Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CE3302 : Advanced Transportation Engineering { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. Aditya Kumar Das
Syllabus
Module I: Track and track stresses Train resistances and hauling power of locomotives.
Module II: 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.
Module III: Control of train movements Signals and interlocking Modernisation of railways and future trends Track standards and track rehabilitation.
Module IV: 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.
Module V: Design principles of critical, semi-critical, non-critical airport pavements- FAA and PCA methods.
Module VI: 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 of railway safety
- Knowledge of railway alignment track and design
- Knowledge of planning and orientation of airport elements
- Knowledge on Design and planning of airport
Course Outcomes
CO1: Understand the basic concepts of railway and airport elements and their planning and design <br />CO2: Get acquainted with the various railway track components and their design aspects <br />CO3: Understand the different control methods of train movements <br />CO4: Understand airport design and planning as per ICAO standards <br />CO5: Understand site investigation and landscaping of airport
Essential Reading
- Chandra, S., and Agarwal, M. M, Railway Engineering, Oxford University Press , 1st Edition
- Horonjeff, R., McKelvey, F. X., Sproule, W. J., and Young, S. B, Planning & Design of Airports, Mc Graw Hill , 5th Edition
Supplementary Reading
- S. C. Saxena, Airport Engineering: Planning & Design, CBS PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS PVT LTD , 1st Edition
- S. C. Saxena and S. P. Arora, A Text Book Of Railway Engineering Paperback, Dhanpat Rai Publications (p) Ltd.-new Delhi , 2010