Design of bridges Syllabus • IRC Code • Types of bridges and their components • Basic concepts of bridge design • Design of slab bridge • Design of T-beam bridge (Courbon’s method) IRC Code • IRC – Indian Roads Congress • Three categories of Live loads • Types of vehicles • Placement of vehicles • Description of three category loadings • Permissible stresses and design coeff. Categories of Live loads as per IRC a. IRC Class AA loading i. For bridges subjected to very heavy loading
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INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN RAILWAYS Indian Railways‚ a historical legacy‚ are a vital force in our economy. The first railway on Indian sub-continent ran from Bombay to Thane on 16th April 1853. Fourteen railway carriages carried about 400 guests from Bombay to Thane covering a distance of 21 miles (34 Kilometers). Since then there has been no looking back. Today‚ it covers 6‚909 stations over a total route length of more than 63‚028 kilometres. The track kilometers in broad gauge (1676 mm) are 86‚
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A case study video on how the Indian railway was turned around was discussed in the class. Please suggest a Strategy for turning around Pakistan Railways by proposing a change in their Value chain activities and subsequent strategies to be followed Ans At present Pakistan Railway comprises of 8‚163 route km‚ 1‚212 stations and 42 train halts. It has a fleet of 546 diesel electric locomotives‚ 25‚815 wagons and 2‚099 passenger coaches. Maintenance is provided by three major locomotive workshops
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Introduction: Indian Railways is the nationalized railway company of India which owns and operates most of the country’s rail transport. It is the world’s second largest employer behind Chinese army; has one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world‚ an extensive network‚ which is spread over 60000 Route Kilometre‚ of which approximately 30 per cent is electrified. The Indian Railways have played an integrating role in the social and economic development of the country ‚ transporting
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rChap 1: The Beginning of things The Railway Children Answer the following questions 1. What did Peter get as his birthday present? 2. How did Father treat the children? 3. What was Father doing when the two gentlemen arrived? 4. Who left their family after their father went away? 5. What did Mother make the children promise to her? 6. Where did the three children and their mother move to after leaving London? 7. What did the children bring along
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS S. # | | Topics | Page # | 1 | | Executive Summary | 2 | 2 | | Introduction of Pakistan Railways | 3 | | 1.1 | History | | | 1.2 | Mission Statement | | | 1.3 | Vision Statement | | | 1.4 | Scope of Pak Railway | | 3 | | Body of Report | 5 | | 2.1 | Fish Bone Diagram | | | 2.2 | Graph of Productivity | | | 2.3 | Check List for Corporate Strategy | | | | Services and Products | 6 | | 3.1 | Customer Contact
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Introduction Railways had a big impact in Britain bringing economic and social benefits. People were able to travel greater distances to work or go on holidays for the first time‚ as trains were a cheap and fast way to travel. Manufactures and farmers could sell their goods all over the country and railways created many different jobs. Speed of travel The development of trains effected the owners of coach and canal services badly for them the problem was that the railways were cheaper and a
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(1.What is meant by the term?) Introduction Over 50 years ago on 1960‚ when a sprawl bed of liquid gas was discovered in North Sea‚ Netherland overjoyed exploiting the natural resource and became a net exporter of gas. The demand for Dutch guilder in order to purchasing gas‚ rose and made it extremely strong. It left a lot of currency to a level the manufacturing export was no longer competitive. Later on 1970‚ when oil price soured by 4 times; UK was tempted to invest in North Sea oil industry
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INDIAN RAILWAYS AND ITS CONTINUING MONOPOLY Indian Railways abbreviated as IR‚ is the state-owned railway company of India‚ which owns and operates most of the country’s rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. Indian Railways has one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world‚ transporting over 18 million passengers and more than 2 million tonnes of freight daily. It is the world’s largest commercial or utility employer‚ with more than
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Indian Railways (Hindi: भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail)‚ abbreviated as IR (Hindi: भा.रे.)‚ is the state-owned railway company of India‚ which owns and operates most of the country’s rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. Indian Railways has more than 64‚015 kilometres (39‚777 mi)[5] of track and 6‚909 stations. It has the world’s fourth largest railway network after that of the United States‚ Russia and China.[5] The railways traverse the length and breadth
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