| Course Name | Railways, Airports & Harbour Engineering |
| Course Code | 23CIE304 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Civil Engineering |
| Semester | 5 |
| Credits | 2 |
| Campus | Mysuru |
Railway Engineering: Components and Geometrical Design of Railways – Horizontal Curves, Radius, Super elevation, Cant Deficiency, Transitional Curves, Different types of Gradients, Grade Compensation, Points and Crossings and their Design; Signaling & Interlocking.
Airport Engineering – Factors affecting site selection and spacing of airports. Components of an airport and their functions. Typical layout. Geometrical Design Considerations – Taxiways, Runways and Aprons. Basic Runway Length and corrections – Runway Orientation.
Harbour engineering – Requirements of ports and harbours – classification of harbours. Selection of site and planning of harbours. Various component and general layout. Principles of harbour design, turning basin, harbour entrances, breakwaters, berthing structures – jetties, fenders, piers, wharves. Docks and Repair Facilities.
Course Objectives
To explain the importance of the various components of a railway track
To impart knowledge on the design of various geometric elements of a railway track To highlight the factors in site selection for an airport
To explain the design guidelines for various elements of a harbor
Course Outcome
CO1: Identify and explain the role of different components in a railway track
CO2: Design the geometric elements of a railway track
CO3: Assess the suitable location for an airport and design the landing area
CO4: Specify design guidelines for the various elements within the harbor
CO-PO Mapping
| PO/PSO |
PO1 |
PO2 |
PO3 |
PO4 |
PO5 |
PO6 |
PO7 |
PO8 |
PO9 |
PO10 |
PO11 |
PSO1 |
PSO2 |
PSO3 |
| CO | ||||||||||||||
| CO1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| CO2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| CO3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| CO4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Text Book(s)
Satish Chandra and M. M Agarwal”, Railway Engineering”, Oxford university Press, Second Edition 2013. Rangwala, “Airport Engineering”, Charotar Publishing House, 17th Edition 2018.
Reference(s)
Arora and Saxena, “Railway Engineering”, Dhanpat Rai Publications, 2011.
R Srinivasan, “Harbour, Dock and Tunnel Engineering”, Charotar Publishing House, 2012.
Khanna S K, Arora, M G and Jain S S., “Airport Planning and Design”, Nem Chand and Bros, 2009. Oza, H. P and Oza, G. H., “Dock and Harbour Engineering”, Charotar Book House, 2011
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