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Course Outline:
Introduction to Transportation Systems and Planning: Modes of transportation; Need and scope of comprehensive plan; Phases of planning, Principles of planning; Communication (rail-road network & airport), port and harbour facilities, street traffic and design.
Railway Engineering: Elements of track. Types of gauges; Types of rail sections. Rail joints. Creep and wear of rail; Fish Plate, bearing plates and check rails; Types of sleepers, their merits and demerits. Sleeper density, spacing and stiffness of track; Types of ballast. Requirements for good ballast, Renewal of ballast. Formation of single and double track. Formation failures; Selection of site for a railway station. Layout of stations and yards; Modern methods for construction of tracks. Maintenance, tools and organization.
Airport Engineering: Type & elements of Airport planning, Factors affecting Airport Site Selection; Airport Classification; Airport Drainage Systems; Various Runway Configurations.
Coastal Engineering: Classification of harbours; Ports and harbours of Pakistan; Design principles and requirements of harbours; Wharves and jetties; Breakwaters and groynes; Channel regulation and demarcation; Types of docks and their construction; Transit sheds and warehouses.
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