AIRPORT DRAINAGE SYSTEM
AIRPORT DRAINAGE SYSTEM Airport drainage system is similar to highway drainage system. An airport should have a well designed functional drainage system. Lack of well designed airport drainage system may compromise the safety of whole airport system. So, airport drainage system can be termed as the process of removing and controlling the excess of water or flood from the pavements, runways, taxiways, aprons etc. It is quite similar to highway drainage but airports have special challenges and drainage problems. It is seen that airports occupy vast amount of flat lands, so an integrated drainage system is required for airports for the removal of surface and sub surface water. DRAINAGE DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF AIRPORT 1) RUNOFF ESTIMATION 2) COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF RUNOFF 3) SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE NOW, For the estimation of runoff, one should have the basic information about: 1) RAINFALL ...