Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CE4301 : Advanced Transportation Engineering { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. Ujjal Chattaraj
Syllabus
Track and track stresses, Train resistances and hauling power of locomotives Railway track components: Important features, Railway curves, Superelevation, Gradients and grade compensation, Points and crossing and their design approaches. Construction and maintenance of railway track, Control of train movements Signals and interlocking, Modernisation of railways and future trends Track standards and track rehabilitation.
Classification of airports- ICAO standards Planning for airport- Airport components- Zoning laws Runways- orientation and geometric design- Runway patterns Taxiways- alignment- geometry and turning radius- exit taxiways Aprons- planning and design Design principles of critical, semi-critical, non-critical airport pavements- FAA and PCA methods Airport hangars- their planning and design criteria Airport landscaping, grading and drainage- general aspects Airport terminal and amenities Airport lighting and marking.
Course Objectives
- Knowledge on railway safety
- Knowledge on railway alignment track and design
- Knowledge of planning and orientation of airport elements
- Design and planning of airport
Course Outcomes
Mastery on railway and airport elements and planning
Essential Reading
- J.S. Mundrey, Railway Track Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill Co. Ltd.
- N.J. Ashford, P.H. Wright, Airport Engineering, John Wiley
Supplementary Reading
- S. Chandra and Aqarwal, Railway Engineering, Oxford University Press
- De N. Richard, & Odoni, Airport Systems: Planning, Design, and Management, McGraw Hill Amedeo