Abstract
Surfaces of airport pavements are subject to contamination that can be very dangerous for the movement of aircraft particularly on the runway. A recurrent problem is represented by the deposits of vulcanized rubber of aircraft tires in the touchdown area during landings and lesser during take-offs. This causes a loss of grip that compromises the safety of aircraft movements in take-off and landing operations. This study deals with the surface characteristics decay phenomenon related to contamination from rubber deposits. The experiment was conducted by correlating the pavement surface characteristics, as detected by Grip Tester, to air traffic before and after de-rubberizing operation and two models were constructed for the assessment of functional capacity of the runway before and after the operations de-rubberizing.
Highlights
Monitoring the surface characteristics of the runway is a very complex problem for the airport agency
Wambold et al (2003) report of the Joint Winter Runway Friction Measurement Program between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Transport Canada (TC), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): the program performed instrumented aircraft and ground vehicle tests aimed at identifying a common number that all the different ground vehicle devices would report
This paper describes an experimental study on runway pavement friction decay related to rubber deposits at the Lamezia Terme International Civil Airport located in Italy
Summary
Monitoring the surface characteristics of the runway is a very complex problem for the airport agency. Wambold et al (2003) report of the Joint Winter Runway Friction Measurement Program between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Transport Canada (TC), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): the program performed instrumented aircraft and ground vehicle tests aimed at identifying a common number that all the different ground vehicle devices would report. The three years long experiment, from 2010 to 2012, was conducted by correlating the pavement surface characteristics, as detected by Grip Tester, to air traffic before and after de-rubberizing operation and two empirical friction decay models as function of aircraft loads were constructed for the assessment of functional capacity of the runway. De Luca et al Field measurements on runway friction decay related to rubber deposits
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