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Ivy MOUCHEL: Surface Characteristics Designer
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Jérôme PETITJEAN: Pavement design engineer - Service technique des bases aériennes (STBA) - French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC)
INTRODUCTION
Most of the problems posed by the design and construction of movement areas are not specific to aerodromes: they arise in much the same way when designing and building roads and freeways. The general texts applicable to public works, and in particular the Cahiers des clauses techniques générales (cf. ), also apply to work on aerodromes, subject to the differences that will be indicated.
This article does not, therefore, claim to describe all the design methods and construction procedures used in the design of aerodromes, but rather to highlight the elements that are specific to them.
This article concludes a series devoted to airfields:
Aerodromes. Description and classification ;
Airfields. Design ;
Aerodromes. Local data taken into account ;
Airfields. Construction [C 4 453] ;
Aerodromes. For further information
[Doc. C 4 454]
Readers are referred to the article Road design and construction and [C 5 501] in this treatise.
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References
Organizations
French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC)
Readers will find a regularly updated list of regulatory and technical documents on the DGAC website, where they can also obtain books and magazines.
French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME)
Standardization
French Standards Association (AFNOR)
- Bitumes et liants bitumeux. Spécification des bitumes routiers. - NF EN 12591 - 12-1999
- Bitumes et liants bitumeux. Détermination de la pénétrabilité à l'aiguille. - NF EN 1426 - 12-1999
- Sols : reconnaissance et essais - Indice CBR après inversion -...
Regulations
The French Civil Aviation, Environment and Urban Planning Codes can be consulted on the following website: http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr
Regulatory documents are also available on the DGAC website: http://www.dgac.fr
Environment
Law no. 96-1236 of December 30, 1956 - Law on air and the rational use of energy.
Law no. 75-633...
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