16PTCE203 HIGHWAY AND RAILWAY ENGINEERING 3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVE
The objective of the course is to educate the students on various components of highway
engineering and railway Engineering. The course enables the students to develop skill on
evaluation and maintenance.
UNIT – I : HIGHWAY PLANNING AND ALIGNMENT 9
Highway Development in India - Jayakar Committee Recommendations and Realisations-
Requirements of Ideal Alignment- Factors Controlling Highway Alignment-Engineering Surveys
for Alignment -Conventional Methods and Modern Methods (Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS
techniques)-Classification and Cross Section of Urban and Rural Roads (IRC), Highway Cross
Sectional Elements – Right of Way, Carriage Way, Camber, Kerbs, Shoulders and Footpaths
[IRC Standards], Cross sections of different Class of Roads.
UNIT – II : GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS 9
Design of Horizontal Alignments – Superelevation, Widening of Pavements on Horizontal
Curves and Transition Curves [Derivation of Formulae and Problems] Design of Vertical
Alignments – Rolling, Limiting, Exceptional and Minimum Gradients, Summit and Valley Curves-
Sight Distances - Factors affecting Sight Distances, Stopping Sight Distance (SSD), Overtaking
Sight Distance (OSD), Sight Distance at Intersections, Intermediate Sight Distance and
Illumination Sight Distance [Derivations and Problems in SSD and OSD]-Geometric Design of
Hill Roads [IRC Standards Only]
UNIT – III : HIGHWAY MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATION 9
Desirable Properties of Highway Materials-Bitumen - Penetration, Ductility, Viscosity, Binder
content and Softening point [Link] Practice - Water Bound Macadam Road,
Bituminous Road and Cement Concrete Road [as per IRC and MORTH specifications]Highway
Drainage [IRC Recommendations]Types of defects in Flexible pavements –Surface defects,
Cracks,Deformation,Disintegration – Symptoms, Causes and [Link] of Pavement,
Failures in Rigid Pavements – Scaling, Shrinkage, Warping, Structural Cracks Spalling of Joints
and Mud Pumping – and Special Repairs.
UNIT – IV : RAILWAY PLANNING AND DESIGN 9
Role of Indian Railways in National Development -Engineering Surveys for Track Alignment –
Obligatory points - Conventional and Modern methods (Remote Sensing, GIS & GPS, EDM and
other equipments)Permanent Way, its Components and Functions of each Component:Rails -
Types of Rails, Rail Fastenings, Concept of Gauges, Coning of Wheels, Creeps -Sleepers –
Functions, Materials, Density. Ballasts – Functions, Materials, Ballastless Tracks Geometric
Design of Railway Tracks – Gradients and Grade Compensation, Super-Elevation, Widening of
Gauges in Curves, Transition Curves, Horizontal and Vertical Curves (Derivations of Formulae
and Problems)
UNIT – V : RAILWAY TRACK CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION 9
Points and Crossings - Design of Turnouts, Signalling, Interlocking, Construction & Maintenance
– Conventional, Modern methods and Materials, Track Drainage Track Modernisation–
Automated maintenance and upgrading, Technologies, Re-laying of Track, Lay outs of Railway
Stations and Yards, Rolling Stock, Tractive Power, Track Resistance, Level Crossings.
TOTAL: 45Hours
OUTCOME :
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
Carry out surveys involved in planning and highway alignment
Design cross section elements, sight distance, horizontal and vertical alignment
Implement traffic studies, traffic regulations and control, and intersection design
Determine the characteristics of pavement materials
Design flexible and rigid pavements as per IRC
On completing the course, the students will have the ability to Plan and Design
various civil Engineering aspects of Railways.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Khanna K., Justo C.E.G., Highway Engineering, Khanna Publishers, Roorkee, 2001.
2. Kadiyali L. R, Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning, Khanna Publishers,
New Delhi, 2006.
3. Saxena C.S. and Arora S., A Course in Railway Engineering, Dhanpat Rai and
Sons, Delhi, 2007.
REFERENCES:
1. Sharma S.K., Principles Practice and Design of Highway Engineering, [Link] & Co
Ltd. New Delhi, 2006.
2. Guidelines of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India.
3. Agarwal M.M., Indian Railway Track, 14th Edition, Prabha and Co., New Delhi, 2002.