EVALUATION OF HARVEY ALUMINUM 1FT BY 12 FT EXTRUDED LIGHT- DUTY LANDING MAT WITH OVERLAP/UNDERLAP END CONNECTORS - FINAL REPORT

THE 1- BY 12-FT MAT IS A ONE-PIECE HOLLOW EXTRUSION FABRICATED FROM 6063 ALUMINUM ALLOY ARTIFICALLY AGED TO T6 CONDITION. THE MAT PANELS ARE INTERLOCKED ALONG THE SIDES BY MEANS OF HINGE-TYPE CONNECTOR, THE COMPONENTS OF WHICH ARE INTEGRAL PARTS OF THE BASIC EXTRUSION. END CONNECTORS, COMPOSED OF EXTRUDED CONNECTORS WELDED TO THE BASIC PANEL AND ALUMINUM INSERTS USING THE ELECTRON BEAM (EB) WELDING METHOD, CONSIST OF OVERLAP AND UNDERLAP SECTIONS THAT ARE SECURED BY A LOCKING BAR AFTER INDIVIDUAL PANELS HAVE BEEN JOINED TOGETHER. THE INVESTIGATION CONSISTED OF LABORATORY, TRAFFIC, AND SKID TESTS TO OBTIN INFORMATION FOR USE IN EVALUATING HARVEY MAT FOR POTENTIAL USE AS A LIGHT-DUTY LANDING MAT. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station

  3909 Halls Ferry Road
  Vicksburg, MS  United States  39180-6199
• Authors:
  • Green, H L
  • Mccormick, C T
• Publication Date: 1971-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 70 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum alloys; Landing; Mat foundations
• Old TRIS Terms: Mat construction
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217303
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Scientific & Technical Aerospace Repts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 1973 12:00AM