Railway, Harbours, Tunnelling and Airports detailed Syllabus for Civil Engineering (CIVIL), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU CIVIL 6th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Civil Engineering 6th Sem 2018 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-1) subjects refer to Professional Elective-1 Scheme. The detail syllabus for railway, harbours, tunnelling and airports is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Module 1
Railway Planning: 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(Explanation & Sketches of Right and Left hand turnouts only).
Module 2
Railway Construction and Maintenance: Earthwork-Stabilization of track on poor soil, Calculation of Materials required for track laying-Construction and maintenance of tracks-Modern methods of construct ion & maintenance-Railway stations and yards and passenger amenities- Urban rail-Infrastructure for Metro, Mono and underground railways.
Module 3
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Module 4
Airport Planning: Air transport characteristics, airport classification, air port planning: objectives, components, layout characteristics, and socio-economic characteristics of the catchment area, criteria for airport site selection and ICAO stipulations, typical airport layouts, Parking and circulation area.
Module 5
Airport Design: Runway Design: Orientation, Wind Rose Diagram, Runway length, Problems on basic and Actual Length, Geometric design of runways, Configuration and Pavement Design Principles, Elements ofTaxiway Design, Airport Zones, Passenger Facilities and Services, Runway and Taxiway Markings and lighting.
Course Outcomes:
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Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Saxena Subhash C and Satyapal Arora, A Course in Railway Engineering, Dhanpat Rai and Sons, Delhi.
- Satish Chandra and Agarwal M. M,Railway Engineering, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press,New Delhi.
- Khanna S K, Arora M G and Jain S S,Airport Planning and Design, Nemch and and Brothers, Roorkee.
- CVenkatramaiah,TransportationEngineering,VolumeII:Railways,Airports,DocksandHarbours,Bridgesand Tunnels, Universities Press.
- Bindra S P, A Course in Docks and Harbour Engineering, Dhanpat Rai and Sons, New Delhi.
Reference Books:
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For the detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE (CIVIL) 6th Sem, visit Civil Engineering 6th Sem Subjects.
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