Journal of Civil Aviation University of China ›› 2019, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 27-32.

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Comparison of runway roughness evaluation methods under measured unevenness excitation#br#

LING Yingqi1, LIU Shifu2, LIN Sheng2, WU Lei3, BIN Xueyang2#br#   

  1. (1. Department of Transportation Engineering, Zhejiang College, Tongji University, Jiaxing 314051, China;2. Key Laboratory for Road and Traffic Engineering of Education Ministry, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804,China;3. Airport Branch, Hebei Construction Group Co Ltd, Beijing 100621, China)
  • Online:2019-06-27 Published:2020-04-01

Abstract: In the latest version of runway evaluation, the evaluation index of runway roughness is revised as IRI and BBI without their adaptability. Currently, few studies focus on the actual application effect of these two methods. The comparison and analysis process of runway roughness evaluation methods based on Matlab is proposed, taking measured 3D roughness data of a certain airport runway in East China as instance, the relation between IRI and BBI indices and the dynamic responding characteristics of aircraft taxiing is explored in a multi-dimensional way. Results show that the correlation between BBI and IRI is poor, and the overall correlation coefficient is only about 0.1. From the prediction of aircraft acceleration RMS distribution trend, BBI is more capable than IRI by 3.6 times. It is suggested that in the latest version of the specification considers BBI as main evaluation index and IRI as auxiliary index. In the region with poor roughness, a more scientific and reasonable maintenance decision should be made by taking both of them into comprehensive consideration.

Key words: airport pavement, runway roughness, measured unevenness excitation, evaluation index

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