Planning and Design of Roads, Airfields, and Heliports in the Theater of Operations-airfield and Heliport Design


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Field Manual (FM) 5-430 is intended for use as a training guide and reference text for engineer personnel responsible for planning, designing, and constructing roads, airfields, and heliports in the theater of operations (TO). FM 5-430 is divided into two separate volumes to make it more user-friendly. FM 5-430-00-1/AFJPAM 32-8013, vol. 1, Road Design, encompasses Chapters 1 through 9 and Appendices A through H. FM 5-430-00-1/AFJPAM 32-8013, Vol. 1 is a stand-alone volume for the design of TO roads. This volume also serves as a detailed description of information common to both roads and airfields, such as site selection, survey and earthwork, clearing and grubbing, base and subbase courses, and drainage.







Technical Manual


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Pits and Quarries


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Field Manual


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Membrane-enveloped Soil Layers as Base Courses for Airfields


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The manual provides information and guidance for the design, construction, and maintenance of membrane-enveloped soil layers (MESL) as base courses on airfields in the theater of operations (TO). In the absence of conventional base course materials, an adequate runway base can be built from purely fine-grained soils using the techniques of MESL-type construction described herein. (Author).