railroad engineering
1railroad engineering — noun : railway engineering …
2Railroad tie — While wooden ties dominate North American railways, concrete is widely used in other parts of the world. A railroad tie/railway tie (North America), or railway sleeper (Europe) is a rectangular item used to support the rails in railroad tracks.… …
3Engineering ethics — is the field of applied ethics which examines and sets standards for engineers obligations to the public, their clients, employers and the profession. This article addresses the subject for both professional engineers and other… …
4Engineering geology — is the application of the geologic sciences to engineering practice for the purpose of assuring that the geologic factors affecting the location, design, construction, operation and maintenance of engineering works are recognized and adequately… …
5railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …
6Railroad switch — For other uses, see Switch (disambiguation). A right hand railroad switch with point indicator pointing to right …
7engineering — /en jeuh near ing/, n. 1. the art or science of making practical application of the knowledge of pure sciences, as physics or chemistry, as in the construction of engines, bridges, buildings, mines, ships, and chemical plants. 2. the action, work …
8Engineering Projects — ▪ 1995 Introduction BRIDGES Notable Engineering Projects(For Notable Engineering Projects in work, see Table (Notable Engineering Projects).) As the decade of the 1990s reached its midpoint, the limits to bridge design were being… …
9engineering — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of turning material to use] Syn. construction, manufacturing, organization, organizing, building, arranging, constructing, implementing, authorizing, systematizing, systematization, handling; see also sense 2 . 2. [The …
10Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory …
