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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