FAARFIELD 2.

0 Federal Aviation
Administration

Presented to: REDAC Subcommittee on Airports

By: David R. Brill, P.E., Ph.D.
Date: 26 August 2020
FAARFIELD 2.0 Beta
• Full rewrite of AC 150/5320-6G.
– Industry review ended 8/1.
– Comments under review.
– Includes FAARFIELD 2.0.
• Major update from version 1.4:
– Redesigned user interface
with improved screen flow.
– Updated 3DFEM models.
– Support for ICAO ACR-PCR.
– New vehicle editor.
– Updated aircraft library.
• No change to thickness design
requirements at this time.

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FAARFIELD 2.0 Organization
Aircraft
Library

Aircraft
• Thickness Design
Traffic Mix • Life
FAARFIELD MAIN PROGRAM • Compaction
Pavement • PCR
Structure
INPUT OUTPUT
3D FEM Analysis

LEAF FAAMesh FAASR3D ICAO-ACR

Layered Elastic 3D Mesh 3D Finite Element
Analysis Generation Analysis ACR Numbers

FAARFIELD LIBRARIES

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FAASR3D –
FAA Structural Analysis in 3D
• Visual Basic.NET library.
• Replaces obsolete NIKE3D
Fortran program.
– Managed Code - compatible
with Microsoft .NET memory
management services.
– Improves performance. Old
code was subject to memory
conflicts and crashing.
– Freely distributable code.
• Continued updates to
improve speed & efficiency.

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 GUI Modernization
Major improvements:
• Easier job and section entry.
• Explorer-based navigation.
• Improved screen re-sizing and
appearance.
• Improved flow between
screens.
• Ability to store traffic mixes.
• Rationalized data file structure.
• On-demand report generation.
• Remove program logic from
GUI controls.
• Etc.

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 FAARFIELD 2.0 GUI Layout
EXPLORER TOOLBAR FUNCTION RUN OPTIONS HELP
SELECTION

PAVEMENT TYPE
SELECTION

STRUCTURE
TABLE

STRUCTURE
MATERIAL TRAFFIC IMAGE
LIBRARY TABLE
TAB
AIRCRAFT
LIBRARY
TAB

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Features of Modernized GUI
• Multi-display interface.
• Highly configurable process flow.
– Consolidated data entry to single screen.
– Open, resize, move, dock/undock, close screens independently.
– Makes use of right-click context menus.
• Resizable screens.
• Allows working with multiple jobs & sections.
– Switch between jobs/sections/pavement types with 1 click.
– Cut and paste between jobs.
• Standard Windows file management.
– Built-in Windows tools for saving/opening jobs.
– Section and job names follow Windows standards.
• Built-in standard pavement section library accessible from
menu.

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Explorer Navigation
• FAARFIELD 2.0
supports multiple jobs
open at the same time.
• Use the Explorer to
navigate between jobs,
and display:
– Sections
– Section Reports
– PCR Reports/Graphs
– 5010 Reports
– Summary Reports (All
sections in a job)

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Four Functions in FAARFIELD 2.0

• THICKNESS DESIGN – Compute

required thickness per AC
150/5320-6.
• LIFE – Compute structural life
for a given structure and traffic
mix.
• COMPACTION – Compute
subgrade compaction
requirements per AC 150/5320-6
for a given structure and traffic
mix. (Applies to completed
designs.)
• PCR – Compute Pavement
Classification Rating (PCR) for
the structure and traffic mix.

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FAARFIELD 2.0 Starting Screen

Select a pavement type

from drop-down list

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FAARFIELD 2.0 Design Example

In Options, select
preferred unit system.

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Pavement Structure

You can change the structure in

the table, or by clicking directly
on the image.

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Aircraft Selection
Aircraft library has been completely reorganized and updated for
the FAARFIELD 2.0 release!

Aircraft Group

Library Aircraft

Traffic List

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Aircraft Selection Gear data displayed on screen
(mouse over wheel to display
coordinates)

Save aircraft mix to file

(replaces “float aircraft”)

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Run Thickness Design

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Design Complete

Run time status

displays here.

Computed CDF
and P/C ratio for
each aircraft.

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Design Complete

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Cumulative Damage Factor (CDF)

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User-Defined Aircraft Mode
Create, edit and save user-defined aircraft within the program.

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User-Defined Aircraft

• FAARFIELD treats UDA just like other

library aircraft, except they have (UDA)
appended to the aircraft name.
• UDA data are stored in files in:
C:\Users\[user]\Documents\My FAARFIELD\User Defined Aircraft

• UDA data are also saved to the job file –

useful if a job is sent to another user.

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ICAO ACR/PCR
• ICAO Aerodromes Pavement Expert Group (APEG).
– Task Force Participants included the major aircraft manufacturers,
ACI World, ICAO APEG
– Started in 2011
– Designated ACR-PCR (Aircraft Classification Rating – Pavement
Classification Rating) System
• Same concepts as current ACN-PCN method, but:
– Fully layered elastic-based.
– Uses uniform standard subgrade categories for flexible and rigid.
– NO alpha factor, layer equivalency factors, top-of-base k, etc.
• FAA developed program ICAO-ACR.
– Visual Basic class library computes rigid & flexible ACRs.
– Replacement for legacy ICAO ACN computer programs.
– Open source library – supports linking to any PCN program.

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ACR/PCR Current Status
• ICAO Air Navigation Committee (ANC) has
recommend approval of the proposed amendment to
Annex 14 on ACR-PCR.
• Proposal establishes four-year transition period from
ACN-PCN to ACR-PCR:
– Effective date July 2020.
– Full applicability November 2024(5?).
– During transition, both systems will remain available.
• FAA will update AC 150/5335-5.
– FAARFIELD 2.0 will calculate PCR.
– COMFAA will no longer be updated.

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 ACR Methodology – Principles
Similar to ACN, except:
• All structures are layered elastic
(rigid and flexible).
• Retains 4 standard subgrade
categories, but defined by Mathematically
modulus (E) not CBR or k. Evaluation Landing Gear - Derived Single
• Flexible ACR considers all wheels Load at Max. CG Wheel Load (DSWL)
in the main landing gear. Operating Defined tire
tire pressure pressure
• Standard tire pressure 1.5 MPa. = 1.5 MPa
• Standard coverages increased to
t t
36,500 for flexible ACR.
• DSWL expressed in 100’s (not
Vertical strain at top of subgrade
1000’s) of kg. ACR numerical computed by LEA
values are approximately 10X
higher than equivalent ACN.
The ACR numerical value is defined
as two times the DSWL (expressed
in hundreds of kilograms)

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 ACR-PCR Subgrade Categories

Category A B C D
Strength High Medium Low Ultra-Low
E Value, MPa 200 120 80 50
Range, MPa E ≥ 150 150 > E ≥ 100 100 > E ≥ 60 60 > E

• Categories are defined by E, not CBR or k.

• Same categories for rigid and flexible pavements.
• All values defined at top of subgrade.

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FAARFIELD 2.0 Can Provide PCR
• Directly uses FAARFIELD
structure and traffic list.
• Replacement for COMFAA 3.0
& support spreadsheets.
• Method yields uniquely defined
PCR – no more looping
through all aircraft in the list.
• Implemented in FAARFIELD 2.0
– Solves problem of computing PCR for
mixed traffic (narrow bodies and LR
aircraft) without unnecessary
operating weight restrictions.
– Seamlessly handles HMA overlays on
flexible pavements.

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 FAARFIELD 2.0 PCR Example

For analysis type select

‘PCR’, then select ‘Run’

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 FAARFIELD 2.0 PCR Example

PCR displays here:

PCR 504/F/B/X/T

PCR reports, graph

and Form 5010

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FAARFIELD 2.0 Download
http://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/Products/Airport-Pavement-Software-Programs

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