RUNWAY RUBBER DEPOSITION, TEST AND REMOVAL TECHNIQUES

One of the major operations involved in airport maintenance is to ensure the safe landing and takeoff of aircrafts, which is decided by the adequate runway pavement texture. Further the surface texture of airfield runway is decided by the quantum of rubber deposits on the runway during the landing and takeoff. Hence the removal of build-up rubber deposits play a major role in deciding the pavement skid resistance. In this paper, an effort has been made to revisit and discuss the various methodologies and its effectiveness for the removal of waste rubber from the airfield runway.