Research Article
May 1975
Method for Designing Airport Terminal Concepts
Publication: Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 101, Issue 2
Abstract
Much design effort in airport planning is expended on terminal concept development. Such a method has been developed and is introduced. It considers the terminal as a system of basic facilities that house the activities and links that represent the passenger traffic flow lines. The method uses heuristic programming to achieve an optimum design. The method is composed of three interacting algorithms: (1) the facility sizing algorithm; (2) the flight assignment algorithm; and (3) the facility layout algorithm. The output consists of a strategy for flight assignment, a layout showing the configuration of gate positions at the apron level, and a plan of terminal elements at three different building levels. The output is preliminary and should be taken as a benchmark for further concept development and design. Several hypothetical design problems were tested successfully.
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Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 101 • Issue 2 • May 1975
Pages: 321 - 355
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© 1975 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: May 1975
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
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John P. Braaksma, AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
John H. Shortreed
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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