NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Follow this link to skip to the main content + Contact NASA
Go

+ GRC Home
+ GRC Facilities Home
Icing Research Tunnel (IRT)
IRT Home
Quick Facts
Capabilities
Testing Information
Contact Information
Gallery
Facility Fact

The Icing Research Tunnel can produce continuous airspeeds from 50 to 395 mph.


Ice accretion on airfoil installed in the Icing Research Tunnel AH-64 model in the IRT
Quick Facts
Description
The IRT has played a substantial role in developing, testing, and certifying methods to prevent ice buildup on aircraft. The facility can produce continuous airspeeds from 50 to 395 mph and temperatures as low as -30°F year-round, controllable to within one degree Fahrenheit. Supercooled water droplets between 14 and 40 mm and controllable water content can be produced to form an icing cloud.

Name: Icing Research Tunnel
Type: Closed-return, atmospheric-type wind tunnel
Test Section: 6-ft high by 9-ft wide by 20-ft long
Temperature: ambient to -25°F (year round)
Airspeed: 50 to 350 knots (continuous)
Water Droplets: 15 to 50 microns
Facility Manager : John.F.Leone@nasa.gov

Rendering of the Icing Research Tunnel

Icing Research Tunnel Rendering

 
Further Information
IRT Fact Sheet
Download a one page PDF fact sheet about the IRT.
+ View the fact sheet (PDF)

Get Adobe Acrobat Reader
 








USA.gov - Your First Click to the US Government
+ Freedom of Information Act
+ NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Editor: Sharon Maier, SGT Inc.
NASA Official: Susan Kevdzija
+ Web Curator
+ Contact NASA Glenn
+ Contact NASA
Last Updated: February 12, 2007