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CE-404 · TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING –I/Official Syllabus

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING –I (CE-404) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Introduction, Tractive resistances & Permanent way

  • Principles of Transportation, transportation by Roads, railways, Airways, Waterways, their importance and limitations
  • Route Surveys and alignment, railway track, development and gauges
  • Hauling capacity and tractive effort
  • Rails: types, welding of rails, wear and tear of rails, rail creep
  • Sleepers: types and comparison, requirement of a good sleeper, sleeper density
  • Rail fastenings: types, Fish plates, fish bolts, spikes, bearing plates, chain keys, check and guard rails
  • Ballast: Requirement of good ballast, various materials used as ballast, quantity of ballast
  • Different methods of plate laying, material trains, and calculation of materials required, relaying of track
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Unit 2

Geometric Design ; Station & Yards; Points and Crossings & Signaling and interlocking

  • Formation, cross sections, Super elevation, Equilibrium, Cant and cant deficiency, various curves, speed on curves
  • Types locations, general equipments, layouts, marshalling yards
  • Definition, layout details, design of simple turnouts
  • Types of signals in stations and yards, principles of signaling and inter-locking
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Unit 3

Bridge Site Investigation and Planning ; Loading Standards & Component parts

  • Selection of site, alignment, collection of bridge design data : essential surveys, hydraulic design, scour depth of bridge foundation, Economical span, clearance, afflux
  • type of road & railway bridges : Design loads and forces, Impact factor, Indian loading standards for Railways Bridges and Highway Bridges
  • Bridge super structure and sub-structures, abutments, piers, wing walls, return walls, approaches, floors & flooring system, choice of super structure
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Unit 4

Bridge Foundations, Construction, Testing and Strengthening of Bridges

  • Different types of foundation: piles and wells, sinking of wells, coffer-dams
  • Choice of bridges and choice of materials, details of construction underwater and above water, sheet piles coffer dams
  • Erection of bridges, girders, equipments and plants, inspection and data collection, strengthening of bridges, Bridge failure
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Unit 5

Tunnels

  • Selection of route, Engineering surveys, alignment, shape and size of tunnel, bridge action, pressure relief phenomenon, Tunnel approaches, Shafts, pilot shafts
  • Construction of tunnels in soft soil, hard soil and rock
  • Different types of lining, methods of lining
  • Mucking operation, Drainage and ventilation
  • Examples of existing important tunnels in India and abroad

Laboratory Experiments

  • Collection of different types of photographs showing: a. Various bridge types, b. Rail tracks, c. Tunnels
  • Hydraulic design of bridges
  • Various modern large span bridges: Pre stressed bridges and launching process
  • Visit of Railway bridges for rehabilitation
  • Visit of Railway Over Bridges and Under Bridges

Reference Books

  • Principles of transportation engineering — Chakraborty, Das — PHI
  • Railway Engineering — Rangwala SC — Charotar Publication House, Anand
  • Bridge Engineering — Rangwala SC — Charotar Publication House, Anand
  • Bridge Engineering — Ponnuswamy — TMH
  • Railway Engineering — Arora, Saxena — Dhanpat Rai & Sons
  • Railway Track — K.F. Antia
  • Principles and Practice of Bridge Engineering — S.P. Bindra — Dhanpat Rai & Sons
  • Bridge Engineering — J.S. Alagia — Charotar Publication House, Anand
  • Railway, Bridges & Tunnels — Dr. S.C. Saxena
  • Harbour, Docks & Tunnel Engineering — R. Srinivasan
  • Essentials of Bridge Engg. — I.J. Victor
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