International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development Volume 5, Issue 04, April -2018 @IJAERD-2018, All rights Reserved 1443 Scientific Journal of Impact Factor (SJIF): 5.71 e-ISSN (O): 2348-4470 p-ISSN (P): 2348-6406 OPTIMIZATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY CONTAINER BLOCK Mohd Vaseem 1 , Naveen Rana 2 , Surinder Kumar 3 , Shakti Singh Gautam 4 1 Mechanical Engineering, Quantum University Roorkee India 2 Mechanical Engineering, Quantum University Roorkee India 3 Mechanical Engineering, Quantum University Roorkee India 4 Mechanical Engineering, Quantum University Roorkee India Abstract:-This paper optimize the dimensions of railway containers by taking into account the constraints related to space limitations. this paper is the extension of Previous paper by vaseem et. al. in this paper the sensitivity analysis is shown after the optimization. this is genralised research and can also be used by the transportation departement to calculate the optimum number of trucks in a space and thier proper allocation. the trucks like to follow last in first out policy to mininmize the inventory level within a given space. the research paper is coaded in Mat-Lab and C Language and thier results are compared with each other. the sensitivity analysis is shown in the later part of the research paper. the research paper can also be used for the traffic control on bumpy roads. the future of the research paper is limited to transportation only. Keywords: container terminals, container yard, storage capacity, yard block, yard layout optimization, block size, re-handling moves, and terminal operations. 1. LITERATURE REVIEW AND INTRODUCTION Container terminal generally have two types of trucks, i.e. internal truck (IT) and external truck (ET). Internal trucks are basically used for transfer of containers from and to the storage blocks and trains. And, it runs only inside container terminal.External trucks are used for dropping the export container to storage block or trains and bring the containers from companies. These trucks run outside terminal. Frequency of IT is more than ET. Container Terminal Operations In today‟s scenario containers are most important equipment for intermodal transportation. Every container have their standard size and unit, which suits to trucks, trains and ships. In-depth container is the key connection between different types of transportation modes. Fig.1 Chain of terminal operation Storage and stacking operation: Once the containers moved from trains and reached to storage blocks, there is a need of some operation such as stacking, re-location. Basically containers are stored in two ways in storage yard, sometime containers are stored in chassis for buffer storage, if they are moved on same day. And, sometimes