Measurements and power spectra of runway roughness at airports in countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Wilbur E. Thompson
naca-tn-4303
Jul 1958

Measurements of runway roughness obtained by a profile-survey method are presented. A variety of runway lengths or sections and degrees of roughness were measured. There results are presented as elevation profiles of the runways surveyed and in the form of power spectra.

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