing conditions; designing and evaluating ice protection systems; and certification of aircraft for flight into known icing conditions.

Target Audience

Designed for aerospace engineers, flight test and design engineers, test pilots, line pilots, meteorologists, FAA engineers and Designated Engineering Representatives (DERs) and program managers.

Fee Includes

Includes instruction, course and reference notebooks, refreshments and four lunches. The course notes are for participants only and are not for sale.

Fees: See fee information for individual classes in the registration column on the right side of this page.

Class Time

28 hours • 2.8 CEUs

Course Outline

Day One

Icing hazard description
Atmospheric aerosols
Cloud physics of icing
Ground icing, atmospheric cooling mechanisms
Conceptual cloud modes: convective clouds, stratiform clouds
Skew-T, Log P adiabatic diagrams

Day Two

Icing environment analysis using Skew-T, Log P
Assessment of icing potential
Critical icing parameters, theory and measurements
Meteorology of supercooled large drops
Finding/avoiding icing conditions
New and current icing research
Internet resources

Day Three

Ice accretion characteristics
Effects of ice on aircraft performance
Anti-ice systems
De-ice systems
Icing instrumentation, icing environment
Icing detection

Day Four

Effect of SLD on aircraft
Engine icing considerations
Ice-testing methods
Certification and regulations
Computational methods
Review and discussion

Dates and Locations

For Course Information

Contact Kim Hunsinger
at 785-864-4758
or use the button below:

On-Site Course Information

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Registration Information

Mail
Aerospace Short Courses
The University of Kansas
Continuing Education
Registrations
1515 St. Andrews Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047-1619

Phone
Toll-free 877-404-5823
or 785-864-5823
Fax
785-864-4871
TDD
800-766-3777
E-mail
kuce@ku.edu

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