Рубрика: Stone Matrix Asphalt. Theory and Practice

Pros and Cons of SMA for Airfields

Despite the fast growth of applications on road pavements, SMA does not enjoy great success on airfields. This is because of the unique requirements for airfield pave­ments and special problems with SMA, which include the following: • Combining high macrotexture with low permeability • Low-initial antiskid properties and the impossibility of using gritting (FOD risk) […]

Requirements for Airfield Pavements

Requirements concerning wearing courses of airfield pavements are defined as fol­lows (namely, in the regulations of the U. S. Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) Advisory Circular AC No. 150/5370-10B): • Be impermeable to water and suitably protect intermediate course. • Provide surface free of foreign object damage (FOD) (i. e., loose particles). • Resist loads from […]