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)


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    Title :

    Comparison of Aircraft and Ground Vehicle Stopping Performance on Dry, Wet, Flooded, Slush-, Snow-, and Ice-Covered Runways


    Contributors:
    T. J. Yager (author) / W. P. Phillips (author) / W. B. Horne (author) / H. C. Sparks (author)

    Publication date :

    1970


    Size :

    200 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English