CE3405 Highway and Railway Engineering Study Materials
Anna University – CE3405 Highway and Railway Engineering Regulation 2021 Syllabus , Notes , Important Questions, Question Paper with Answers Previous Year Question Paper.
UNIT I HIGHWAY ENGINEERING CE3405 Highway and Railway Engineering Syllabus
Classification of highways – Institutions for Highway planning, design and construction at different
levels – factors influencing highway alignment –Typical cross sections of Urban and Rural roads –
Engineering surveys for alignment- Conventional and Modern method
UNIT II DESIGN OF HIGHWAY ELEMENTS CE3405 Highway and Railway Engineering Notes
Cross sectional elements – Horizontal curves, super elevation, transition curves, widening of curves
– Sight distances – Vertical curves, gradients– pavement components and their role – Design practice
for flexible and rigid pavements (IRC methods only).
UNIT III HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE CE3405 Highway and Railway Engineering Important Questions
Highway construction materials, properties, testing methods – Construction practice of flexible and
concrete pavement- Highway drainage – Evaluation and Maintenance of pavements.
UNIT IV RAILWAY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION CE3405 Highway and Railway Engineering Question Bank
Elements of permanent way – Rails, Sleepers, Ballast, rail fixtures and fastenings, Selection of
gauges – Track Stress, coning of wheels, creep in rails, defects in rails – Route alignment surveys,
conventional and modern methods-Geometric design of railway, gradient, super elevation, widening
of gauge on curves (Problems)-Railway drainage- Level Crossings-Signalling.
UNIT V RAILWAY TRACK CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION CE3405 Highway and Railway Engineering Question Paper
Points and Crossings – Design of Turnouts, Working Principle-Track Circuiting – Construction &
Maintenance – Conventional, Modern methods and Materials, Lay outs of Railway Stations and
Yards, Rolling Stock, Tractive Power, Track Resistance – Role of Indian Railways in National
Development – Railways for Urban Transportation – LRT & MRTS Feasibility study, Planning and construction.
| Syllabus | Click Here |
| Notes | Click Here |
| Important Questions | Click Here |
| Previous Year Question Paper | Click Here |
| Question Bank | Click Here |
TEXTBOOKS: CE3405 Highway and Railway Engineering Notes
1. Khanna.S. K., Justo.C.E.G and Veeraragavan A. “Highway Engineering”, Nemchand
Publishers, 2014.
2. Subramanian K.P., “Highways, Railways, Airport and Harbour Engineering”, Scitech
Publications (India), Chennai,2010
3. Kadiyali.L.R. “Principles and Practice of Highway Engineering”, Khanna Technical Publications,
6th edition Delhi,2015.
4. C.Venkatramaiah., Transportation Engineering-Vol.2 Railways, Airports, Docks and Harbours,
Bridges and Tunnels.,Universities Press (India) Private Limited, Hyderabad, 2015.
REFERENCES: CE3405 Highway and Railway Engineering Important Questions
1. Indian Road Congress (IRC), Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements, (Third Revision),
IRC:37-2012
2. Indian Road Congress (IRC), Guidelines for the Design of Plain Jointed Rigid Pavements for
Highways, ( Third Revision), IRC:58-2012
3. Yang H. Huang, “Pavement Analysis and Design”, Pearson Education Inc, Nineth Impression,
South Asia,2012
4. Ian D. Walsh, “ICE manual of highway design and management”, ICE Publishers, Ist Edition,
USA,2011
5. Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn and Walter P.Kilareski, “Principles of Highway
Engineering and Traffic Analysis”, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,2011
6. Garber and Hoel, “Principles of Traffic and Highway Engineering”, CENGAGE Learning, New
Delhi,2010
7. O’Flaherty.C.A “Highways, Butterworth – Heinemann, Oxford,2006
8. IRC-37–2012,The Indian roads Congress, Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements,
NewDelhi
9. IRC 58-2012. The Indian Road Congress, Guideline for the Design of RigidPavements for
Highways, NewDelhi
10. Saxena Subhash, C.and Satyapal Arora, A Course in Railway Engineering, Dhanapat Rai and
Sons, Delhi, 1998.
Related Links
Anna University Syllabus Regulation 2021
Anna University Regulation 2021 Study Materials