Testing of Aircraft Runway Ice Control Products. Materials Compatibility.

• Main Author: Gulley, Lee
• Other Authors: AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING DIRECTORATE
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *REQUIREMENTS; *SPECIFICATIONS; *RUNWAYS; *DEICING MATERIALS; TEST AND EVALUATION; MILITARY OPERATIONS; CONTROL; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; MATERIALS; FORMULATIONS; COMPATIBILITY; AEROSPACE SYSTEMS; ICE; INFRARED WINDOWS; PE62102F; WUAFRL4349IHRD; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA364904; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA364904

New commercial formulations of runway ice control products have recently made their way onto military and commercial aircraft runways. These new ice control products are purchased to AMS/SAE (Aerospace Materials Specifications/ Society of Automotive Engineers) 1431 and 1435. These products have not been tested for compatibility with a number of aircraft materials, many of which are common to both commercial and military aircraft. In addition, there are some materials that are unique to military aircraft; infrared windows for example for which no compatibility testing had been done, To fill this knowledge gap, AFRL/MLSA undertook a study to evaluate the compatibility of these products with aerospace materials. The compatibility testing performed on these products exceeds the AMS/SAE specification requirements. This report documents AFRL/MLSA'S effort to identify possible problems for both commercial and military aircraft with new deicer/anti-icer materials not evident with the previously used ice control materials.