Conference paper
Regional airport pavement challenges and innovations
Proceedings of the 2018 Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia Queensland Annual Conference
Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia Queensland (IPWEAQ) Annual Conference, 2018 (Gold Coast, Australia, 10-Oct-2018–12-Oct-2018)
Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia
2018
Abstract
The approximately 320 regional, remote and rural airports in Australia generally face a range of pavement-related issues that are different to those faced by airports in capital cities and major centres. More demanding aircraft introduced by airlines often require pavement strengthening, widening and lengthening, with ongoing research aiming to improve the understanding of foamed based bitumen for this application. Furthermore, airports with sprayed seal surfaces must be aware that different design and construction requirements, compared to those commonly used for road seals, are essential to good airport seal performance. Also related to surface design, it is also important that airports understand that aircraft skid resistance regulations apply to their runways in the same way as they apply to major airports in capital cities. Either 1 mm surface texture, or minimum wet friction levels, or effective sawn grooves (for asphalt only) must be maintained and ongoing compliance must be demonstratable. Finally, when selecting between an asphalt or sprayed seal surface, airports must be aware that asphalt depreciates at around five times the annualised cost of comparable sprayed seals and asphalt is only justified for regional airports requiring pavement shape correction, strengthening or must be resurfaced at night.
Details
- Title
- Regional airport pavement challenges and innovations
- Authors
- Gregory W White (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 2018 Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia Queensland Annual Conference
- Conference details
- Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia Queensland (IPWEAQ) Annual Conference, 2018 (Gold Coast, Australia, 10-Oct-2018–12-Oct-2018)
- Publisher
- Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia
- Date published
- 2018
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450431602621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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