"radome icing has serious effects on the radar operation"
"An Analytical Study of Heat Requirements for Icing Protection of Radomes"
Abstract
The heat requirements for the icing protection of two radome configurations have been studied. over a range of design icing conditions. Both the protection limits of a typical thermal protection system and the relative effects of the various icing variables have been determined. For full evaporation of all impinging water, an effective heat density of 14 watts per square inch was required. When a combination of the full evaporation and running-wet surface systems was employed, a heat requirement of 5 watts per square inch provided protection at severe icing and operating conditions.
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Radar is becoming of increasing importance in the design and operation of aircraft. Successful operation of these aircraft demands that the performance of the radar system including the radome be unimpaired by environmental factors including …