Theses and Dissertations

Advisor

Wang, Fei

Committee Member

Wang, Jun

Committee Member

Cisko, Abby

Committee Member

Rushing, Tim

Date of Degree

12-12-2025

Original embargo terms

Immediate Worldwide Access

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Civil Engineering

Degree Name

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)

College

James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

Department

Richard A. Rula School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Abstract

Aircraft matting has been in service since WWII. It has provided a maneuverable substrate to allow aircraft forward operations to take place in austere environments. AM2 is the main matting system that has been used for generations. In recent years, the need for a lightweight matting system has come to the forefront of the matting community. This is not only to improve the maneuverability, but also the shipping restrictions. This research is on three different light weight matting systems above subgrade with two CBR values (i.e., 6 and 25). A specially designed load cart was adopted to simulate F-35B loading. The correlations of permanent deformation of subgrade underneath lightweight matting systems with number of passes under F-35B aircraft loading considering the variation of CBR of subgrade were established based on the test results. According to the test results, MAT 3 meets all the requirements, while MAT 1 and MAT 2 need improvements.

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