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advantages and disadvantages of water transportthe following are the advantages of water transporta since the vessels
water transportationwater transport in its various forms is one of the most efficient forms of transport because of low fuel consumption low
keywords of airport managementair traffic control a system by which air routes flight rules for flying aircraft and navigational facilities are
maintenance of drainagemaintenance of drainage will ensure that the run-off is taken away from the runway efficiently the side ditches and buried
maintenance of airport pavementsmaintenance elementsthe maintenance of airport pavements is an important task of a civil engineer since the safe
airport lightinglighting of approach to runwaya good system of identification of the runway when landing is to provide six transverse cross-bars of
maintenance of terminal buildingall accessories such as lighting water sanitation telephone and public address system should be maintained in a good
construction of passenger terminal buildingthere are various concepts in planning and constructing passenger terminal buildings these are
airport managementairlinesa adequate space for each airline for ticketting check-in and baggage handling
passenger terminal buildingimportancein a civil airport the passenger terminal building is the centre of all activities it services both inbound and
landing systemsthere are two basic types of landing viz a visual landing when the weather conditions are favourable andb instrumented landing when
air traffic controlimportance of air traffic controlair traffic control is a system by which routes for flying aircraft are defined flight rules are
operation and maintenance of airport facilitiesthe operation and maintenance of airport facilities is very important for ensuring safety convenience
keywords related to air transportationairfieldairport the area which contains the
improvement of existing airportthe improvements that are usually needed for existing airports fall under the following categories
airport pavementairport pavements can bea flexible andb rigid cement concretesince cement
site selectionthe following consideration govern the choice of site for an airport a the area served must be able to
planning a new airportelements of airport planningthe elements of planning for a new airport are a demand
military and civil aircraftmilitary aircraft can be of several types such as a cargo carriers with capacity to carry heavy loads such as trucks and
basic definitions - air transportationa civil engineer dealing with airport engineering shall have to know the precise meaning of some terms these
air transportationair transportation has grown rapidly all over the world and in india too its main advantages are speed good safety record military
keywords related to railway linerailway station a facility along a railway line where trains stop and passengers are serviced and cargo is
track renewalneed for track renewalnormal maintenance is able to keep up the track standards only to a limited extent the track gets overaged or the
organisation set-upthe civil engineering department of the railways is responsible for the maintenance of railway lines the maintenance organisation
maintenance operationsthe maintenance operations cover various activities such asa making good rain cuts in embankmentb clearing the side ditches of