A study was made of the stopping performance of an instrumented C-141A four-engine jet transport and several instrumented ground vehicles on 50 runways in the United States and Europe. It is shown that measurement of the stopping distance of a diagonal-braked ground vehicle provides a meaningful measure of the slipperiness of a wet runway, and permits accurate prediction of the stopping distance of an aircraft under varied runway slipperiness conditions as well as a means for realistic calculation of crosswind limitations. It is also shown that aircraft stopping performance on a wet runway can be considerably improved either by grooving the runway or by use of a porous surface course. (Author)
Comparison of Aircraft and Ground Vehicle Stopping Performance on Dry, Wet, Flooded, Slush-, Snow-, and Ice-Covered Runways
1970
200 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aeronautics , Avionics , Runways , All-weather aviation , Braking , Aircraft , Skidding , Hydrodynamics , Snow , Ice , Rain , Moisture , Performance(Engineering) , Vehicles , Friction , Surface properties , United States , Europe , Hydroplaning , Combat traction project , C-141A aircraft , C-141 aircraft