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Developing Improved Civil Aircraft Arresting Systems (2009) / Chapter Skim
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... outline that the advantage of the crushable foam materials is predictability of the drag load imparted on the landing gear and constant mechanical properties over a broad temperature range. Cellular cement eventually became the material of choice due to its near-zero rebound after crushing and chemically inert composition.
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... Stouffer (9) performed in-situ environmental tests on the arrestor bed and found a high relative humidity inside the bed, indicating the trapping of moisture inside the blocks.
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... . These documents provide some information in terms of exit speed and distance travelled through the arrestor beds.
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  • load limits
  • arrestor bed
  • foam material
  • exit speed
  • foam arrestor

  • chemically inert
  • mechanical properties
  • landing gear
  • crushable material
  • faa order

  • environmental tests
  • federal aviation
  • drag load
  • foam provided
  • passive arrestor

  • nose gear
  • research involved


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