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    This document outlines the course objectives, topics, and assessment for a Railway Engineering course offered at the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology. The course aims to describe railway transport systems, introduce components of railway systems like rolling stock, signals, and permanent way. It will teach students how to design railway infrastructure including geometric design and track structure analysis. Topics covered include railway alignment, track structures, special track works, and finite element analysis of railways. Student assessment includes a semester project, tests/quizzes, assignments, and a final exam.

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    This document outlines the course objectives, topics, and assessment for a Railway Engineering course offered at the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology. The course aims to describe railway transport systems, introduce components of railway systems like rolling stock, signals, and permanent way. It will teach students how to design railway infrastructure including geometric design and track structure analysis. Topics covered include railway alignment, track structures, special track works, and finite element analysis of railways. Student assessment includes a semester project, tests/quizzes, assignments, and a final exam.

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    This document outlines the course objectives, topics, and assessment for a Railway Engineering course offered at the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology. The course aims to describe railway transport systems, introduce components of railway systems like rolling stock, signals, and permanent way. It will teach students how to design railway infrastructure including geometric design and track structure analysis. Topics covered include railway alignment, track structures, special track works, and finite element analysis of railways. Student assessment includes a semester project, tests/quizzes, assignments, and a final exam.

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    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


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

    AAiT | 2017/2010 Mequanent Mulugeta

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