CE8702 Railways, Airports, Docks and Harbour Engineering Syllabus:
CE8702 Railways, Airports, Docks and Harbour Engineering Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2017
OBJECTIVES:
- To introduce the students about Railways planning, design, construction and maintenance and planning design principles of airport and harbour
UNIT I RAILWAY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
Elements of permanent way – Rails, Sleepers, Ballast, rail fixtures and fastenings, Selection of gauges – Track Stress, coning of wheels, creep in rails, defects in rails – Route alignment surveys, conventional and modern methods–Geometric design of railway, gradient, super elevation, widening of gauge on curves- Level Crossings.
UNIT II RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
Earthwork – Stabilization of track on poor soil – Track drainage – Calculation of Materials required for track laying – Construction and maintenance of tracks – Railway Station and yards and passenger amenities-Signaling
UNIT III AIRPORT PLANNING
Air transport characteristics – airport classification – ICAO – airport planning: Site selection typical Airport Layouts, Case Studies, parking and Circulation Area
UNIT IV AIRPORT DESIGN
Runway Design: Orientation, Wind Rose Diagram, Problems on basic and Actual Length, Geometric Design – Elements of Taxiway Design – Airport Zones – Passenger Facilities and Services – Runway and Taxiway Markings.
UNIT V HARBOUR ENGINEERING
Definition of Basic Terms: Harbour, Port, Satellite Port, Docks, Waves and Tides – Planning and Design of Harbours: Harbour Layout and Terminal Facilities – Coastal Structures: Piers, Break waters, Wharves, Jetties, Quays, Spring Fenders, Dolphins and Floating Landing Stage – Inland Water Transport – Wave action on Coastal Structures and Coastal Protection Works – Coastal Regulation Zone, 2011
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Subramanian K.P., Highways, Railways, Airport and Harbour Engineering, V Scitech Publications (India), Chennai, 2010
2. Saxena Subhash, C. and Satyapal Arora, A Course in Railway Engineering, Dhanapat Rai and Sons, Delhi, 1998
3. Khanna. S.K. Arora. M. G and Jain. S. S, Airport Planning and Design, Nemachand and Bros, Roorkee, 1994
REFERENCES:
1. Venkatramaiah. C., Transportation Engineering-Vol.2 Railways, Airports, Docks and Harbours, Bridges and Tunnels., Universities Press (India) Private Limited, Hyderabad, 2015.
2. Mundrey J S, Railway Track Engineering, McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Ltd, New Delhi, 2013