transportation the process whereby human beings transfer people and/or goods from one place to...

Transportation

The process whereby human beings transfer people and/or goods from one place to another

TRANSPORTATION PROCESSES

Routing

Determines the path the load will travel

Scheduling

Assigning a time for the travel

Loading

Physical placement of people and/or goods on or in a vehicle

Unloading

Removal of goods or allowing people to disembark

Storage

Stationery placement of goods and/or people

MODESOF

TRANSPORTATION

Land Transportation

A transportation system operating on or beneath the Earth’s surface

–example - car, truck, railroad, pipeline, conveyor belt, bicycle

Air Transportation

A mode of transportation using aircraft to move people and cargo to their destinations

–example - airplane, helicopter, glider

Space Transportation

A newer mode of transportation that uses unmanned and manned flights to explore the universe

–example - satellites, space shuttles, space stations

Water Transportation

A transportation system through, and supported by, water

–example - ships, sailboats, tugboats, ferries, submarines, tankers, ocean liners

Intermodal Transportation

What is it?

WATER TRANSPORTATION

KEY TERMS

Archimedes’ Principle

An object must displace an amount of water which is equal to its own weight

Buoyancy

The upward force a fluid exerts on a body placed in the fluid

Hull

The body of the boat; does not include the motor, sails or other “extra stuff”

Parts of a Vessel

Starboard

Port

SternBow