Railway Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Railway Engineering (subject code 3346003) as prescribed for TE · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 46 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 (3346003)Unit 1 Introduction, Alignment of Railway Lines Rails, Track Fittings and Track Stresses
- 1.1. History of Indian Railways,
- 1.2. Importance of Railways For Environment
- 1.3. Recent Developments.
- 1.4. Role of Civil Engineers In Construction And Maintenance,
- 1.5. Components of Railway Track
- 1.6. Definition of Railway Gauges, Types, Uniformity of Gauge.
- 1.7. Different Gauges on Indian Railways,
- 1.8. Cross- Section of Permanent Way as Per IRS
- 1.9. Problems Caused By Change of Gauge.
- 1.10. Basic Requirements and selection of An Ideal Alignment
- 1.11. Functions and Types Of Rails
- 1.12. Standard Rail Sections,
- 1.13. Causes and Effects Of Creep,
- 1.14. Measures To Reduce Creep.
- 1.15. Fittings and Fastening and their requirements .
- 1.16. Forces Acting On Track,
- 1.17. Coning Of Wheels
Unit 2 Sleeper & Geometric Design of Track
- 2.1. Functions & Requirements of sleepers
- 2.2. Types and Spacing of Sleepers,
- 2.3. Method Of Fixing Rails With Pre-stressed Concrete And Wooden Sleepers,
- 2.4. Function and Specifications of Track Ballast
- 2.5. Necessity and Details of geometric design of track
- 2.6. Design of track Gradients,
- 2.7. Grade compensation on curves.
- 2.8. Curves and Super elevation. Railway Engineering Course code: 3346003 GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/13-14 Gujarat State
Unit 3 Resistance to Traction, Points And Crossings
- 3.1. Resistance to-friction, wave action, speed, track irregularity, wind,
- 3.2. Resistance to gradient, curvature, starting and accelerating.
- 3.3. Stress in rails, sleepers, ballast and formation
- 3.4. Necessity of Points & Crossing
- 3.5. Track Layouts And Sketches of Turn Out,
- 3.6. Types Of Crossing
- 3.7. Types of Track Turnouts
Unit 4 Railway Stations and Yards
- 4.2. Facilities Required at Railway Stations.
- 4.3. Requirements Of Station Yard,
- 4.4. Classification Of Railway Stations,
- 4.5. Types Of Yards
Unit 5 Signaling And Interlocking
- 5.1. Objectives of signaling
- 5.2. Classification of signals
- 5.3. Types and working of Interlocking
- 5.4. Modern signal system
Unit 6 Maintenance Of Railway Track
- 6.1. Introduction of Maintenance Programme.
- 6.2. Monsoon, Pre-Monsoon & Post- Monsoon Maintenance.
- 6.3. Causes For Maintenance,
- 6.4. Routine Maintenance
- 6.5. Tools For Railway Track Maintenance &Their Functions.
- 6.6. Surface Defects And Their Remedial Measures Railway Engineering Course code: 3346003 GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/13-14 Gujarat State
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