NASA refines aircraft icing safety modeling with GlennICE software

Researchers at NASAs Glenn Research Center in Cleveland used the Glenn Icing Computational Environment (GlennICE) software to create three dimensional computational models of an advanced air mobility rotor to study propeller icing issues. The physical rotor model was installed and tested in the Icing Research Tunnel in 2023 as part of an icing evaluation study that also sought to validate the GlennICE simulations.

When aircraft fly in certain weather conditions, tiny freezing water droplets in the air can strike the airframe, accumulate as ice, and create safety risks if not addressed in design and certification. NASA software tools such as GlennICE help engineers analyze and mitigate these icing hazards on wings, engines

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