THE DESIGN OF BRITISH AIRPORTS AUTHORITY PAVEMENTS

The British Airports Authority (BAA) owns and operates 7 major airports within the U.K., namely, the 3 London airports of Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted, together with Prestwick, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Glasgow in Scotland. This paper looks at the design of BAA pavements, and discusses loading, pavement types, including composite and flexible pavements, and plain, reinforced, and prestressed concrete pavements.

  • Corporate Authors:

    Purdue University

    School of Civil Engineering, 550 Stadium Mall Drive
    West Lafeyette, IN  United States  47907
  • Authors:
    • Calverley, MAA
  • Conference:
  • Publication Date: 1977

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Pagination: p. 97-106

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00824898
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Feb 21 2002 12:00AM