Airport Engineering, Third Edition

✍ Scribed by Norman Ashford, Paul H. Wright(auth.)

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 527
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This new revised Third Edition of Airport Engineering, the basic classroom text for airport planning and design, shows professionals and students such key essentials as:
* The structure and organization of air transport
* Forecasting of air transport demand, using both traditional and new methods
* Airport systems planning
* Airport master planning
* Air traffic control, lighting, and signing
* Airport capacity and configuration
* Passenger terminal
* Air cargo facilities
* Airport access
* Designing for safety
* Environmental impact of airports
Reflecting the latest FAA, ICAO, and IATA recommendations and guidelines, and mirroring the changing climate of air travel in the 1990s, Airport Engineering, Third Edition is the single most informative guide to mastering the state of the art in airport engineering and design. And also by the same authors. Transportation Engineering Planning and Design Third Edition Paul H. Wright and Norman Ashford This book gives a balanced treatment of all modes of transportation--highways, railways and guideways, pipelines, airports, and ports and harbors. Transportation Engineering, Third Edition is divided into six parts:
* Part 1--Introduces the transportation system of the United States
* Part 2--Deals with the operation and control of the vehicles that use the physical transport systems
* Part 3--Examines transportation planning
* Part 4--Explains the design of land transportation facilities
* Part 5--Describes the planning procedures and design criteria for air transportation facilities
* Part 6--Covers water transportation facilities
Complete with an excellent list of references at the end of each chapter for readers who waist to study a transportation problem in greater detail, Transportation Engineering, Third Edition is the definitive textbook for students taking undergraduate transportation courses in civil engineering and city planning. 1989 (0 471-83874-8) 784 pp.

Content:
Chapter 1 The Structure and Organization of Air Transport (pages 1–22):
Chapter 2 Forecasting Air Transport Demand (pages 23–62):
Chapter 3 Characteristics of Aircraft as they Affect Airports (pages 63–95):
Chapter 4 Airport Systems Planning (pages 96–118):
Chapter 5 Airport Master Planning (pages 119–147):
Chapter 6 Air Traffic Control, Lighting, and Signing (pages 148–184):
Chapter 7 Airport Capacity and Configuration (pages 185–227):
Chapter 8 Geometric Design of the Air Side (pages 228–267):
Chapter 9 Airport Safety (pages 268–285):
Chapter 10 Passenger Terminal (pages 286–333):
Chapter 11 Air Cargo Facilities (pages 334–368):
Chapter 12 Airport Drainage and Pavement Design (pages 369–417):
Chapter 13 Airport Access (pages 418–444):
Chapter 14 Requirements of V/STOL Systems (pages 445–475):
Chapter 15 Environmental Impact of Airports (pages 476–509):