Construction and Maintenance of Airfields

Abstract

The manual contains the general requirements for airfields, information about their elements, and about the methods of operational maintenance and repair of flying field and basic airport installations. Special attention is given to the unsurfaced flying strips. The book examines contemporary constructions of hard and soft coverings, including concrete, reinforced, prestressed - monolithic and composite, asphalt-concrete and rough coverings made of crushed stone and gravel mixtures, and also sectional coverings. Snow and ice coverings on airfields are described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 22, 1972
Accession Number
AD0759243

Entities

People

  • B. S. Rayev-bogoslovskii
  • G. I. Glushkov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Aqueous Solutions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Construction
  • Drops
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanics
  • Navigation
  • Passenger Aircraft
  • Safety Engineering
  • Surface Finishing

Readers

  • Pavement Materials Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.