CE41024: Airport And Railway Engineering

CE41024
Course name	Airport And Railway Engineering
Offered by	Civil Engineering
Credits	3
L-T-P	3-0-0
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Semester	Spring

Syllabus

Syllabus mentioned in ERP

Airports:- introduction; characteristics of aircrafts related to airport design; obstruction clearance criteria; Design of airside facilities - runway orientation, length, capacity, configuration and number, taxiway layout, design of fillets, high-speed exit taxiway, apron gate and circulation areas, hanger; design of landside facilities: terminal building functional areas and facilities, centralized and de-centralized concepts, vertical distribution; airport planning and site selection; airport pavement design; visual aids; drainage. Railways:- Introduction, classification of routes; railway gauge, coning of wheels and canting of rails, train resistance and hauling power; track components: rails, sleepers, fastenings, ballast and formation; geometric design of rail track; track stresses; turnouts and crossings, signals and control systems, welded rails