Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CE4305 : Planning and Design of Airports { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. Gourab Saha
Syllabus
Classification of airports- ICAO standards
Planning for airport- Airport components- Zoning laws Runways- orientation and geometric design- Runway patterns Taxiways- alignment- geometry and turning radius- exit taxiways Aprons- planning and design
Design principles of critical, semi-critical, non-critical airport pavements- ICAO, FAA and PCA methods
Airport hangars- their planning and design criteria
Airport landscaping, grading and drainage- general aspects
Airport terminal and amenities
Airport lighting and marking
Course Objectives
- Knowledge of airport engineering
- Knowledge of airport facilities and infrastructures
- Knowledge of planning of airport facilities
- Knowledge of design and planning of airport
Course Outcomes
Identify challenges associated with airport planning <br />Design & analyze the basic components of airport design <br />To train the students with Design of airport pavements <br />Finding practical solution to Design and Planning of an airport pavement
Essential Reading
- Horonjeff, R., McKelvey, F. X., Sproule, W. J., and Young, S. B., Planning & Design of Airports, Mc Graw Hill , 5th Edition
- N.J. Ashford, P.H. Wright, Airport Engineering, Wiley , 3rd Edition
Supplementary Reading
- S. C. Saxena, Airport Engineering: Planning & Design, CBS Publishers and Distributor PVT LTD. , First Edition
- S. Young and A. T. Wells, Airport Planning & Management, Seventh Edition, McGraw-Hill Education , 7th Edition