Roads,Railways,Bridges,Tunnel & Harbour Dock Engineering

Book excerpt: Part-I: ROAD EN:GINEERING: Introduction * Glossary * History of Development of Highway and Planning * highway Plaining * Highway Economics and Financing * Guiding Principles of Route Selection and Highway Location * Drainage * Highway Materials * Geometric Design * Highway Construction * Hill Roads * Highway Machinery Roads Arboriculture * Traffic Engineering * Highway Failure and Their Maintenance * Pavement Design * Quality Control * Objective Type Questions on Jighways * Solved Problems on Highways. Part-II : RAILWAY ENGINEERING: History of Railways * Railway Track & Track Stresses * Railway Gauges * Rails * Sleepers * Ballast * Foundation and its Drainage * Track Fitting and Fastening Track Alignment & Surveying * Traction and Tractive Resistance * Rolling Stock of Railways * Geometric Design of a Railway Track * Creep * Stations and Yards * Station Equipments * Points, Crossings and Simple Layouts * Signalling & Inter-locking * Level Crossings * Welding of Railways * Long and short Welded Rails * Manual Maintenance of Track * Mechanised Maintenance of Track * Directed Track Maintence * Measured Shovel Packing Track Tolerances * Track Renewal * Accidents * Duties of Permanent Way Officials * Material Management * Objective Type Questions on Railways * Solved Problems on Railways.Part-III: BRIDGE ENGINEERING : Introduction * Bridge Terminology * Investigation and Planning for Bridges * Type of Bridges * General Principles of Design * Sub Structures * Foundations * Super Structures of Arch Designs * Girder Bridges * Low Cost Bridges * Permanent Small Bridges * Bearings * Loads on Bridges * Design of Bridge Foundation * Design of Arch Bridges * Design of Solid R.C.C. Salb Bridges * R.C.C. Girder Bridges * Inspection of Bridges * Maintenance of Bridges * Testing Strengthening of Bridge * Protection and Training Works for Bridges * Objective Type Question on Bridges Engineering.Part-IV: TUNNEL ENGINEERING : General Aspects * Alignment of Tunnels * Drilling * Blasting * Tunneling * Shafts * Ventilation, Lighting and Drainage of Tunnels * Tunnel Lining * Safety in Tunnelling * Objective Type Questions on Tunnel Engineering.Part-V: HARBOUR-DOCK ENGINEERING: Water Transportation and Sea * Terminology * Natural Phenomena- Wind, Wave and Cyclones * Harbours and Ports * Break Water * Docks * Dry or Repair Docks * Locks * Channel, Basin and Berths * Appurtenances of a Harbour * Apron, Transit Sheds and Warehouses * Dredging and Dregers * Navigational Aids * Shore Protection Works. Questions.