Howrah
Howrah

Author: Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley

Publisher:

Published: 1909

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13:

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Engineering Aspects of Howrah Bridge at Kolkata (1943)
Engineering Aspects of Howrah Bridge at Kolkata (1943)

Author: Amitabha Ghoshal

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2021-05-17

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 1000425649

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Howrah Bridge is an iconic engineering structure of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and is in excellent condition after 78 years of extensive use. The bridge is a balanced cantilever structure, has a central span of 457 meters, used 26,500 tons of high-grade steel and was entirely fabricated at Kolkata to a high precision as a riveted structure. The bridge is an example of the high-quality work that went into bridge building in earlier years and offers unique design and detailing features. This current book covers all the engineering aspects of the structure explaining planning, design of superstructures, substructures and foundations along with fabrication and erection with a separate section on special features. Aimed at civil and bridge engineering students and graduate engineers, professionals, practicing structural engineers and also heritage structure enthusiasts, this book offers a detailed case study and a thorough description of a well-known and iconic bridge. It covers the planning process to design and construction aspects. It discusses conceptual design aspects and alternatives considered at the time of construction. It explains the planning of the foundations in a clayey silt river bed, subject to tidal variations, the design and construction of foundations, and illustrates the fabrication of steel work and the use of pre-cambering principle.

Howrah To Brooklyn
Howrah To Brooklyn

Author: Ramesh Shah

Publisher: BFC Publications

Published: 2021-07-07

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 9391329845

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Around 20 years after returning from the United States, he penned down his observations about the various scenarios prevalent in the USA and India, covering topics like Unemployment, Polity, and Bollywood, along with suggestions for improving the state of affairs. Besides this, he also wrote certain fun, weird, and quirky movie scripts, along with some other works.

Mobilities in India
Mobilities in India

Author: Bhaswati Mondal

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-26

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 3030783502

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This book presents commuting as a new paradigm in mobility studies in the context of global south. It delves into suburban train commuting in Eastern India. The book interprets commuting not only as a means to attend work but also as a process producing kinetic event-space infused with different mobile practices, which is not determined by their locational fixity, rather can be cognized. It analyses the role of suburban train commuting in the metropolitan expansion of Kolkata, and the transformation of rural space into urban. The significant contribution of the book lies in explaining commuters’ experiencescape and the production of spatial fluidity in time capsule through commuting. It also explores the subjective reality of gendered commuting. The book uses a trans-disciplinary research design, blending quantitative and ethnographic research methods. The area selected for the empirical research is the Howrah-Bardhaman Main Railway Line (108 km), the first suburban railway line in Eastern India. Commuters originating from three adjacent districts of Purba Bardhaman, Hooghly and Howrah took part in this research. Besides the commuters, non-commuting passengers and hawkers in the train were also interviewed to understand the diverse perceptions of the process of commuting. This book may be considered as a reference book for mobility studies, transport studies, urban geography and regional planning.