Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

CENG 5271 - Railway Engineering

Course objectives:
 Be able to describe railway transport systems (characteristics, merits etc)
 Understand railway system in general (rolling stock, signal, communication and
control, and permanent way)
 Design railway infrastructure (geometric and structural design)
 Get know to track structure analysis and special track works
 Introduce some Finite element methods for railway system analysis

Course Outline 4.8 Rail Analysis and Design

1. Introduction
1.1 Railway Transportation System
1.2 Historic Development of Railway
1.3 General Principle for Railway
Construction and Development
1.4 Components of railway
1.5 Railway classification and main
technical standards
2. Railway Systems Engineering
2.1 System Engineering
2.2 Railway Gauges
2.3 Signal, Communication and Control
2.4 Rolling stock System
2.5 Railway Capacity
3. Railway Alignment
3.1 Economic survey and Route selection
3.2 Main Technical Standards
3.3 Resistance
3.4 Railway Alignment
3.4.1 Plane Design
3.4.2 Longitudinal Design
4. Track Structures
I. Track substructure
4.1 Standard Subgrade sections
4.2 Design of subgrade surface
4.3 Drainage of Road bed
4.4 Safeguards and Strengthening of
Roadbed
II. Track superstructure
4.5 Components of Track Structure
4.6 Track Loads
4.7 Wheel-Rail Interaction
4.9 Sleeper Analysis and Design
4.10 Ballast and sub ballast
4.11 Rail fastening systems
4.12 Track forms
4.12.1 Ballasted
4.12.2 Ballastless
5. Special Track Works
5.1 Switches, Turnouts and Crossings
5.1.1 Types of switches and turnout
5.1.2 Components of a Switches
5.1.3 Layout design of Turnouts
5.1.4 Crossing Facilities
5.2 Railway Level Crossings
5.3 Transition Sections
5.4 Railway Stations
References:
 Railroad Engineering (William W. Hay,
1994)
 Modern Railway Track (C. Esveld, 2001)
 Railway Engineering and Management
(V.A. Profillidis, 1995)
 Practical Railway Engineering (Clifford F
Bonnett, 2nd Ed, 2005)
 Railway Standards (AREMA, Ethiopian,
Chinese etc)
Assessment:
Semester Project …….………..……20%
Tests, Quiz & Assignments…….….. 30% 1
Final Examination ……………..…... 50%
100%

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