Railways, Tunnels, Harbours and Airports (CV371)
Course Name:
Railways, Tunnels, Harbours and Airports (CV371)
Programme:
B.Tech(Civil)
Category:
Programme Specific Electives (PSE)
Credits (L-T-P):
(3-0-0) 3
Content:
Railways: Rail gauges; coning; adzing; railway track components, functions, requirements, and width of formation;
creep; tractive resistance; geometric design; points and crossings; stations and yards; signaling and interlocking.
Docks & Harbors: Types of harbors, tides, wind and waves, breakwaters, docks, quays, Transit sheds, warehouses,
navigational aids
Tunnels: Introduction to tunneling, tunneling through soils, soft and hard rocks, tunnel ventilation
Airports: Introduction to airport planning and development, Airport design standards, airport planning
References:
1) S.P. Arora & S.C. Saxena, A text Book of Railway Engineering Srinivasan, Docks, Harbors and
Tunnels.
2) S.K. Khanna, M.G. Arora and S.S. Jain, Airport Planning and Design