Railway and Bridge Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Railway and Bridge Engineering (subject code 3164013) as prescribed for Civil Infra · Semester 6 divides the course into 2 units, covering 29 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3164013)Unit 1 Indian Railway
- recent developments
- gauges in Indian and other railways
- gauge conversion issues
- Engineering Surveys for railway lines: Alignment of railway lines
- preliminary investigations for a new railway line, and types of surveys
Unit 2 Rail tracks and Components
- Rails: Functions
- types of rails
- standard rail sections
- forces acting on track
- resistance of traction
- stress in rails
- creep of rail
- defects and failure of rails
- rail flaw detection
- Sleeper: Functions
- materials used for sleepers
- types of sleepers
- density and spacing of sleepers Ballast: Function
- types of ballast
- aggregates used of track ballast
- specifications of track ballast
- Fittings and fastening: Function
- requirement of track fittings
- rail to rail fastening
- fittings for sleepers
- testing of fastening
- rails joint and welding of rails
- Subgrade and formation: Slopes of formation
- execution of earthwork in embankments 5 Bachelor of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Subject Code: 3164013 w.e.f
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