JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

the objectives of the course are to

• Deal with the characteristics of aircrafts related to airport design; runway and taxiway design, runway orientation, length, grading and drainage.
• Introduce component of railway tracks, train resistance, crossing, signaling, high speed tracks and Metro Rail.
• Explain the classes of harbors, features, planning and design of port facilities.

Course Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students will develop:

• An ability to design of runways and taxiways.
• An ability to design the infrastructure for large and small airports
• An ability to design various crossings and signals in Railway Projects.
• An ability plan the harbors and ports projects including the infrastructure required for new ports and harbors.

UNIT - I

Airport Engineering: Introduction to Air Transportation - Aircraft Characteristics - Factors Affecting Selection of site for Airport – Aprons – Taxiway – Hanger – Geometric design - Computation of Runway Length, Correction for Runway Length, Orientation of Runway, Wind Rose Diagram

UNIT - II

Introduction to Railways: Role of Indian Railways in national development – Railways for Urban Transportation – LRT , Mono Rail, Metro Rail & MRTS. Permanent Way: Components and their Functions: Rails - Types of Rails, Rail Fastenings, Concept of Gauges, Coning of Wheels, Creeps and kinks Sleepers – Functions, Materials, Density – Functions, Materials, Ballast, Subgrade and Embankments, Ballast less Tracks.

UNIT - III

Geometric Design of Railway Track: Gradients and Grade Compensation, Super-Elevation, Widening of Gauges in Curves, Transition Curves, Horizontal/Vertical Curves.

UNIT - IV

Track maintenance and Operation: Points and Crossings - Turnouts, Stations and Yards - Level Crossings. Signaling and Interlocking - Track Circuiting - Track Maintenance.

UNIT - V

Dock & Harbour Engineering: Water Transportation: Ports and Harbours - Types of water transportation, water transportation in India, Ports and harbours: requirements, classification. Harbour works: breakwaters, jetties, fenders, piers, wharves, dolphins, etc., Navigational aids: types, requirements, light house, beacon lights, buoys, Port facilities: general layout, development, planning, facilities, terminals. Docks and repair facilities: design, dry docks, wet docks, slipways, Locks and lock gates: materials, size, Dredging: classification, dredgers, uses of dredged materials.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Venkataramaiah C(2016), “Transportation Engineering Vol II – Railways, Airports, Docks, Harbors, Bridges and Tunnels”, Universities Press (India) Private Limited, Hyderabad
• 2. J S Mundrey, Railway Track Engineering (5th Edition) McGraw Hill Education 2017

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Subhash C. Saxena (2008) Airport Engineering, Planning and Design, CBS Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi. (Reprint 2015)
• 2. R. Srinivasan (2016), Harbour, Dock and Tunnel Engineering 28th Edition, Charotar Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
• 3. Saxena SC and Arora S C (2010) A Text Book of Railway Engineering Paperback – 2010, Dhanpat Rai Publications (Reprint 2015)
• 4. Robert Horonjeff, Francis X. McKelvey, Willian J Sproule, Seth B. Young (2010), Planning & Design of Airports, McGraw-Hill Professional.
• 5. Transportaion Engineering by R. Srinivasa Kumar, University Press India