EVALUATION OF KAISER XM19 WATERPROOF ALUMINUM HONEYCOMB LANDING MAT WITH D AND D1 CONNECTORS FINAL REPORT, MAY 1968- JUN 1969

THE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE A WATERPROOF VERSION OF XM19 LANDING MAT. LABORATORY, BLAST, AND TRAFFIC TESTS WERE CONDUCTED ON THREE VERSIONS OF THE XM19 WATERPROOF MAT. THE TRAFFIC TESTS WERE CONDUCTED USING A 25,000-1B F-4C SINGLE-WHEEL LOAD WITH A TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE OF 250 PSI. THE TESTS WERE CONDUCTED BOTH INSIDE A HANGAR FOR PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS AND IN AN EXPOSED AREA IN WHICH THE TESTS WERE CONDUCTED OVER A SIX-MONTH PERIOD WITH THE MAT SUBJECTED TO BOTH NATURAL AND SIMULATED RAINFALL. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station

  3909 Halls Ferry Road
  Vicksburg, MS  United States  39180-6199
• Authors:
  • CARR, G L
• Publication Date: 1972-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 96 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum; Landing; Mat footings; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mats
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217304
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Scientific & Technical Aerospace Repts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 1973 12:00AM