| Developers: | Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | December 2024 |
| Branches: | Mechanical and Instrument Engineering |
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2024: Completion of construction
The Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences has completed the construction of a small climatic wind tunnel (MKAT) worth ₽3 billion to test materials that protect aviation equipment from icing. This became known in early December 2024.
According to Kommersant, the new installation can reproduce icing conditions at various temperatures and airflow speeds to test special protective coatings.
Andrey Sidorenko, Deputy Director for Scientific Work of ITPM SB RAS, stressed that the installation allows precision modeling of icing conditions and detailed measurements of the effectiveness of new materials.
According to a study by the institute, over the past 20 years, 24 aviation accidents have occurred in Russia due to icing, eight of which led to human casualties. In particular, in 2012, insufficient anti-icing treatment caused the crash of the ATR 72-201 passenger aircraft near Tyumen.
Valery Zaytsev, head of the aerodynamics and flight dynamics department of SibNIA aircraft, noted that MKAT allows low-cost experiments to check the physical foundations of the phenomenon and test small objects, including icing sensors.
In the summer of 2024, the MKAT successfully completed the first tests of the fiberglass wings of an unmanned vehicle developed to monitor forest fires and check the condition of infrastructure facilities.
The new installation was one of several dozen similar wind tunnels in the world. Similar complexes work in the USA, Canada, Italy, China and France. The most famous is the Icing Research Tunnel at NASA Glenn Research Center with a flow rate of up to 180 m/s and a cooling system with a capacity of 7385 kW.[1]
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