Airport pavement design and valuation: Introduction of Boeing 777 and Airbus A-380

Abstract

Some aspects of airport pavement design and evaluation have been discussed with the intention of highlighting the available methods for the design and evaluation of airport pavement to cater for the new generation of super-sized aircraft such as Boeing 777 and Airbus A-380. The layered elastic design theory has been presented together with a brief discussion on some important aspects of pavement design, pavement evaluation, the ACN/PCN system and overlays design.