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Old 20th Nov 2008, 09:33
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wilyflier
 
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Venturi works for liquids too

Green dot post 2071
We all know the difference Viscount /Brit and Dart/Proteus but both engines were reverse (air)flow
The Viscount event was a wake up call.
My statement pointed out that the pundits figures on the water content conditions everyone accepted as normal were wildly wrong and so design changes were made across the industry.Reverse flow was avoided in new engine designs.Existing designs were modified to de- ice the bends.SOPs were issued to avoid icing conditions
It may be a bit fanciful but are we coming to the idea that liquids and gasses have similarities in flow behaviour round convoluted ducting and that ice accretion occurs in pipe lines carrying wet fuel similar to impact icing on wings and such? .New stricter parameters for dynamic fuel-icing avoidance?
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