NITH SYLLABUS

CE-323RAILWAYS AND AIRPORTS
CreditsLTP
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UNIT-1

PLANNING OF RAILWAYS
  • Significance of Road
  • Rail
  • Air and Water transports Coordination of all modes to achieve sustainability
  • Route alignment surveys
  • Soil suitability analysis
  • Railway stations and yards
  • Passenger amenities

UNIT-2

RAILWAY DESIGN
  • Elements of permanent way Rails
  • Sleepers
  • Ballast
  • Rail fixtures and fastenings
  • Track Stress
  • Coning of wheels
  • Creep in rails
  • Signaling and interlocking
  • Geometric design of railways
  • Gradient
  • Super elevation
  • Points and Crossings

UNIT-3

AIRPORT PLANNING
  • Air transport characteristics-airport classification-air port planning: objectives
  • Components
  • Layout characteristics
  • Criteria for airport site selection and ICAO stipulations
  • Typical airport layouts
  • Parking and circulation area
  • Airport Zones
  • Passenger Facilities and Services

UNIT-4

AIRPORT DESIGN
  • Runway Design: Orientation
  • Wind Rose Diagram
  • Runway length
  • Geometric design of runways
  • Configuration and Pavement Design Principles
  • Elements of Taxiway Design
  • Runway and Taxiway Markings and lighting
BOOKS
  1. A Course in Railway Engineering by Saxena Subhash C and Satyapal Arora, Dhanpat Rai and Sons.
  2. Airport Planning and Design by Khanna S K, Arora M G and Jain S S, Nemchand and Brothers, Roorkee
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