Railway Engineering
Railway Engineering Introduction to Railway Engineering History of Indian Railways- Component parts of railway track, Wheel and axle arrangements, Coning of wheels, Various resistance, and their evaluation, Hauling capacity, Tractive effort, Stresses in railway tracks, Stresses in rail, sleepers, Stresses in ballast, Formation. Unit 1& 2 Notes: *Ref: Indian Railway Geometric Design: Alignment, Horizontal curves, Superelevation, Equilibrium cant and cant deficiency, Length of transition curves, Gradients and grade compensation, Vertical curves. .........