Highway Engineering Laboratory detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Civil Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 6th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of highway engineering laboratory is as follows.
Course Objective:
- To learn the principles and procedures of testing of materials used in the construction of highways
Excercises:
I Test On Aggregates
- Sieve Analysis
- Flakiness and Elongation Test of Aggregates.
- Specific Gravity of Aggregates.
- Aggregate Impact Value
- Los Angeles Abrasion Test
- Water Absorption of Aggregates
II Test On Bitumen
- Specific Gravity of Bitumen
- Penetration Test
- Viscosity Test
- Softening Point Test
- Ductility Test
III Bituminous Mixes – Demonstration Classes Only.
- Marshall Stability and Flow Values
- Determination of Binder Content
IV Demonstration of Field Testing Equipment
Course Outcome:
- Student would have knowledge to characterize various pavement materials and learn the concept and of testing the highway materials as per the IRC specifications through hands on experience.
References:
- Highway Materials and Pavement Testing, Nem Chand and Bros., Roorkee, Revised Fifth Edition, 2009
- Methods for testing tar and bituminous materials, IS 1201-1978 to IS 1220- 1978, Bureau of Indian Standards
- Methods of test for aggregates, IS 2386 – 1978, Bureau of Indian Standards
- Mix Design Methods Asphalt Institute Manual Series No. 2, Sixth Edition, 1997, Lexington, KY, USA.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Civil Engineering, 2019 regulation curriculum do visit Civil 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.
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