Description

Airport classification and site selection, wind analysis and wind rose construction, determination of runway basic length and corrections, aircrafts, components of airports, overall airport site, runways and holding aprons configurations, classification of airports soils, rail way engineering: definition, components of railway system, cross section basic design , railway platform, length, switching, signaling.

Program

M.Sc. in Transportation Engineering

Objectives

• The course aims at introducing the graduate student to both the basics of airport engineering and railway engineering in one designed graduate course to fill any possible gap in his/her undergraduate study.