RECENT TRENDS IN AIRPORT DESIGN - TREND IN RUNWAY CHARACTERISTICS /IN FRENCH/

BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE FROM PROPELLER TO JET AIRCRAFT, AND THE INCREASE IN SIZE OF INDIVIDUAL AIRCRAFT, RUNWAYS HAD TO BE MODIFIED: THEY HAD TO BE EXTENDED AND STRENGTHENED, AND STRICTER CHARACTERISTICS AS REGARDS PROFILES WERE REQUIRED. THE WIDTH OF THE RUNWAYS REMAINED THE SAME UNTIL THE INTRODUCTION OF JUMBO JETS. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Editeur Dunod

  26 Boulevard de l'Hopital
  Paris 5e,   France 
• Authors:
  • Meunier, G
  • Slama, R
• Publication Date: 1971-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 33-39
• Serial:
  • Construction (France)
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Editeur Dunod
  • ISSN: 0010-6682

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Airports; Design; Jet propelled aircraft; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airport design; Profiles
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Highways; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205651
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 12 1973 12:00AM