STATUS OF RUNWAY SLIPPERINESS RESEARCH

Runway slipperiness research performed in the United States and Europe since 1968 has been reviewed. This review suggests the following benefits to the aviation community: Better understanding of the hydroplaning phenomena; a method for predicting aircraft tire performance on wet runways from a ground-vehicle braking test; runway rubber deposits identified as a serious threat to aircraft operational safety; methods developed for removing rubber deposits and restoring runway traction to uncontaminated surface levels; and developed antihydroplaning runway surfaces, such as pavement grooving and porous friction course, which considerably reduce the possibility of encountering aircraft hydroplaning during landings in rainstorms. /Author/

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  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1976/624/624-011.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This article appeared in Transportation Research Record No. 624, Skidding Accidents--which contains ancillary papers to the proceedings of a conference conducted by the Transportation Research Board, May 2-6, 1977.
• Authors:
  • Horne, Walter B
• Conference:
  • Second International Skid Prevention Conference
  • Location: Columbus Ohio, United States
  • Date: 1977-5-2 to 1977-5-6
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 95-121
• Monograph Title: Skidding Accidents: Ancillary Papers
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 624
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Aviation safety; Friction; Hydroplaning; Landing; Pavement grooving; Pavements; Rain; Rolling contact; Rubber; Safety; Slipperiness; Storms; Traction; Wet weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aircraft safety; Wet pavements
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163943
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309025745
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding, HS-021 395
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM