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About Transportation Engineering

Transportation Engineering is a free Civil Engineering handbook with course notes, diagrams, equations and study material. Use this digital reference book for Diploma, BE, BTech and related engineering courses. Learn about transportation infrastructure, railway engineering, rolling stock, tracks, signalling, electrification, tunnels and passenger facilities. Useful for exams, viva, interviews, field studies and quick revision. RELATED BRANCHES Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Railway Engineering, Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Engineering. TRANSPORTATION FIELDS & PLANNING FACTORS Highway engineering; railroad engineering; port and harbor engineering; airport engineering; pipeline engineering. Planning considerations include population, land use, transport facilities and services, economic activity, travel patterns and volumes, regional financial resources, community values and expectations, and laws and ordinances. 69 LISTED COURSE TOPICS STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR & VIBRATIONS 1. Column Buckling 2. FEM for Bending and Buckling 3. Axial Vibration of Slender Bars 4. Torsional Vibration 5. Bending Vibration of Beams 6. Damping in Vibrations RAILWAY SYSTEMS & ROLLING STOCK 7. Introduction 8. Station Layout 9. Railway Rolling Stock: Definition 10. Evolution of Steam Traction 11. Introduction of Electric Traction 12. Evolution of Wheel Layout 13. Carbody Structures 14. Metro and Light Rail Train Performance 15. Manufacturing Methods 16. Rolling Stock Maintenance 17. Maintenance Management 18. Needs of the Maintainer TRACKS, SLEEPERS & POINTS 19. Sleeper Functions 20. Monobloc Prestressed Concrete Sleepers 21. Origin and Development of Railway Tracks 22. Track Ballast 23. Rail Fastenings, Baseplates and Pads 24. Rails 25. Introduction to Track Welding 26. Site Welding for Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) 27. Crossing Design and Manufacture 28. Point Driving, Locking and Detection 29. Paved Concrete Track EARTHWORKS, BRIDGES & TUNNELS 30. Earthwork Stability, Drainage and Fencing 31. Detecting Earthwork Movement 32. Trackbed Drainage 33. Side or Cess Drains 34. Railway Fencing 35. Early Railway Bridges, Structures and Materials 36. Reinforced Concrete Structures 37. Prestressed Concrete 38. Brick and Masonry Structures 39. Structural Maintenance 40. History of Tunnelling 41. Tunnel Construction Methods 42. Tunnel Linings ELECTRIFICATION & SIGNALLING 43. Electricity for Railway Traction 44. AC Supply Connections 45. Low-Voltage DC Systems 46. Effects of Electrification 47. Early Railway Signalling 48. Track Circuits 49. Minimum Headways 50. Subsidiary Signals 51. Transmission-Based Signalling 52. Protection Against Signals Passed at Danger OPERATIONS, PASSENGER SYSTEMS & SERVICES 53. Systems and Communications 54. Human Processes 55. Interface Between Operations and Engineering 56. Railway Systems Pyramid 57. Public Address and Information Systems 58. Telephones and Radio 59. Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) 60. Vertical Transportation 61. Passenger Flow at Escalators and Lifts 62. Types of Escalators 63. Compact Escalators 64. Draught Relief 65. Types of Modern Lifts 66. Inspection and Maintenance 67. Pumps 68. Railway Ventilation Problems 69. Air Movement APP FEATURES • Course-wise notes with a simple reading interface • Mobile-friendly technical content • Quick reference for students and professionals Revise railway transport systems, infrastructure and operations with this free Transportation Engineering ebook.