Reflective Coatings for Hangar Floors: Performance of Coating System Designs

Abstract

Reflective floor coatings improve illumination in aircraft maintenance hangars but they often have poor slip resistance or lose their slip resistance and thereby pose safety hazards and maintenance problems. Coating system designs have been investigated in field trials to provide a basis for the selection of coating systems of improved performance. Emphasis of the research has been to find methods of reducing the slipperiness and increasing the longevity and reflectivity of the coatings, and to determine the optimum designs for coating systems that provide satisfactory performance. Reflective coatings for hangar floors can be thin-film coating systems, thick-film coating systems, or organic toppings.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA238940

Entities

People

  • Peter J. Hearst

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Birds
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Protection
  • Epoxy Coatings
  • Field Tests
  • Films
  • Hydraulic Fluids
  • Maintenance
  • Military Aircraft
  • Navy
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thick Films
  • Thin Films

Readers

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  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.