CE3405
HIGHWAY AND RAILWAY ENGINEERING
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
• To give an overview about the highway and railway
engineering with respect to, planning, design, construction and maintenance as
per IRC standards, specifications and methods.
UNIT I
HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
Classification of highways - Institutions for
Highway planning, design and construction at different levels - factors
influencing highway alignment -Typical cross sections of Urban and Rural roads
- Engineering surveys for alignment- Conventional and Modern method
UNIT II
DESIGN OF HIGHWAY ELEMENTS
Cross sectional elements - Horizontal curves, super
elevation, transition curves, widening of curves -Sight distances - Vertical
curves, gradients-pavement components and their role - Design practice for
flexible and rigid pavements (IRC methods only).
UNIT III
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
Highway construction materials, properties, testing
methods - Construction practice of flexible and concrete pavement- Highway
drainage - Evaluation and Maintenance of pavements.
UNIT IV
RAILWAY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
Elements of permanent way - Rails, Sleepers,
Ballast, rail fixtures and fastenings, Selection of gauges - Track Stress,
coning of wheels, creep in rails, defects in rails - Route alignment surveys,
conventional and modern methods-Geometric design of railway, gradient, super
elevation, widening of gauge on curves (Problems)-Railway drainage- Level
Crossings-Signalling.
UNIT V
RAILWAY TRACK CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE
AND OPERATION
Points and Crossings - Design of Turnouts, Working
Principle-Track Circuiting - Construction & Maintenance Conventional,
Modern methods and Materials, Lay outs of Railway Stations and Yards, Rolling
Stock, Tractive Power, Track Resistance Role of Indian Railways in National
Development - Railways for Urban Transportation - LRT & MRTS Feasibility
study, Planning and construction.
TOTAL:
45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student is expected
to
CO1
Plan a highway according to the principles and standards adopted in various
institutions in India.
CO2
Design the geometric features of road network and components of pavement.
CO3
Test the highway materials and construction practice methods and know its
properties and able to perform pavement evaluation and management.
CO4
Understand the methods of route alignment and design elements in railway
planning and constructions.
CO5
Understand the construction techniques and maintenance of track laying and
railway stations
TEXTBOOKS:
1. Khanna.S. K., Justo.C.E.G and Veeraragavan A.
"Highway Engineering", Nemchand Publishers, 2014.
2. Subramanian K.P., "Highways, Railways,
Airport and Harbour Engineering", Scitech Publications (India),
Chennai,2010
3. Kadiyali.L.R. "Principles and Practice of
Highway Engineering", Khanna Technical Publications, 6th edition Delhi,
2015.
4. C. Venkatramaiah., Transportation
Engineering-Vol.2 Railways, Airports, Docks and Harbours, Bridges and Tunnels.,
Universities Press (India) Private Limited, Hyderabad, 2015.
REFERENCES:
1. Indian Road Congress (IRC), Guidelines for the Design
of Flexible Pavements, (Third Revision), IRC:37-2012
2. Indian Road Congress (IRC), Guidelines for the
Design of Plain Jointed Rigid Pavements for Highways, (Third Revision),
IRC:58-2012
3. Yang H. Huang, "Pavement Analysis and
Design", Pearson Education Inc, Nineth Impression,
South Asia, 2012
4. Ian D. Walsh, "ICE manual of highway design
and management", ICE Publishers, Ist Edition, USA,2011
5. Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn and Walter
P.Kilareski, "Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic
Analysis", Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2011
6. Garber and Hoel, "Principles of Traffic and
Highway Engineering", CENGAGE Learning, New Delhi, 2010
7. O'Flaherty.C.A "Highways,
Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2006
8. IRC-37-2012, The Indian roads Congress,
Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements, NewDelhi
9. IRC 58-2012. The Indian Road Congress, Guideline
for the Design of Rigid Pavements for Highways, NewDelhi
10. Saxena Subhash, C.and Satyapal Arora, A Course
in Railway Engineering, Dhanapat Rai and Sons, Delhi, 1998.