Abstract:
Efficient and reliable anti-icing/de-icing technologies play an important role in the stable and secure development of aviation and the national economy. Exploring new technologies offers significant application prospects and scientific value. To investigate the active-passive coupled anti-icing/de-icing method combining elastic porous media materials with ultrasonic cavitation, this study focused on metal-based micro/nano structures porous materials as the research subject. A series of experimental studies were conducted, revealing the ice adhesion characteristics of material surfaces. The effects of parameters such as substrate material, pore size, and liquid medium on adhesion strength were analyzed. The test results showed that, when no liquid was infused, surface ice adhesion strength was significantly influenced by substrate material. Subsequent research on titanium metal, which has low ice adhesion strength, revealed that surface ice adhesion decreased as pore size increased. Infusing a non-toxic, antifreeze liquid medium into the material further accentuated the downward trend, with the reduction rate increasing from 20% to 45% as pore size increased from 15 to 160 μm. To further investigate the effect of the internal liquid medium on ice-solid adhesion characteristics, a comparison with materials without a liquid medium showed that surface ice adhesion strength was little affected by the addition of the liquid medium for pore sizes ranging from 15 to 100 μm. However, as the pore size increased from 100 to 160 μm, the reduction in ice adhesion strength became more pronounced, with a maximum reduction of 33%.