Abstract

This article represents the consideration of the ice plate deflections caused by aircraft landing and take-off. It is assumed that water is an ideal incompressible liquid and that the motion of the liquid is potential. The theory is linear, and the plate is assumed to be elastic. Aircraft is represented by pressure distribution under landing gears with lift force taken into account. An analytic solution of the problem is found by means of integral transformations. The influence of ice thickness, aircraft weight and speed on the possibility of ice plate destruction is analyzed.

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