COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEMBRANES, NONSKID COMPOUNDS, ADHESIVES, AND EARTH ANCHORS WITH REGARD TO C-130 AIRCRAFT OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
LABORATORY AND FIELD TESTS WERE CONDUCTED AT THE U. S. ARMY ENGINEERING WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION (WES) TO EVALUATE EXPERIMENTAL MEMBRANES AND MATERIALS THAT SHOWED PROMISE OF IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF MEMBRANES USED TO SURFACE ASSULTTYPE AIRFIELDS FOR OPERATIONS OF C-130 AIRCRAFT. ELEVEN MEMBRANES WERE EVALUATED DURING THIS INVESTIGATION. THE ADHESIVES SUBMITTED WERE ON-PART ADHESIVES COMPOSED OF A SYNTHETIC RUBBER RESIN DISPERSED IN A SOLVENT. THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EVALUATING THE ADHESIVES WERE THE MINIMUM VALUES OBTAINED FROM TESTS CONDUCTED WITH THE G580-25 ADHESIVE, WHICH HAS BEEN ACCEPTED PREVIOUSLY FOR USE WITH THE T17 MEMBRANE. TWELVE COMMERCIAL NONSKID COMPOUNDS WERE SUBMITTED TO THE WES FOR EVALUATION. THESE NONSKID COMPOUNDS WERE EVALUATED USING SIMULATED C-130 OPERATIONS. FOUR ANCHOR TYPES, I.E., THE GUY, DISK-TYPE, TWO-LEGGED. AND ARROWHEAD ANCHORS, WERE EVALUATED TO DETERMINE WHICH WOULD BE THE MOST SUITABLE FOR USE WITH MEMBRANE-SURFACED ASSUALT AIRFIELDS. THE DURABILITY AND HOLDING STRENGTH OF EACH ANCHOR WERE EVALUATED. /AUTHOR (GRA)/
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Supplemental Notes:
- NO AEWS-TR-S-71-11
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Corporate Authors:
U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station
3909 Halls Ferry Road
Vicksburg, MS United States 39180-6199 -
Authors:
- Vollor, T W
- Publication Date: 1971-8
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 184 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aircraft; Airport runways; Military transportation; Pavement performance; Pavements; Resins; Skid resistance; Skidding; Synthetic rubber
- Uncontrolled Terms: Membranes
- Old TRIS Terms: Membranes (Biology)
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00233364
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: International Aerospace Abstracts
- Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 16 1974 12:00AM