Railways, Harbours, Tunneling and Airports Civil 5th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme (Professional Elective-1)

Railways, Harbours, Tunneling and Airports detail syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17CV552), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other civil 5th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Civil 5th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-1 subjects do refer to Professional Elective-1. The detail syllabus for railways, harbours, tunneling and airports is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to

1. Understand the history and development, role of railways, railway planning and development based on essential criteria’s.
2. Learn different types of structural components, engineering properties of the materials, to calculate the material quantities required for construction
3. Understand various aspects of geometric elements, points and crossings, significance of maintenance of tracks.
4. Design and plan airport layout, design facilities required for runway, taxiway and impart knowledge about visual aids
5. Apply design features of tunnels, harbours, dock and necessary navigational aids; also expose them to various methods of tunneling and tunnel accessories.

Module 1

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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

Harbour and Tunnel Engineering: Definition of Basic Terms: Planning and Design of Harbours: Requirements, Classification, Location and Design Principles – Harbour Layout and Terminal Facilities , Coastal Structures, Inland Water Transport – Wave action on Coastal Structures and Coastal Protection Works. Tunneling: Introduction, size and shape of the tunnel, tunneling methods in soils, tunnel lining, tunnel drainage and ventilation.

Module 4

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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 of Taxiway Design, Airport Zones, Passenger Facilities and Services, Runway and Taxiway Markings and lighting.

Course Outcomes:

After studying this course, students will be able to:

1. Acquires capability of choosing alignment and also design geometric aspects of railway system, runway and taxiway.
2. Suggest and estimate the material quantity required for laying a railway track and also will be able to determine the hauling capacity of a locomotive.
3. Develop layout plan of airport, harbor, dock and will be able relate the gained knowledge to identify required type of visual and/or navigational aids for the same.
4. Apply the knowledge gained to conduct surveying, understand the tunneling activities.

Text Books:

1. Saxena Subhash C and Satyapal Arora, A Course in Railway Engineering, Dhanpat Rai and Sons, Delhi.
2. Satish Chandra and Agarwal M.M, Railway Engineering, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
3. Khanna S K, Arora M G and Jain S S, Airport Planni ng and Design, Nemchand and Brothers, Roorkee,
4. C Venkatramaiah,Transportation Engineering, Volume II: Railways, Airports, Docks and Harbours, Bridges and Tunnels, Universities Press
5. Bindra S P, A Course in Docks and Harbour Engineering, Dhanpat Rai and Sons, New Delhi

Reference Books:

1. Oza.H.P. and Oza.G.H., A course in Docks & Harbour Engineering. Charotar Publishing Co.,
2. Mundrey J.S. A course in Railway Track Engineering. Tata McGraw Hill
3. Srinivasan R. Harbour, Dock and Tunnel Engineering , 26th Edition 2013

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Civil, 2017 regulation do visit Civil 5th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.

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