Title :
Electrical Anti-icing or Aircrart Windshields
Author_Institution :
Associate professor of electrical engineering at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.
Abstract :
PREVENTION of ice formation on the aircraft windshield presents difficult problems. In addition to optical quality, the thermal and structural characteristics of suitable transparent materials, such as glass and certain plastics, must be given careful consideration.
Keywords :
Aircraft; Airplanes; Automotive components; Glass; Kinetic theory; Ocean temperature; Resistance heating; Sea surface; Surface resistance; Water heating;
Journal_Title :
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Transactions of the
DOI :
10.1109/T-AIEE.1946.5059249