Overview of the Joint Winter Runway Friction Measurement Program

Download or read book Overview of the Joint Winter Runway Friction Measurement Program written by Joint Winter Runway Friction Measurement Program and published by Centre de développement des transports. This book was released on 2004 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.