Module 1
Introduction: Comparison of highway and railway. Modern developments – Surface elevated and tube railways.
Design of railway track: Component parts of a railway track – their requirements and functions – Typical cross section – conning of wheels – wear and creep of rails – rail fastenings – Train resistances and evaluation of loading capacity.
Geometric design of railway track: Horizontal curves, radius – super elevation – cant deficiency – transition curves – gradients – different types – Compensation of gradients.
Module 2
Railway operation and control: Points and Crossings – Design features of a turn out – Types of railway track – Functions – Details of station yards and marshalling yards – Signaling and interlocking – Principles of track circuiting – Control of train movements by absolute block system – automatic block system – centralised traffic control systems.
Introduction: Comparison of highway and railway. Modern developments – Surface elevated and tube railways.
Design of railway track: Component parts of a railway track – their requirements and functions – Typical cross section – conning of wheels – wear and creep of rails – rail fastenings – Train resistances and evaluation of loading capacity.
Geometric design of railway track: Horizontal curves, radius – super elevation – cant deficiency – transition curves – gradients – different types – Compensation of gradients.
Module 2
Railway operation and control: Points and Crossings – Design features of a turn out – Types of railway track – Functions – Details of station yards and marshalling yards – Signaling and interlocking – Principles of track circuiting – Control of train movements by absolute block system – automatic block system – centralised traffic control systems.
Module 3
Tunnel Engineering: Tunnel sections – types, size and shapes – tun-nel surveying – alignment, transfering centre, grade into tunnel – tunneldriving procedure – tunnelling through soft soil (Fore Poling Method) and tunneling through hardsoil (Cantilever Car Dump Method) Tunnel lining,ventilation – lighting and drainage of tunnels.
Tunnel Engineering: Tunnel sections – types, size and shapes – tun-nel surveying – alignment, transfering centre, grade into tunnel – tunneldriving procedure – tunnelling through soft soil (Fore Poling Method) and tunneling through hardsoil (Cantilever Car Dump Method) Tunnel lining,ventilation – lighting and drainage of tunnels.
Module 4
Harbour Engineering: Classification of harbours and the effect of tides,winds and waves in the location and design of harbours; Break waters -necessity and functions – different types – forces acting on break water -design principles— construction of break waters – general study of pierheads – quays, landing stages – wharves, jetties, transit sheds andwarehouses – channel demarcation – signal characteristics (Beacons, buoys,channel lighting – light houses).
Harbour Engineering: Classification of harbours and the effect of tides,winds and waves in the location and design of harbours; Break waters -necessity and functions – different types – forces acting on break water -design principles— construction of break waters – general study of pierheads – quays, landing stages – wharves, jetties, transit sheds andwarehouses – channel demarcation – signal characteristics (Beacons, buoys,channel lighting – light houses).
Module 5
Dock Engineering: Functions and types of docks, dry docks, floating docks, slip ways, dock gates and caissons. Dredging – mechanical and hydraulic dredgers – general study of bucket ladder – dredger, grab dredger and dipper dredgers.
Dock Engineering: Functions and types of docks, dry docks, floating docks, slip ways, dock gates and caissons. Dredging – mechanical and hydraulic dredgers – general study of bucket ladder – dredger, grab dredger and dipper dredgers.
References
1. S.C. Rangawala, Railway Engineering, Chartor Publishing House
2. Saxena, Arora., Railway Engineering, Dhanpat rai & Sons
3. Subhash C. Saxena, Railway Engineering, Dhanpat rai & Sons
4. R. Srinivasan, Harbour, Dock & Tunnel Engineering, Chartor Publishing House
5. S.P.Bindra, Acourse in docks and Harbour Engineering, Dhanpat rai & Sons
2. Saxena, Arora., Railway Engineering, Dhanpat rai & Sons
3. Subhash C. Saxena, Railway Engineering, Dhanpat rai & Sons
4. R. Srinivasan, Harbour, Dock & Tunnel Engineering, Chartor Publishing House
5. S.P.Bindra, Acourse in docks and Harbour Engineering, Dhanpat rai & Sons
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