CE3405: Highway and Railway Engineering syllabus for Civil 2021 regulation

Highway and Railway Engineering detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Civil students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Civil Engineering 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 4th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of highway and railway engineering is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING 9 Classification of highways – Institutions for Highway planning, design and construction at different levels – factors influencing highway alignment -Typical cross sections of Urban and Rural roads -Engineering surveys for alignment- Conventional and Modern method

Unit II

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Unit III

HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 9 Highway construction materials, properties, testing methods – Construction practice of flexible and concrete pavement- Highway drainage – Evaluation and Maintenance of pavements.

Unit IV

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Unit V

RAILWAY TRACK CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION 9 Points and Crossings – Design of Turnouts, Working Principle-Track Circuiting – Construction & Maintenance – Conventional, Modern methods and Materials, Lay outs of Railway Stations and Yards, Rolling Stock, Tractive Power, Track Resistance – Role of Indian Railways in National Development – Railways for Urban Transportation – LRT & MRTS Feasibility study, Planning and construction.

Course Outcomes:

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Text Books:

1. Khanna.S. K., Justo.C.E.G and Veeraragavan A. “Highway Engineering”, Nemchand Publishers, 2014.
2. Subramanian K.P., “Highways, Railways, Airport and Harbour Engineering”, Scitech Publications (India), Chennai,2010
3. Kadiyali.L.R. “Principles and Practice of Highway Engineering”, Khanna Technical Publications, 6th edition Delhi,2015.
4. C.Venkatramaiah., Transportation Engineering-Vol.2 Railways, Airports, Docks and Harbours, Bridges and Tunnels.,Universities Press (India) Private Limited, Hyderabad, 2015.

Reference Books:

1. Indian Road Congress (IRC), Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements, (Third Revision), IRC:37-2012
2. Indian Road Congress (IRC), Guidelines for the Design of Plain Jointed Rigid Pavements for Highways, ( Third Revision), IRC:58-2012
3. Yang H. Huang, “Pavement Analysis and Design”, Pearson Education Inc, Nineth Impression, South Asia,2012
4. Ian D. Walsh, “ICE manual of highway design and management”, ICE Publishers, Ist Edition, USA,2011
5. Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn and Walter P.Kilareski, “Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis”, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,2011
6. Garber and Hoel, “Principles of Traffic and Highway Engineering”, CENGAGE Learning, New Delhi,2010
7. OFlaherty.C.A “Highways, Butterworth – Heinemann, Oxford,2006
8. IRC-37-2012,The Indian roads Congress, Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements, NewDelhi
9. IRC 58-2012. The Indian Road Congress, Guideline for the Design of RigidPavements for Highways, NewDelhi
10. Saxena Subhash, C.and Satyapal Arora, A Course in Railway Engineering, Dhanapat Rai and Sons, Delhi, 1998.

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Civil Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit Civil 4th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

For all Civil Engineering results, visit Anna University Civil all semester results direct link.