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Marston mat dimensions.
This eventually led to the am2 an aluminum mat measuring about 2 ft by 12 ft that was capable of supporting any military aircraft on soils as weak as 4 cbr.
Marston mat design origin carnegie steel 1941 corp of engineers video transportable runway youtube.
At the point of collapse the fir bolted mat flexed 8 88 while the crosslam access mat only flexed a mere 1 60.
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Wired into bundles and subbundies 375 square feet of runway surface stood only twenty eight inches high.
Independent testing shows crosslam access mats are more than twice the strength of bolted mats.
Later mats were developed in a lightweight aluminum version 24 by 144 inches 610 mm 3 660 mm.
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Marston mat s compact dimensions and relatively light weight made it easy to ship and to carry.
Developed in the early 1960s am 2 is an extruded aluminum mat that is 3 8cm 1 5in thick comes in a nominal 0 607m x 3 66m 2ft x 12ft panel size and weighs roughly 310 1n m2 6 46lbs ft2.
This was made as a hollow extrusion rather than pressed.
The mat size also changed to be 22 by 144 inches 560 mm 3 660 mm.
Navy engineers built on the concept of the xm 19 mat s solid surface and honeycomb core and combined it with the traditional size and shape of previous matting.
A special type of hard steel and precision in dimensions is making the psp mats to a durable steel road or runway for multiple use.
A completed airstrip ran 3 000 feet long and 150 feet wide.
Tivo men could pick up a piece and run with it.
Marston mat was best laid on 12 to 18 inches 30 to 45 cm of crushed rock or coral but in a pinch it was laid directly on ground as unstable as arctic bog.
The steel mat came in rolls of interlocking 10 foot sections which were ringed with hooks and slots for easy assembly by strong men using sledgehammers.
The psp landing mats are cheap light absorbing big forces and made for multiple use.
In the mid 1960s u s.
Each plank was 10 feet 3 05m long 15 inches 38 1 cm wide and 0 25 inches 6 4mm thick and weighted 70 pounds 32 kg.
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The transport requirements for am 2 are very taxing requiring 48 dedicated c 130 aircraft sorties for a standard 18 580 6m2 200 000ft2 parking apron2.
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