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Transportation Engineering Vol II

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Book Detail
Publication Year 1998
ISBN-13 978-93-87394-30-8
ASIN 93-87394-30-1
Language English
Edition 1st
Pages 734
Preface
Preface This book has been compiled with a view to familiarise construction techniques for Airports, Docks and Harbours, Inland Waterways, Ropeways, Pipe Line Transportation and Bridges. Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Survey have also been included and Codes of Practice as recommended by I.S.I. and I.R.C. have been followed. The book will be useful for students of Engineering and A.M.I.E. The authors are grateful to Shri Ramesh Chander Khanna for early publication of this book.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents PART-I(AIRPORTS) * Developments of Air Transport * Airport Planning * Airport Design Standards * Airport Terminal Area and Layout * Aircraft Data Related to Airport Classification and Design * Design of Pavement * Grading of Airports * Drainage * Marking and Lighting * Heliports * Air Traffic Control * Air Cargo * Accident in the Air. PART II (PORTS, DOCKS AND HARBOURS) * Historical Development of Ports, Harbours and Docks * Tides, Winds and Waves * Harbours * Docks * Break Water * Jetties, Landing Stages and Wharves * Dry Docks * Transit Sheds * Surveys * Soil Mechanics * Mooring and Mooring Accessories * Dredging * Maintenance * Navigational Aids * Cargo Handling * Inland Water Transport. PART III (PIPE LINE TRANSPORTATION, BELT CONVEYORS, ROPEWAYS AND UNDERSEA TRANSPORTATION) * Pipe Line Transportation * Belt Conveyors * Ropeways * Under Sea Transportation PART IV (SOIL MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNIC SURVEYS) * Soils and Their Properties * Identification and Classification Tests for Soils * Classification of Soils * Chemical Tests for Soil * Hydraulic and Mechanical Properties of Soils * Soil Moisture and Factors Governing its Movement * Sub-Soil Drainage and Moisture Control * Soil Exploration * Plastic Equilibrium in Soils * Settlement and Contact Pressure * Consolidation of Compressible Soil * Physical Features of India * Hydraulics of Soils * Stratigraphy of India * Foundations and Stability. PART V (BRIDGES) * Introduction * Type of Bridges * Foundation * Piers, Abutments and Wing Walls * Bearings * Protective Works * Loads and Stresses * Maintenance of Bridges.