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ACRP Synthesis 11-03/Topic S09-01 [Final (Synthesis)]

Rubber Removal Techniques to Minimize Damage on Grooved Runways
[ ACRP 11-03 (Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices) ]

  Project Data
Funds: $25,000
Staff Responsibility: Gail R. Staba
Effective Date: 6/1/2007
Completion Date: 12/1/2008
Fiscal Year: 2007

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 11: Impact of Airport Rubber Removal Techniques on Runways explores the impacts of four common rubber removal methods on runways--waterblasting, chemical removal, shotblasting, and mechanical means (including sand blasting, scraping, brooming, milling, and grinding).
 
The report synthesizes the current information available in runway rubber removal, including the effects each removal method has on runway grooving, pavement surface, and to appurtenances normally found on an airport runway. Some regard this field as more of an art than a science. Thus, this report seeks to find those factors that can be controlled by the engineer when developing a runway rubber removal program. The synthesis identifies different approaches, models, and commonly used practices, recognizing the differences in each of the different rubber removal methods.  

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