Seismic Resiliency Guidelines for Horizontal Airside Infrastructure

Airports provide critical functions in their communities by providing connections to the national airspace system, serving as staging areas for emergency services, and providing critical access to remote communities. Airports have significant investments in horizontal infrastructure (e.g., pavements, utility runs, and drainage), which are at risk from a seismic event. Although the concept of addressing vertical structures to withstand seismic activity is now established practice, minimal research has been done to incorporate seismic resiliency in horizontal structures in airport settings, particularly within the air operations area (AOA). As airports seek to make their facilities more resilient, practitioners need to understand what is known about the issues and consider the benefits and challenges of incorporating seismic resiliency into the design and management of horizontal infrastructure. Research is needed to review available evidence-based principles and practices and develop guidelines to help critical and vulnerable airports incorporate seismic resiliency into their horizontal infrastructure. The objective of this research is to develop a primer and framework for airports to include seismic resiliency in their critical horizontal infrastructure planning within the AOA.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5589
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $400000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 07-27

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Airport Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Project Managers:

  Murthy, Krishna

• Start Date: 20240626
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Disaster resilience; Earthquake resistant design; Guidelines; Infrastructure
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Maintenance and Preservation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01889754
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 07-27
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 8 2023 6:52AM