Aviation Security in Airport Development explained

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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.airport-world.com/item/723-asset-protection Airport World - Asset protection
2. Web site: Kennett . Stephen . Kennett2010-03-05T00:00:00+00:00 . Stephen Kennett Stephen . Flying fortress: Heathrow Terminal 4's bomb-proof facade . 2023-01-19 . Building . en.
3. http://www.allegion.co.uk/Downloads/Literature/Documents/IR-BombRated%20230507.pdf Bomb blast protection - Ingersoll Rand 2007