Transportation Engineering, Vol I ---------khanna
PART-I (ROADS)
*History of roads and road
construction *Road planning *Geometric design of highway *Foundation
soils *Road formation grading *Low cost roads *Road construction
materials *Stabilised roads *Flexible pavement *Bituminous roads *Rigid
pavements *Other types of pavement *Hill Road *Drainage *Traffic
engineering *Road side arboriculture
*Earthwork quantities *Highway maintenance *Highway economics, financing and administration *Highway project and estimates
PART-II (RAILWAYS)
*History of railways in India
*Alignment survey and project report *Permanent way *Geometric design
*Railway points and crossings and junctions *Earthwork and consolidation
*Railway track drainage *Maintenance of railway track *Railway station
yards and equipment *Railway signalling control system and interlocking
*Traction, traction resistances and stresses in railway track
*Modernisation of track for high speed *Railway accidents *Mountain
railways
PART-III (TUNNELS)
*Introduction *Tunnel
surveying *Design of tunnels *Method of tunnelling in soft strata
*Pneumatic process or compressed air method *Method of tunnelling in
rock *Tunnel shafts and caissons *Tunnel lining *Tunnel drainage *Design
of tunnels conveying water
PART-IV (CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT)
*Introduction
*Selection and planning of construction equipment *Excavating and
placing earth *Soil stabilisation *Hawling equipment *Hoisting equipment
*Pneumatic equipment *Pumping and dewatering equipment *Rock drilling
*Rock blasting *Tunnelling *Pile driving equipment *Crushed stove
aggregates *Concrete mixing plants *Equipment for Bitumen mixing
*Maintenance and repair