Railways, Airports and Harbour Engineering Syllabus for B.Tech 6th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Railways, Airports and Harbour Engineering B.Tech (R13) sixthsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES:
To expose the students to Railway planning, design, construction and maintenance and planning and design principles of Airports and Harbours.
UNIT I : RAILWAY PLANNING [10 hours]
Significance of Road, Rail, Air and Water transports – Coordination of all modes to achieve sustainability – Elements of permanent way – Rails, Sleepers, Ballast, rail fixtures and fastenings, – Track Stress, coning of wheels, creep in rails, defects in rails – Route alignment surveys, conventional and modern methods- – Soil suitability analysis – Geometric design of railways, gradient, super elevation, widening of gauge on curves- Points and Crossings.
UNIT II : RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE [9 hours]
Earthwork – Stabilization of track on poor soil –- Tunneling Methods, drainage and ventilation –- Calculation of Materials required for track laying – Construction and maintenance of tracks – Modern methods of construction & maintenance – Railway stations and yards and passenger amenities- Urban rail – Infrastructure for Metro, Mono and underground railways.
UNIT III : AIRPORT PLANNING [8 hours]
Air transport characteristics-airport classification-air port planning: objectives, components, layout characteristics, socio-economic characteristics of the Catchment area, criteria for airport site selection and ICAO stipulations, Typical airport layouts, Case studies, Parking and circulation area.
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[TOTAL: 45 PERIODS]
OUTCOMES:
On completing the course, the students will have the ability to Plan and Design various civil Engineering aspects of Railways, Airports and Harbour.
TEXTBOOKS:
- Saxena Subhash C and Satyapal Arora, “A Course in Railway Engineering”, Dhanpat Rai and Sons, Delhi, 2003
- Satish Chandra and Agarwal M.M, “Railway Engineering”, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2013.
- Khanna S K, Arora M G and Jain S S, “Airport Planning and Design”, Nemchand and Brothers, Roorkee, 2012.
- Bindra S P, “A Course in Docks and Harbour Engineering”, Dhanpat Rai and Sons, New Delhi, 2013
REFERENCES:
- Rangwala, “Railway Engineering”, Charotar Publishing House, 2013.
- Rangwala, “Airport Engineering”, Charotar Publishing House, 2013.
- Rangwala, “Harbor Engineering”, Charotar Publishing House, 2013.
- Oza.H.P. and Oza.G.H., “A course in Docks & Harbour Engineering”. Charotar Publishing Co., 2013
- Mundrey J.S. “A course in Railway Track Engineering”. Tata McGraw Hill, 2007.
- Srinivasan R. Harbour, “Dock and Tunnel Engineering”, 26th Edition 2013
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