A Textbook Of Transportation Engineering

A Textbook Of Transportation Engineering by SP Chandola

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Book Summary:

In the course of time, quite a number of Engineering colleges were established and the term Civil Engineering was confined to 'Civil' and other branches of Engineering came into existence.

Audience of the Book :

 

This book is useful for civil engineering students.

Table of Contents:

SECTION -1: RAILWAYS

PART-A

1. TRANSPORT PLANNING

2. RAIL TRANSPORT

3. RAILWAY SURVEYING

4. ROLLING STOCK AND TRACK RESISTANCE

5. PERMANENT WAY

6. RAILWAYS GAUGES

7. SLEEPERS

8. BALLAST

9. TRACK DESIGN

10. PLATE LAYING

11. TRACK MAINTENANCE

12. STATION AND YARDS

13. STATION EQUIPMENT

14. POINTS AND CROSSINGS

15. SIGNALLING

16. INTERLOCKING

17. TRACTIVE POWER AND TRACTIVE RESISTANCE

PART -B

1. GENERAL

2. HIGH-SPEED TRAINS, PRESENT AND FUTURE

3. SCHEDULE OF DIMENSIONS FOR B.G. TRACK

4. TRACK RECORDING

SECTION II - DOCKS AND HARBOURS

PART A

1. GENERAL

2. HARBOURS OF EARLY PERIOD

3. DRY DOCKS AND SLIPWAYS

4. TRANSITION SHED & WAREHOUSES

5. QUAYS, JETTIES AND WHARVES

6. TIDE, WIND AND WAVE

7. DRY DOCKS (REPAIR DOCK)

8. MAINTENANCE DREDGING

9. MAINTENANCE OF PORTS AND HARBOURS

10. NAVIGATIONAL AIDS

PART -B

1. INLAND WATERWAYS

2. INLAND WATER TRANSPORT

3. BREAKWATERS

4. CARGO HANDLING

5. BELT CONVEYORS AND OTHER SYSTEMS OF TRANSPORTATION

SECTION - III ROAD AND ROAD TRANSPORT

PART-A

1. GENERAL

2. PLANNING OF HIGHWAYS

3. GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS

4. AGGREGATE TESTING

5. LOW COST ROADS

6. STABILISED ROAD

7. FLEXIBLE ROADS

8. BITUMINOUS ROADS

9. RIGID PAVEMENTS

10. OTHER TYPES OF PAVEMENTS

11. DRAINAGE

12. HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE

13. HILL ROADS

PART -B

1. NEED FOR MOTORWAYS IN INDIA

2. CONSTRUCTION SETUP

3. IMPROVING ROAD SYSTEM

4. ROAD AND ROAD TRANSPORT

5. ALL WEATHER LOW-COST VILLAGE ROADS

6. EXPERIMENTS WITH LIME-POZZOLANA BOUND MACADAM FOR THE UPPER LAYER OF ROAD PAVEMENT

SECTION - IV: AIR TRANSPORT

PART-A

1. AIRTRANSPORT

2. TYPES OF PAVEMENTS

3. AIRPORT DRAINAGE

4. AIRPORT GRADING

5. HELICOPTERS

6. AIRPORT MAINTENANCE

7. LANDING AIDS

8. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

9. AIR CARGO

10. ACCIDENTS IN THE AIR

PART-B

1. REPAIRS TO THE MAIN RUNWAY WITH ASPHALTIC CONCRETE TO IMPROVE ITS RIDING QUALITY

2. AIR CARGO OPERATIONS

3. AIRPORT PAVEMENT

4. TREND GROWTH OF DOMESTIC AIR TRAFFIC IN INDIA

SECTION - V TUNNELING

1. TUNNELS

2. TUNNEL SURVEYING

3. METHODS OF TUNNELLING IN SOFT STRATA

4. PNEUMATIC PROCESS OR COMPRESSED AIR METHODS

5. TUNNELLING IN ROCK

6. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN TUNNELLING WORK

7. TUNNEL LINING

8. SHAFTS AND CAISSONS IN TUNNELLING

9. TUNNEL DRAINAGE

10. TUNNEL VENTILATION: DUST PREVENTION AND LIGHTING

11. TUNNELLING FOR UNDERGROUND RAILWAY AND TUBE RAILWAY

12. TUNNELS CONVEYING WATER

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