TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING -1 (CE-408)

Transportation Engineering-I (NIT-SCEE-NUST)

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SequenceCourse DescriptionCourse ObjectivesBooksCourse TopicsGrading Scheme

Transportation Engineering-I (NIT-SCEE-NUST)

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Course Description

• This course familiarizes students with the subject of transportation engineering. The course includes Airports Engineering, Railways Engineering and Coastal Engineering covering different aspects of civil airports and structural design of runways/ taxiways pavements on ports and basic elements, features, functioning etc of ports and railways.

Transportation Engineering-I (NIT-SCEE-NUST)

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Course Objectives• Basic understanding of all aspects of location, planning

and designing of airports with specific reference to runways, taxiways and surrounding areas to the extent a civil engineer is concerned.

• A clear concept of geometric standards of runways/ taxiways and drainage designing for airports.

• Basic knowledge of natural sea phenomenon, harbour works and port functioning.

• Basic knowledge of functioning of railway and a clear concept of elements of railway station and track.

Transportation Engineering-I (NIT-SCEE-NUST)

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Books• Text Books

– Course Pack by Instructor.

• Reference Books– Airport Engineering by Ashford and Wright.– Planning and Design of Airports by Robert Horonjeff.and

Francis X Mckelvey.– A Course on Docks and Harbour Engineering by S. P. Binra.– A Text Book of Railway Engineering by Saxena and Arora.– A Textbook of Transportation Engineering by S. P. Chandola.– Transportation Engineering by C. Jotin Khisty and B. Kent

Lall.

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Course Topics• Introduction to Transportation Systems• Airport Engineering

– General– Aircraft Characteristics and Computation of Runway Length– Airport Configurations– Geometric Standards and Obstruction Clearance Criteria

• Railway Engineering– General– Track, Rail Gauges, Rails and Rail Fastenings– Sleepers, Ballast and Formation– Creep and Rail-bed Soil– Construction and Maintenance

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Course Topics

• Coastal Engineering– General– Ports and Harbor– Natural Phenomena– Ports and Harbor Structures– Protection, Maintenance and Modernization

• Practical's – Practical copy should be maintained by each individual and will be checked after every practical.

• Study Visit

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List of Practical's Sieve Analysis for Roads Los Angeles Abrasion Test Shape Test Impact Value Test Specific Gravity for Coarse Aggregates Standard & Modified Compaction Test Flash & Fire Point Test Softening Point Test In-situ CBR Test Plate Load Test

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Grading Scheme

• GPA will be worked out by awarding relative grading on a scale of 4.00 points according to distribution curve based on performance

Nature Duration Frequency %AGE

ASGNs Time assigned 2-3 10%

Quizzes 10 Mins 5-6 10%

Practical/ Viva

20%

OHTs 1 Hr 2 20%

ESE 3 Hrs 1 40%

3 Credit Hour Subject