FRICTION OVERLAY IMPROVES RUNWAY SKID RESISTANCE

A POROUS ASPHALT "FRICTION COURSE" ON THE MAIN RUNWAY AT THE NAVAL AIR STATION, DALLAS, TEXAS HAS PERFORMED ADMIRABLY IN AIDING RUNWAY DRAINAGE AND PREVENTING HYDROPLANING. THE PAVEMENT FRICTION COEFFICIENT HAS GREATLY INCREASED AND NO DETERIORATION FROM HIGH PRESSURE TIRES HAS BEEN EVIDENT. CONTINUING RESEARCH IN FRICTION COURSE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SHOULD AID EVENTUAL WIDER USE FOR RUNWAYS. THE AIR FORCE WEAPONS LABORATORY (AFWL) HAS THE MOST AMBITIOUS RESEARCH PROGRAM TO DATE. AFWL HAS CONSTRUCTED TEST STRIPS OF EIGHT DIFFERENT FRICTION MIXES AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, AND FRICTION COEFFICIENTS AND PERFORMANCE ARE BEING MONITORED ON A REGULAR BASIS. NCEL HAS ALSO BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN CRITERIA AND CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS BASED UPON THEIR FIELD STUDIES OF OTHER AGENCY EXPERIENCES. IF THE FRICTION COURSE IS TO FIND ITS PLACE AS AN ACCEPTED ANTI-SKID MEASURE ON RUNWAYS, THE EFFORTS OF THESE AND OTHER AGENCIES MUST BE PUBLICIZED AND THE MERITS OF FRICTION COURSES EXTOLLED THROUGHOUT THE AIRPORT INDUSTRY.

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• Authors:
  • Jones, M P
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 45-8
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Asphalt pavements; Coefficient of friction; Drainage; Hydroplaning; Pavement performance; Skid resistance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207551
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 24 1973 12:00AM