Status of recent aircraft braking and cornering research

Abstract

The sources of degraded performance which sometimes occurs under adverse runway conditions, are investigated to obtain data necessary to the development of more advanced systems, in an effort to insure safe ground handling operations under all-weather conditions. Tire-to-ground friction characteristics are determined under braking conditions which closely resemble those of airplanes under heavy braking. Braking data from single-wheel landing loads track tests are related with those available from full-scale flight tests