Aviation Security in Airport Development (ASIAD) is an

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program implemented by the

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in the

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to incorporate design elements into airports that will impart resistance to bomb blasts.Airport World - Asset protection
Retrieved Sept 2014 Components such as heat-strengthened

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are used for windows, security barriers, and terminal facades.

Designs employed

* Bespoke structural bonding of frame to

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. * Increasing the strength of components for track and door running systems * Maintaining flexibility and

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of door frame components * Restriction of

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components when high forces of an

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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 Bomb blast protection - Ingersoll Rand 2007
Retrieved Oct 2014

References

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