Syllabus - Safety in Rail and Road Transport (FT 803(B))

Fire Technology & Safety Engineering

Safety in Rail and Road Transport (FT 803(B))

VIII-Semester

Railway Engineering

Permanent way- components. Rails- Functions, requirements, defects, rail joints and fastenings, check and guard rails, coning of wheels, creep of rails. Sleepers- functions, requirements, types, density. Ballast- functions, requirements types.

Geometric Design

Horizontal curves, Super-elevation, Negative super elevation in branches, Length of transition curves- Grade compensation on curves, Widening of Gauge on curves.

Railway operation Control

Points and crossings- Design features of a turn out –Types of Railway track- Points- Details of Station Yards and Marshalling Yards- Signaling and interlocking- Principles of track circuiting- Control of train movement by absolute block system- Automatic block system- Centralized traffic control Systems.

Classification of highways

Historical development of road construction- Typical cross section of roads - Definition of various cross-sectional elements- Requirements & factors controlling alignment of roads - Basic Geometric design.

Traffic Engineering

Traffic characteristics- various traffic studies and their applications – Traffic Regulations and Controls- Traffic Control devices- Traffic signals- Classification of signals- carriage-way markings- Traffic islands- Highway intersections- Principles of highway lighting.

Course Objective

To learn the basic working principles involved in various transportation systems and their safety aspects and to be able to identify defects in planning and design of transportation systems.

Course Outcome

["Students will be able to understand working of railways and safety aspects in railway operation.", "Students will be able to familiarize with basic geometric design features of roads.", "Students will be able to know about traffic studies and traffic safety.", "Students will be able to understand basic layout and facilities of docks."]

Practicals

Reference Books

  • Railway Engineering, Rangwala, S. C. (2012). Charotar Book Distributors, Anand.

  • Railway Engineering, Chandra, S. & Agarwal, M. M. (2007). Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

  • Highway Engineering, Khanna, S. K. and Justo, c. E. G. (2001). (9th ed).Nem Chand & Brothers, New Delhi.

  • Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning, Kadiyali, L. R. (2004). Kharna Publishers, New Delhi

  • Dock and Tunnel Engineering, Srinivasan, R. (2013). Harbour,. Charotar Publishing House Pvt. Ltd, Anand