Airports, Railways and Waterways detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (CIVIL), R18 regulation has been taken from the JNTUHs official website and presented for the students of B.Tech Civil Engineering branch affiliated to JNTUH course structure. For Course Code, Course Titles, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the universities official website.
For all the other CIVIL 4th Year 2nd Sem Syllabus for B.Tech R18 Regulation JNTUH scheme, visit Civil Engineering 4th Year 2nd Sem R18 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-6) subjects refer to Professional Elective-6 Scheme. The detail syllabus for airports, railways and waterways is as follows.
Course Objective:
the objectives of the course are to
- Deal with the characteristics of aircrafts related to airport design; runway and taxiway design, runway orientation, length, grading and drainage.
- Introduce component of railway tracks, train resistance, crossing, signaling, high speed tracks and Metro Rail.
- Explain the classes of harbors, features, planning and design of port facilities.
Course Outcome:
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Unit – I
Airport Engineering: Introduction to Air Transportation – Aircraft Characteristics – Factors Affecting Selection of site for Airport – Aprons – Taxiway – Hanger – Geometric design – Computation of Runway Length, Correction for Runway Length, Orientation of Runway, Wind Rose Diagram
Unit – II
Introduction to Railways: Role of Indian Railways in national development – Railways for Urban Transportation – LRT , Mono Rail, Metro Rail and MRTS. Permanent Way: Components and their Functions: Rails – Types of Rails, Rail Fastenings, Concept of Gauges, Coning of Wheels, Creeps and kinks Sleepers – Functions, Materials, Density – Functions, Materials, Ballast, Subgrade and Embankments, Ballast less Tracks.
Unit – III
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Unit – IV
Track maintenance and Operation: Points and Crossings – Turnouts, Stations and Yards – Level Crossings. Signaling and Interlocking – Track Circuiting – Track Maintenance.
Unit – V
Dock and Harbour Engineering: Water Transportation: Ports and Harbours – Types of water transportation, water transportation in India, Ports and harbours: requirements, classification. Harbour works: breakwaters, jetties, fenders, piers, wharves, dolphins, etc., Navigational aids: types, requirements, light house, beacon lights, buoys, Port facilities: general layout, development, planning, facilities, terminals. Docks and repair facilities: design, dry docks, wet docks, slipways, Locks and lock gates: materials, size, Dredging: classification, dredgers, uses of dredged materials.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Subhash C. Saxena (2008) Airport Engineering, Planning and Design, CBS Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi. (Reprint 2015)
- R. Srinivasan (2016), Harbour, Dock and Tunnel Engineering 28th Edition, Charotar Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
- Saxena SC and Arora S C (2010) A Text Book of Railway Engineering Paperback – 2010, Dhanpat Rai Publications (Reprint 2015)
- Robert Horonjeff, Francis X. McKelvey, Willian J Sproule, Seth B. Young (2010), Planning and Design of Airports, McGraw-Hill Professional.
- Transportaion Engineering by R. Srinivasa Kumar, University Press India
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of B.Tech Civil Engineering 4th Year 2nd Sem , visit CIVIL 4th Year 2nd Sem syllabus subjects.
For B.Tech Civil Engineering (CIVIL) 4th Year results, visit JNTUH B.Tech Civil Engineering semester results direct link.