Masters Theses
Abstract
"This thesis is a study for determining the most economical design for the pavements of Adana Airport. It is a study of redesigning efficient and safe runways and necessary taxiways for a future service life of thirty years.
Adana is Turkey’s 6th largest city. It is a growing city. An airport in Adana also serves tor industrial purposes, serves for transcontinental airway systems. In Adana there is an important Nato Base and in a future war such an airport can be used for military purposes. For these reasons, it was decided to construct a class 4 airport* for the city.
The thesis will consist of two parts: The first part will be about planning an airport, consisting of Meteorological Data, Wind Rose and Drainage. The second part will be about designing pavements of the airport.
* Class 4 airport according to classifications of airports, Civil Aeronautics Administration Airport Service, is for largest aircraft now in use and those planned tor the immediate future"--Introduction, page 1.
Advisor(s)
Eshbaugh, Clifford Wayne
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Civil Engineering
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1959
Pagination
vi, 53 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 44).
Rights
© 1959 Erkmen Erkmen, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Runways (Aeronautics) -- Design and construction
Taxiways -- Design and construction
Airports -- Design and construction
Pavements, Concrete
Thesis Number
T 1209
Print OCLC #
5926956
Electronic OCLC #
946040851
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Erkmen, Erkmen, "Design of plain concrete runways and taxiways of a class 4 airport" (1959). Masters Theses. 5545.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/5545
