Notes for Transportation Engineering 2 - TE 2 by Abhijit Mangaraj

History of Indian railways, component parts of railway track, problems of multi gauge system, coning of wheels, alignments

survey, permanent way track components , Type of rail sections ,creep of rails, wear and failure in rails , Ballast requirements, sleeper requirements, types of sleepers, various train resistances

Geometric design, Gradients and grade compensation, various speeds on a railway track, super-elevation, horizontal and vertical curves

Points and crossings, Design of simple turn-out, Signalling and interlocking

Airport site selection, Air craft characteristics, various surface of an airport, Wind rose diagram

Geometric elements of run way and taxiway , holding apron, parking configuration , terminal building , visual aids, air traffic control, airport marking and lighting