Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS)

  • August 10, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Science and tech

Context:

The Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is one of the most common safety mechanisms in use around the world.

Concept:

  • TheUS Federal Aviation Administration (FAA ) began conducting research in the 1990s to determine how to improve safety at airports where the full runway safety areas (RSA) cannot be obtained.
  • EMAS uses crushable material placed at the end of a runway to stop an aircraft that overruns the runway.
  • The tires of the aircraft sink into the lightweight material and the aircraft is decelerated as it rolls through the material.
Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) Science and tech