Subject Code:  CE4L003 Subject Name:  Advanced Transportation Engineering L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit:  3
Pre-requisite(s): None
Airports: introduction; characteristics of aircrafts related to airport design; obstruction clearance criteria; design of airside facilities: runway orientation, length, capacity, configuration and number, taxiwaylayout, design of fillets, high-speed exit taxiway, apron gate and circulation areas, hanger; design of landside facilities: terminal building functional areas and facilities, centralized and de-centralized concepts, vertical distribution; airport planning and site selection; pavement design; visual aids; demand estimation of air travel, drainage. Railways:- Introduction, classification of routes; railway gauge, coning of wheels and canting of rails, train resistance and hauling power; track components: rails, sleepers, fastenings, ballast and formation; track stresses; turnouts and crossings, signals and control systems, welded rails. Elements of water and pipeline transportation. Economic Analysis of Transportation Projects
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Horonjeff R. Planning and Design of Airports, McGraw Hill.
  2. Chandra S. and Agarwal M.M. Railway Engineering, Oxford University Press India.
  3. Garber N.J. and Hoel L.A. Principles of Traffic and Highway Engineering, Cengage Learning.