Aviation Security in Airport Development

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 October 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Oct 2014