CLE2005 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING L T P J C

Pre-Req CMT 2 0 0 4 3

Modules TOPICS L hrs SLO

Highway Engineering
Introduction to Transportation Systems, Classification of Roads, Highway
1 8 1,2,9
Planning - Road cross section - camber, gradient, Super elevation - Sight
distance - Horizontal and Vertical curve.
Highway Materials and Pavement Design
Highway materials soil, aggregate, bitumen testing and specifications -
2 4 5,17
types of pavements pavement design - pavement construction and
maintenance.
Railway Engineering
3 History and general features of Indian railways Permanent way - Rails, 3 2,11
sleepers, ballast and subgrade types and functions
Geometric Design
4 Geometric design of railway track - Curves and superelevation - Points and 4 6,9
crossings -Railway stations and yards - Signaling and interlocking.
Airport Engineering
5 2 2,11
Air transportation in India - Airport classifications - Airport site selection.
Geometric design of Runway
Aircraft characteristics - Runway configurations wind rose and orientation
6 of runway - runway length- Corrections to runway length - runway geometric 5 6,12,14
design taxiway, exit taxiway, aprons, hangars aircraft parking
configuration and parking system - Landing and Visual aids
Harbour Engineering
7 Water transportation Harbours and ports - Classification Features of 2 2,5,6
harbour Breakwaters Docks Wet and dry docks Jetties.
Advanced topics in Transportation Engineering
8 2 11,12,17
Recent trends in highway, railway, airport and harbour Engineering
Total lecture hours 30
Flipped Class Room, Visit to field and study the ongoing projects, Minimum of 2 lectures by industry experts, digital
assignments
Text Books:
1. Highway Engineering (2014) by S.K. Khanna, C.E.G. Justo , A. Veeraragavan, 10th edition, published by Nemchand
and Bro., Roorkee
2. Railway Engineering (2015) by Rangwala, 25th edition, Charotar publishing house private limited, Anand, India.
3. Planning & Design of Airports - Robrt Horonjeff, Francis McKelvey; TataMcGrawhill, 2010
4. Harbour, Dock & Tunnel Engineering- R.Srinivasan; Charotar Publishers, Ahmedabad, 2011
Reference Books:
1. Airport Planning and Design- S.K.Khanna, M.G.Arora & S.S.Jain; NemChand & Bros, 2012
2. Dock & Harbour Engineering- H.P.Oza & G.H.Oza; Charotar Publishers, Ahmedabad, 2013
Complied by Prof. S. Vasantha Kumar & Prof. Saladi Subbarao

Recommended by BoS on 04.03.16

Approved by Academic Council on 18.03.16

Project Titles (J component) 60hrs

Challenging projects for Individual or a group will be given based on the basic and advancements in the course
content.