Author: Lesley AndrassyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Overview of the Joint Winter Runway Friction Measurement Program
Author: Lesley AndrassyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Overview of the Joint Winter Runway Friction Measurement Program
Author: Joint Winter Runway Friction Measurement ProgramPublisher: Centre de développement des transports
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Joint Winter Runway Friction Measurement Program was created in 1996 to undertake a five-year initiative to study winter runway friction measurements. This report reviews the history of the Program and its activities in friction research, field tests of friction measurement methods & aircraft braking performance, and development of the Canadian & International Runway Friction Indexes. The last section outlines future goals and challenges to implementation of a world-wide standard runway friction index.
Aircraft and Ground Vehicle Winter Runway Friction Assessment
Author: Thomas J. YagerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Some background information is given together with the scope and objectives of a 5-year, Joint Winter Runway Friction Measurement Program between the National Aeronautics & Space Adminstration (NASA), Transport Canada (TC), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The primary objective of this effort is to perform instrumental aircraft and ground vehicle tests aimed at identifying a common number that all the different ground vehicle devices would report. This number, denoted the International Runway Friction Index (IRFI), will be related to all types of aircraft stopping performance. The range of test equipment, the test sites, test results and accomplishments, the extent of the substantial friction database compiled, and future test plans will be described. Several related studies have also been implemented including the effects of contaminant type on aircraft impingement drag, and the effectiveness of various runway and aircraft de-icing chemical types, and application rates.
Aviation Safety, Human Factors - System Engineering - Flight Operations - Economics - Strategies - Management
Author: Hans M. SoekkhaPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000083144
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Questions concerning safety in aviation attract a great deal of attention, due to the growth in this industry and the number of fatal accidents in recent years. The aerospace industry has always been deeply concerned with the permanent prevention of accidents and the conscientious safeguarding of all imaginable critical factors surrounding the organization of processes in aeronautical technology. However, the developments in aircraft technology and control systems require further improvements to meet future safety demands. This book embodies the proceedings of the 1997 International Aviation Safety Conference, and contains 60 talks by internationally recognized experts on various aspects of aviation safety. Subjects covered include: Human interfaces and man-machine interactions; Flight safety engineering and operational control systems; Aircraft development and integrated safety designs; Safety strategies relating to risk insurance and economics; Corporate aspects and safety management factors --- including airlines services and airport security environment.
NASA Langley Scientific and Technical Information Output: 1999
Author: Special Report
Author: Oversight of the FAA
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on AviationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Sea Ice
Author: Mohammed ShokrPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119027888
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Sea Ice: Physics and Remote Sensing addresses experiences acquired mainly in Canada by researchers in the fields of ice physics and growth history in relation to its polycrystalline structure as well as ice parameters retrieval from remote sensing observations. The volume describes processes operating at the macro- and microscale (e.g., brine entrapment in sea ice, crystallographic texture of ice types, brine drainage mechanisms, etc.). The information is supported by high-quality photographs of ice thin-sections prepared from cores of different ice types, all obtained by leading experts during field experiments in the 1970s through the 1990s, using photographic cameras and scanning microscopy. In addition, this volume presents techniques to retrieve a suite of sea ice parameters (e.g. ice type, concentration, extent, thickness, surface temperature, surface deformation, etc.) from space-borne and airborne sensor data. The breadth of the material on this subject is designed to appeal to researchers and users of remote sensing data who want to develop quick familiarity with the capabilities of this technology or detailed knowledge about major techniques for retrieval of key ice parameters. Volume highlights include: Detailed crystallographic classification of natural sea ice, the key information from which information about ice growth conditions can be inferred. Many examples are presented with material to support qualitative and quantitative interpretation of the data. Methods developed for revealing microstructural characteristics of sea ice and performing forensic investigations. Data sets on radiative properties and satellite observations of sea ice, its snow cover, and surrounding open water. Methods of retrieval of ice surface features and geophysical parameters from remote sensing observations with a focus on critical issues such as the suitability of different sensors for different tasks and data synergism. Sea Ice: Physics and Remote Sensing is intended for a variety of sea ice audiences interested in different aspects of ice related to physics, geophysics, remote sensing, operational monitoring, mechanics, and cryospheric sciences.
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