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Appendix C - EMAS Calculations
Pages 174-177

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... These extracted data points were plotted discretely and a polynomial trend line was fitted to the discrete data. The polynomial trend line was then used to generate points of aircraft speed and aircraft travel in the bed for an arbitrary aircraft travel step.
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... Figure C-3. Stopping distance vs.
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... and more recent ACRP research (24) provided data for relating exit speed to cumulative percentage of overrun occurrences.
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... Stopping distance vs. reliability for three aircraft using CT-93/80 overrun probability curve.
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Key Terms

  • stopping distance
  • reverse thrust
  • absorbed energy
  • probability curve
  • overrun probability

  • bed nose
  • aircraft exit
  • travel step
  • deceleration due
  • nose gear

  • gear travel
  • bed width
  • revised overrun
  • trend line
  • obtain deceleration

  • instantaneous force
  • thrust level
  • craft speed
  • performance calculations
  • elementary kinematic

  • standard assumption
  • corresponding stopping
  • energy curve
  • thrust contribution
  • aircraft speed

  • aircraft travel
  • arbitrary aircraft
  • design aircraft
  • resultant deceleration
  • aircraft using


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