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Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-315-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-315-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
Research article
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30 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 30 Jan 2025

Drop-size-dependent effects in leading-edge rain erosion and their impact on erosion-safe mode operation

Nils Barfknecht and Dominic von Terzi

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The paper investigates the influence of the rain drop diameter on the formation of erosion damage and its implications for erosion-safe mode (ESM). By building an erosion damage model that incorporates several drop-size effects, we found that large droplets are significantly more erosive than small droplets. It is shown that the performance of the ESM is significantly increased when drop-size effects are correctly accounted for. A method to derive optimal ESM strategies is given as well.
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