CE406 Transportation Engineering II / Atumun 2020

Course Description

Airport Planning and Design: Aircraft characteristics related to airport design; Airport configuration - runway configurations, relation of terminal area to runways, runway orientation; Geometric design of the airfield - ICAO and FAA design standards, runways, taxiways, holding aprons and aprons; Planning and design of the terminal area - apron-gate system, size and number of gates, aircraft parking configurations, the passenger terminal system; airport lighting and marking; air traffic control; airport planning and air travel demand forecasting; Structural design of airfield pavements.

Railway Engineering: Indian Railway Track - different gauges, cross sections, coning of wheels; Tractive resistances; Track components - rails, rail failures, sleepers, rail fixtures and fastenings and ballast; Geometric design of the track; Points and crossings Track junctions; Stations and yards; Signalling and interlocking; Track stresses; Track construction and maintenance.

Course Objectives

To develop a basic understanding of the air transportation and rail transportation infrastructure.

Required Readings

1. M. Agarwal. “Indian railway track”. Prabha and Cooperation, A-68, NDSE Pt II, New Delhi-110049 India (2007).
2. N. J. Ashford, S. Mumayiz, and P. H. Wright. Airport engineering: planning, design, and development. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
3. W. W. Hay. Railroad engineering. Vol. 1. John Wiley & Sons, 1982.
4. Horonjeff. Planning and Design of Airports. 5th ed.~McGraw-Hill Education, 2010.
5. S. Khanna and M. Arora. Airport: Planning & Design. Nem Chand, 1976.
6. S. Khanna and C. Justo. Highway Material Testing: Laboratory Manual. Nem Chand, 1971.
7. J. Mundrey. Railway track engineering. Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2009.
8. S. Saxena and S. Arora. _A text book of railway engineering. _(For Engineering Students), 7th Edition. Dhanpat Rai Publications (p) Ltd, New Delhi (2001).

Course Policy

I will detail the policy for this course below. Basically, don’t cheat and try to learn stuff. Don’t be that guy.

Grading Policy

• 25% of your grade will be determined by Mid Semester Examination.

• 20% of your grade will be determined by tutorials, assignments and quizzes.

• 15% of your grade will be determined by a term project. Term project will include 2-3 page paper submission and a presentation. More information on term paper will be provided later in class.

• 40% of your grade will be determined by a final exam.

Attendance Policy

There is no direct weightage given to attendance. However students are encourage to attained classes because there may be surprise tutorials, assignments and quizzes.

Showing up is 80 percent of life – Woody Allen, via Marshall Brickman

E-mail Policy

Any electronic submission or consent should be emailed to priyansh@iiti.ac.in. Any email should have ?CE406” followed by the issue in subject line.

I am usually quick to respond to student e-mails. However, student e-mails tend to do several things that try my patience. I have made a policy, that outlines why I will not respond to certain e-mails students send. Multiple rationales follow.

1. The student could answer his/her own inquiry by reading the syllabus/handout.
2. The student wants to know what topics s/he missed during a class s/he skipped. The answer is always “you missed what was on the syllabus.”
3. The student is protesting a grade without reference to specific points of objection. See the policy on protesting a grade in the syllabus. These e-mails tend to be expressive utility on the part of the student and do not require a response from me. Students interested in improving their knowledge of material should see me during office hours or ask an appointment for video conferencing.
4. The students wants to know how many classes s/he missed at some point during the semester. I assume the student has a better answer to that question than me until the end of the semester.
5. The student is requesting an extension on an assignment for which the syllabus already established the deadline. The answer is always “no”.
6. The student is “grade grubbing” or asking to round up a grade. The answer is always “no”.
7. The student is asking for an extra credit opportunity, a request that amounts to more grading for the professor. The answer is “no”.

Make-Up Exam Policy

There are NO make-ups for missed exams unless backed by proper medical reasons. Otherwise Institute policies will be applicable.

Academic Dishonesty Policy

Don’t cheat. Don’t be that guy. Yes, you. You know exactly what I’m talking about too.

Class Schedule

see the course handout

Previous Offerings

• No previous offering exist