Am2 Matting Manual

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.

Am2 matting manual. Analysis of am2 airfield matting performance under six wheel boeing c 17 gear loading. Reviewed and approved this date. In the mid 1960s u s. Manual office of the chief of.

Am 2 matting consists of 1 1 2 x 2 steel rectangles coated with a epoxy nonskid material available in both 6 and 12 foot lengths and are assembled in a brickwork pattern to form runways taxiways parking and other areas required for aircraft operations and maintenance. 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. Am2 airfield matting m21 and m31 marine corps expeditionary arresting gear system mceags mark 8 mod 0 flols field marker light fml marine corps minimum. Effects of ageing on the bond properties of carbon fiber reinforced polymer concrete adhesive joints.

Pallet staging under combat contingency operations pallets must be staged in a manner to keep manual handling to a minimum. 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. Thirty iso containers can be constructed to form a 1 500 square foot. Am2 matting is a system of interlocking aluminum panels used to cover staging areas and taxiways on forward operating airfields.

This manual is applicable to the marine corps total force. Cass holdings has the current contract as of 2012. The united states air force and marine corps currently use a matting system known as am 2 for rpre as shown in figure 1 and detailed in figure 2. Matting can be laid over the existing hard surface.

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