| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T23: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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2023 Undergraduate Student Poster Contest
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| Presentation Title |
Developing Icephobic Surfaces for Aircraft Industry Applications |
| Author(s) |
Alexa Goldstein |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Alexa Goldstein |
| Abstract Scope |
Current deicing technology in aircraft industries employs either air or fluid based methodology. Thermal and bleed air technology utilize heated air to remove ice from planes in order to minimize hazardous conditions on an aircraft surface. Commonly, antifreeze is applied repetitively to the aircraft which is both time intensive and environmentally toxic. This study aims to improve the deicing process by using alternative surface solutions to both minimize the interfacial shear strength of smaller ice lengths and minimize the surface interfacial toughness in order to initiate crack propagation of larger area-independent ice sheets. By measuring the force required to remove various ice lengths from a surface, the relative ice adhesion strength can be calculated to a range where deicing technology becomes area independent. Product design improvements will limit ice adhesion strength and interfacial toughness while employing a fabrication process for surfaces with practical industrial applications. |