Transportation Engineering
Transportation Engineering is related to
design and analysis of Highways,
Railways, Airports, Urban and Suburban Road Networks, Parking Lots, and
Traffic Control Signal Systems.
Highway is defined as the main road intended for travel by
the public between important cities and towns. The
Pan-American Highway is the longest international highway which
connects many countries. It is nearly 48,000 kilometers long.
Whereas the Katy Freeway in Houston, Texas, USA, is the widest
highway having a total of 26 lanes in some sections. Railway
is an energy-efficient means of transport which runs on permanent
way consisting of two parallel rails made of steel and fastened
to sleepers or ties which rest on ballast or secured to solid
foundation. Rail transport is a major form of public transport in
many countries.
Good knowledge of construction
materials,
geotechnics and
equipments is also required by a transportation engineer.
Intelligent transportation system (ITS) is an emerging trend in
leading countries which is based on applications of information
technology. The components of transportation system (vehicles,
roads, traffic lights, message sign etc) are now embedded with
microchips and sensors enabling them to communicate with each other
through wireless technology. ITS is aimed to improve safety,
security and efficiency of transportations systems.
Quiz
on Transportation Engineering
You can also select from the following links of solved examples to get prepared for your exams like GATE and GRE.
Solved Examples on Application of equilibrium equations to find support reactions; truss member forces by method joints and method of sections.
Solved examples on shear force and bending moment diagrams for cantilever, simply supported beam and overhanging beams.
Solved examples on deflection of beam and truss by different methods like doble integration, Macaulay's method, energy method (unit load method).
Solved examples on indeterminate structures by slope-deflection equation, moment distribution method, consistent deformation(compatibility)
Solved examples for determination of strength of reinforced concrete beams (singly reinforced and doubly reinforced).
Stress Transformation Calculator
Calculate Principal Stress, Maximum shear stress and the their planes
Calculator for Moving Load Analysis
To determine Absolute Max. B.M. due to moving loads.
Bending Moment Calculator
Calculate bending moment & shear force for simply supported beam
Moment of Inertia Calculator
Calculate moment of inertia of plane sections e.g. channel, angle, tee etc.
Reinforced Concrete Calculator
Calculate the strength of Reinforced concrete beam
Moment Distribution Calculator
Solving indeterminate beams
Deflection & Slope Calculator
Calculate deflection and slope of simply supported beam for many load cases
Fixed Beam Calculator
Calculation tool for beanding moment and shear force for Fixed Beam for many load cases
BM & SF Calculator for Cantilever
Calculate SF & BM for Cantilever
Deflection & Slope Calculator for Cantilever
For many load cases of Cantilever
Overhanging beam calculator
For SF & BM of many load cases of overhanging beam
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