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

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

Supplementary Reading