EVALUATION OF THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE AIRPORT MOVEMENT AREAS APPLYING THE ACN/PCN METHOD

Abstract

The thesis describes the current state of the evaluation of bearing capacity of airport movement area. The work is divided into four chapters. The first chapter focuses on general definitions and basic concepts of airfields and roads and continues to describe the materials needed for the construction of the airport road. The second chapter deals with a specific focus on the airport roads. It describes basic functions and requirements needed to meet all the standards necessary for their construction. A brief overview of the methods of assessing load capacity with closer focus on the method of ACN / PCN is found in the third chapter. The content of the fourth chapter is the most important because of the calculation of concrete pavements using Westergaard´s method. At the end of the chapter is the calculation using the selected critical aircraft B737 – 400.