Runway Surface Friction Measurement and Aircraft Stopping Performance

FAA-affiliated R&D (MITRE / Volpe / FAA Tech Center) · Volpe Center technical report · volpe-runway-friction-2022 · Published 2022-06-01 · DOT/Volpe Center · 1 author

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Abstract

Volpe runway friction research — relates surface friction-coefficient measurements (Mu-meter, runway-friction tester) to actual aircraft stopping performance on contaminated surfaces. Drives TALPA / RCAM reporting standards.

Author

DOT/Volpe Center DOT/Volpe Center

Keywords

runway friction
TALPA
RCAM
contaminated runway
stopping performance

Citation

DOT/Volpe Center (2022). Runway Surface Friction Measurement and Aircraft Stopping Performance. DOT/Volpe Center. FAA-affiliated R&D (MITRE / Volpe / FAA Tech Center) ID volpe-runway-friction-2022. https://www.volpe.dot.gov/publications ↗