There are two main types of assets: capital or financial assets, and maintenance assets. Maintenance assets can be further divided into linear assets and non-linear assets. Linear assets have linear properties and are connected through infrastructure networks, such as roads, rail lines, and pipelines. Non-linear assets do not have linear properties and occupy space, like buildings, vehicles, equipment, and facilities.

1. Explain the different types of assets?
There are 2 types of assets
a) Capital or financial Assets
b) Maintenanace assets
Maintenance Assets can be classified into the following two types:
1) Linear Assets
Linear Assets have linear properties and are connected with each
other by their relationship with the linear infrastructure itself. i.e.
Networks
For example a metropolitan city which has a huge network of
subways & roadways. You can model them as linear assets in an Asset
Management system and the buildings, poles parks and terminals can
be represented as non-linear assets. The joins and overlaps of the
Linear Assets make up the networks and the non-linear assets can be
‘placed’ within that Network for positioning and tracking purposes.
Example are Roads, Rail lines and tracks ,Highways, airport runways,
harbors,Ports, Subways, cables, Waterways, Transmission Lines,
Water & Sewer pipe lines, Oil & Gas Pipelines
2) Non-Linear Assets
A non-linear asset does not have any linear property, occupies some
space as per dimension and can be tracked by its location or modeled
as part of a parent child hierarchy.
For example, Mobile assets such as fleet, vehicles, tools and
equipment, Fixed Physical assets i.e. plant, equipment, facility
,Component relationship based assets (aircraft, ship), Terminals, Rail
cars, Buses, Trucks, Buildings, Parks, Poles, Substations, Facilities,
Power Generating Plants & Equipment,Pumping Stations, Extraction
Facility.
Oracle EAM -
Different types of assets
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