Industrial Visit Report Civil 33515j

REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO ERODE RAILWAY STATION ON 13-08-2014 INTRODUCTION: The Third year B. E. Civil Engineering students (2012 – 2016 batch) of Velalar college of Engineering and Technology, Erode – 12 an Industrial visit to Erode Railway station on 0808-2014(Forenoon). INDUSTRIAL VISIT ARRANGMENTS DETAILS: Industrial visit arrangements have been divided into 3 batches under the control of five faculty . Initiation letter: The Initiation letter was written by Principal Dr. M.Jayaraman to the Assistant divisional Engineer, southern railway of Erode to get the permission. The Civil Engineering department Head Dr.E.Ravi and faculty IV in charge Mr. C.Karthik personally handover the initiation letter to Assistant divisional engineer. Permission letter: The permission letter was collected in person from engineering department, southern railway by student organizer Mr.S.Sarath kumar as per their request. Transport details: The college bus was arranged with the help of Mr. N.Periyasamy, istrative Manager and Mr. R.Ananthamoorthy, Deputy Manager of VCET. Facilitators: Faculties accompanied us: 1. Mr. C.Karthik, Asst. Prof. (Sr.Gr.), 2. Ms. M.Subhashini, Asst. Prof., 3. Ms. A.Anitha, Asst. Prof., 4. Mr. S.C.Sarathkumar, Asst. Prof., 5. Mr. K.S.Shivanandham, Asst. Prof., 6.Mr. R.Gunasekar, Lab technician. This industrial visit was organized by III Year B.E. civil Engineering, the student organizers are: 1. Mr. R.Vignesh 1. Ms. S.Indumidirai 2. Mr. K.S.Sarathkumar 2. Ms. P.Poorani 3. Mr. K.Vigneswaran 3. Ms. R.Rekha AIM OF THIS VISIT: The subject title ‘Railways, Airport & Harbour Engineering’ is included in fifth semester of Civil Engineering curriculum, we feel it will be fruitful that the students have a sight of the railway track operation, maintenance and controlling activities of signal in order to have a better appreciation of practical applications of theory.

ACTIVITIES DURING THE VISIT: We split the entire visit into two sessions, 1. Class room session delivered by faculty from Railway Training Institute, Erode. 2. Practical session delivered by Inspector of work (IoW) Railway Track and Signaling at site, Erode. Class room session: At Railway training institute, Instructor delivered a lecture about the overall railway track operations, maintenance of railway track and controlling the railway system. At railway training institute, various type of rail sections, rail fastenings, defected rail sections, accessories for welding the rail section, Turnout, Level crossing, Railway crossing, Rail gauge and various types of signals are displayed. Students are split into three batches and they are allowed to visit all the models personally and ask if they are having any doubt. Further the Instructor explained various functions, operations and uses of these railway track components to each batch with model. Practical session: After completion of class room session, all three batch students are gone to site with instructor and two railway track gang man to guide the students from safety point of view. The instructor explains the following items to all our three batches separately with live example at site: 1. Rail gauge 2. Wheel gauge 3. Coning of wheels 4. Sleepers- wooden and prestressed concrete 5. Ballast 6. Rail fastenings – Fish plate, Spike, Sliding plate etc., 7. Track circuiting 8. Left hand turnout 9. Right hand turnout 10. Tongue rail 11. Stock rail 12. Switches 13. Distance blocks 14. Rolling stocks 15. Signals – Semaphore signal and coloured signal. 16. Fouling mark 17. Widening of wheel gauge on curve. During the practical session, students permitted to see the rail engine front axle, back axle and wheel flange projection in the moving locomotive at a speed of around 10kmph.

PHOTOS OF VISIT:

Rail sections

Gauge distance

Rail fastening

Type of warning signal

Tongue rail in switch

Turnout

‘Vee’ crossing

Singalling system of Erode Junction.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are very thankful for our management, who gave us this opportunity to visit Erode Railway station. We sincerely thank our beloved Secretary and correspondent Thiru.S.D.Chandrasekar, who provide all the facilities. We thank our beloved principal Dr.M.Jayaraman, and our respected HOD Dr. E.Ravi, who helped us in organizing this trip with his valuable advice. We thank Mr. C.Karthik, Faculty IV incharge who helped in getting permission in the southern railway. Our sincere thanks to Mr.Srinivasan, Assistant divisional engineer, Engineering department, Southern railway, Erode who gave permission, helped in understanding the various technical details of railways network. Our sincere thanks go to everyone who helped for this useful industrial visit. Student organizers: 1. Mr. R.Vignesh 2. Mr. K.S.Sarathkumar 3. Mr. K.Vigneswaran 4. Ms. S.Indumidirai 5. Ms. P.Poorani 6. Ms. R.Rekha

Facilitators: 1.Mr. C.Karthik, Asst. Prof.(Sr.Gr.), 2.Ms. M.Subhashini, Asst. Prof., 3.Ms. A.Anitha, Asst. Prof., 4.Mr. S.C.Sarathkumar, Asst. Prof., 5.Mr. K.S.Shivanandham, Asst. Prof., 6.Mr. R.Gunasekar, Lab technician.