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Aviation Security in Airport Development

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Aviation Security in Airport Development (ASIAD) is an anti-terrorism program implemented by the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom to incorporate design elements into airports that will impart resistance to bomb blasts.[1] Components such as heat-strengthened laminated glass are used for windows, security barriers, and terminal facades.[2]

Designs employed

  • Bespoke structural bonding of frame to glass.
  • Increasing the strength of components for track and door running systems
  • Maintaining flexibility and ductility of door frame components
  • Restriction of projectile components when high forces of an explosive event occur
  • Increasing robustness of drive motors, running gears, and operating systems
  • Incorporating combinations of multi-laminated glass at varying thicknesses and with anti-shard glass properties
  • Built-in sensors to identify forced opening, etc
  • Blast-resistant anti-jump runner systems
  • Toughened sensor controls
  • Post-blast retained structural barriers to stop physical attacks, unauthorized or forced entrees, or escapes[3]

References

  1. ^ Airport World - Asset protection Retrieved Sept 2014
  2. ^ Kennett, Stephen; Kennett2010-03-05T00:00:00+00:00, Stephen Kennett Stephen. "Flying fortress: Heathrow Terminal 4's bomb-proof facade". Building. Retrieved 2023-01-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Bomb blast protection - Ingersoll Rand 2007 Archived October 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Oct 2014