Multi-modal shear wave de-icing using fibre piezoelectric actuator on composite for aircraft wings

Yu Shi, Yu Jia

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Abstract

The formation and accretion of ice on aircraft wings during flight can be potentially disastrous and existing in-flight deicing methods are either bulky or power consuming. This paper investigates the use of shear wave deicing driven by a macro fibre piezoelectric composite actuator on a composite plate typically used for aircraft wings. While the few existing research on this novel deicing approach focused on either theoretical studies or single frequency mode optimization that required high-excitation amplitudes, this study revealed that the use of multimodal excitation through broadband frequency sweeps has the potential to promote the chance of shear stress induced deicing at a relatively small excitation amplitude. The results reported here form the foundation for a pathway towards low power and lightweight deicing mechanism for in-flight aircraft wings.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2090
Number of pages2098
JournalIEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
Volume23
Issue number5
Early online date2 Aug 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Oct 2018

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