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AvTurf’s Synthetic Grass & Compactable Fill Loading Demonstration to Evaluate
Aircraft Arresting Bed Utilization showed that AvTurf’s synthetic grass
component consistently maintains the integrity of the base aggregate materials
when fill is above 90 percent compaction and support levels of aircraft and
airfield equipment in excess of 100,000 pounds are achieved. Conducted at the
Advanced Transportation Research and Engineering Laboratory in conjunction with
the FAA Center of Excellence for Airport Technology at the University of
Illinois, the 2002 study found that “AvTurf and the properties associated with
the patented installation process will mirror the integrity of the compactable
fill materials utilized in site specific base installations.” This conclusion
is demonstrated in all current AvTurf airfield installations.
As part of a subsequent FAA study to investigate the potential applications of
synthetic turf at airports, a load test was performed by airport operations
staff at Chicago Midway Airport. As documented in the June 2006 “Airside
Applications for Artificial Turf” report, the right main gear of a Boeing 757
with full fuel tanks taxied across the edge of the AvTurf synthetic turf
installation surface without incident. Minimal rutting occurred which was
easily smoothed with the use of a heavy roller.
To exaggerate loads of heavy emergency vehicles, three airport emergency and
five maintenance vehicles were used to demonstrate the structural integrity of
AvTurf. These tests were conducted in cooperation with the Airside Facilities
Engineering Team at the Greater Toronto Airports Authority in October 2002.
Static load maneuvers, high torque turns, and high speed passes produced
“excellent” performance results for AvTurf synthetic turf.
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