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12-Questions on Ice Accretion

The document contains a series of questions and answers regarding ice accretion on aircraft, focusing on various types of ice, their formation conditions, and associated hazards. It covers topics such as hoar frost, rime ice, glazed ice, and the effects of temperature on icing conditions. The answers provided indicate the correct options for each question related to aviation icing phenomena.

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12-Questions on Ice Accretion

The document contains a series of questions and answers regarding ice accretion on aircraft, focusing on various types of ice, their formation conditions, and associated hazards. It covers topics such as hoar frost, rime ice, glazed ice, and the effects of temperature on icing conditions. The answers provided indicate the correct options for each question related to aviation icing phenomena.

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QUEATIONS ON ICE ACCRETION

Q1. Hoar frost occurs on airframe in clear air when the temperature of airframe is
(a) below the frost point
(b) frost point
(c) just above the frost point

Q2. In clouds at temperatures below 0° C an aircraft may encounter icing of the type
(a) only Glazed
(b) only Rime
(c) intermediate between these two

Q3. Opaque Rime ice is


(a) Light porous
(b) Solid
(c) Mixture of porous and solid

Q4. Rime is formed by freezing of .....supercooled water droplets on airframe when


aircraft is flying through clouds
(a) Small
(b) Large
(c) Medium

Q5. Glazed ice is formed by freezing of…….. supercooled water droplets on airframe
when aircraft is flying through clouds
(a) Small
(b) Large
(c) Medium

Q6. The ..........ice poses serious aviation hazard


(a) Rime
(b) Hoar Frost
(c) Glazed

Q7. Airframe icing occurs below 0°C. Its probability of occurrence decreases
progressively below -20°C, as at lower temperatures the proportion of super-
cooled water drops in a cloud
(a) Increases
(b) Decreases
(c) Does not change

Q8. CI, CS and CC clouds consist mostly ice crystals. Icing hazard is therefore
(a) Maximum
(b) Medium
(c) Negligible

Q9. AS, NS consist of supercooled water drops and ice crystals in varying
proportion...... icing is possible.
(a) Maximum
(b) Light or moderate
(c) Negligible

Q1O. In AC clouds ........icing is likely in mountainous areas


(a) Severe
(b) Light to moderate
(c) Negligible

Q11. In TCU icing may range from light to severe type at .least up to………level.
(a) - 40°C level
(b) 30 °C level
(c) - 20°C level

Q12. In CB icing may range from light to severe type up to -20°C level. Below this
temperature severe icing is
(a) not significant
(b) significant
(c) maximum

Q13. Liquid water content is an important factor in icing. As the maximum water
concentration is around….. , maximum ice formation in clouds may also be
expected around that level.
(a) -25° C level
(b) -20° C level
(c) -15° C level

Q14. Carburetor icing occurs when air from intake passes through a ventury (choke)
and causes expansional cooling and vaporization of fuel. Serious icing can occur
at extreme temperatures
(a) 13 °C
(b) 30°C to -10°C
(c) 20°C

Q15. . .......occurs in a moist cloudless air on an aircraft surface having temp. below
0° C, due to sublimation of water vapour onto feathery ice crystals.
(a) Rime
(b) Glazed
(c) Hoar Frost

Q16. . ...........occurs in St, Sc, Ac, Cu, Ns at temperature -10 to -40° C and in Cb
at temperature -20 to -40°C
(a) Rime
(b) Glazed
(c) Hoar Frost

Q17. In clouds occurs when a wide range of water drop sizes are present at
temperatures between 0° C and -40° C
(a) Rime
(b) Glazed
(c) Mixture of rime and clear ice
Q18. ..... occurs in AS, NS, SC and towering CD or CB between 0° C and -20° C, in
warm front below 0° C, especially if the aircraft has rapidly descended from a
colder region.
(a) Glazed
(b) Rime
(c) Mixture of Rime and Clear ice

Q19. When fog freezes on parked aircraft it produces....


(a) Hoar Frost
(b) Rime,
(c) Clear ice

Q20. Icing .....the stalling speed appreciably


(a) Decreases
(b) Increases
(c) Does not increase/decrease

ANSWERS

Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A a c a a b c b c b b c a c b c a c a a b

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