Foamed glass composite arrestor beds and methods for making and using the same
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1. A method of producing an arrestor bed for slowing an aircraft overrunning a runway, comprising:
- a) paving an area immediately beyond the end of a runway with foamed glass aggregate to define a bed; and
b) covering the bed with a layer of cementitious material to define a composite bed.
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Abstract
A method of producing an arrestor bed for slowing an aircraft overrunning a runway, including paving an area immediately beyond the end of a runway with foamed glass aggregate to define a bed, and covering the bed with a layer of cementitious material to define a composite bed.
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1. A method of producing an arrestor bed for slowing an aircraft overrunning a runway, comprising:
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a) paving an area immediately beyond the end of a runway with foamed glass aggregate to define a bed; and b) covering the bed with a layer of cementitious material to define a composite bed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of fabricating an aircraft arrestor bed, comprising:
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a) introducing a structural matrix material to plurality of foamed glass aggregate bodies to define an admixture; b) forming the admixture of foamed glass aggregate bodies and structural matrix material into an arrestor bed adjacent the end of a runway; and c) covering the arrestor bed with a layer of covering material; wherein the arrestor bed is at least about 50 volume percent foamed glass aggregate; wherein the foamed glass bodies have crushing failure modes; wherein the foamed glass aggregate have strengths of at least 50 PSI; and wherein the arrestor bed will preferentially crushingly fail instead of slide over itself under the compressive and torsional loads produced by an aircraft rolling over the runway safety area. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of making a foamed glass composite engineered material arresting system for aircraft arrest, comprising:
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a) paving an area immediately beyond the end of a runway with foamed glass aggregate to define a bed; and b) covering the bed with a layer of cementitious material to define a composite bed; wherein the foamed glass body is incompressible with a crushing failure mode. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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