Challenges Using the IceVal Database

"No data is clean, but most is useful." attributed to Dean Abbott. Ice shape tracing points that are mis-ordered and mis-aligned with the airfoil. Introduction The IceVal database is a significant achievement that is still yielding dividends, decades later. The IceVal description 1 discusses some of the challenges of assembling the database: While all of this data is available, in theory, for every test run, as a practical matter, this is often not the case. Because the data is managed by the individual researcher, and much of it is stored in hardcopy form, locating a specific data set may require a significant effort. Furthermore, because of differences in experimental technique from one researcher to the next, the extent to which the relevant conditions have been explicitly documented can vary widely. Moreover, since plans made prior to a test may change during the test based on interim results, it is not …