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Transport and distribution : made simple /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
W.H, Allen,
1975.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Transport and Distribution: Made Simple; Copyright Page; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; CHAPTER ONE. TRANSPORT AND THE MODERN WORLD; Transport in the Framework of Production; The Nature of the Modern World; The Pattern of Trading Nations; The Growth of Population; The Increasing Affluence of Nations; The Decline of Strategical Interferences with Transport; The Search for Increasing Efficiency in Transport; Transport and the Environment; The Study of Transport; Suggested Further Reading; CHAPTER TWO. THE FUNCTION OF TRANSPORT; Transport and Economics
- The Demand for TransportBridging the Producer-Consumer Gaps; The Concept of 'Safe Arrival'; Transport-An Economic Catalyst; The Provision of Transport; Suggested Further Reading; CHAPTER THREE. THE PHYSICAL COMPONENTS OF TRANSPORT: PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS; Introduction; The Need to Keep All Forms of Transport Moving; The Components of a Transport System; Suggested Further Reading; CHAPTER FOUR. THE PHYSICAL COMPONENTS OF TRANSPORT: THE WAY; Definition; Natural Ways; Natural Ways Artificially Improved; Artificial Ways; The Ownership of Ways; Publicly Owned Public Ways
- Privately Owned Public WaysThe Control of Ways; The Characteristics of Different Ways; Roadways; Railways; Waterways; Seaways; Airways; Pipelines; Suggested Further Reading; CHAPTER FIVE. THE PHYSICAL COMPONENTS OF TRANSPORT: THE TERMINAL; Introduction; Functions of the Terminal; The Effect of Traffic Characteristics on Terminals; The Location of Terminals; The Location of Terminals Road and Rail; Airports; Ports; Services and Facilities Required at Terminals; Road Transport; Rail Transport; Air Transport; Sea Transport; Pipeline Transport; Suggested Further Reading
- CHAPTER SIX. THE PHYSICAL COMPONENTS OF TRANSPORT: THE UNIT OF CARRIAGEIntroduction; Principles in the Design of Units of Carriage; The Need to Embrace the Widest Possible Market; The Requirements of the Particular Way; The Requirements of the Traffic; Ergonomie Aspects; Cheapness; The Unit of Carriage and the Unit of Propulsion; Units of Carriage by Road; Passenger Units; Goods Units; Units of Carriage by Rail; Passenger Units; Goods Units; Units of Carriage by Sea; General Cargo Ships; Cellular Container Ships; Roll-on Roll-off Ships; Barge-carrying Vessels; Very Large Crude Carriers
- L.N.G. CarriersClean Product Carriers and L.P.G. Carriers; Hydrofoils; Hovercraft; Units of Carriage by Air; A Typical Unit of Passenger Carriage-the Boeing 747; Concorde-the Supersonic Unit of Air Carriage; The Air Freighter; Pipelines and Tubes; Suggested Further Reading; CHAPTER SEVEN. THE PHYSICAL COMPONENTS OF TRANSPORT: MOTIVE POWER; Introduction; Types of Prime Mover; Steam Engines; Electric Motors; Internal Combustion Engines; Turbines; Jet Engines; Motive Power and Road Haulage; Motive Power and Railways; Aircraft Power Units; STOL and VTOL Technology; Motive Power at Sea