Transportation Engineering

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Chapter 1. Tractive resistances & Permanent way

1. Principles of Transportation
2. Transportation by Roads
3. Airways
4. Waterways
5. Railways
6. Route surveys and alignment
7. Tractive Effort
8. Rails
9. Sleepers
10. Rail fastenings

Chapter 2. Geometric Design

1. Geometric Design
2. Station & Yards
3. Points and Crossings & Signaling and interlocking
4. Super Elevation
5. Cant and Cant deficiency
6. Curves
7. Turnouts
8. Types of signals

Chapter 3. Bridge Site Investigation and Planning

1. Bridge Site Investigation and Planning
2. Loading Standards &Component parts
3. Collection of bridge design data
4. Essential surveys
5. Hydraulic design
6. Scour
7. Depth of bridge foundation
8. Type of Road & Railway bridges
9. Design loads and forces
10. Bridge super structure and sub-structures

Chapter 4. Bridge Foundations

1. Bridge Foundations
2. Testing of Bridges
3. Bridge Strength
4. Types of foundation
5. Choice of materials
6. Underwater Construction
7. Build bridges over water

Chapter 5. Tunnels

1. Transit Route Selection
2. Engineering Surveying
3. Pressure relief phenomenon
4. Tunnel approaches
5. Shafts
6. Tunnel Construction
7. Bund Lining Materials
8. Mucking operation
9. Tunnel drainage systems
10. Tunnel Ventilation