Road Safety Engineering Detailed Syllabus for Transportation Engineering M.Tech first year first sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Road Safety Engineering M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year first sem is as follows.
M.Tech. I Year I Sem.
Course Objectives:
- This module on the fundamental of traffic engg & some of the statistics methods to analysis the traffic safety.
- The accident interrogations 7 risk involved with measures to identity the causes are dealt.
- The role of road safety in planning the urban infrastructures design is discussed.
- The varies traffic management system for safety & safety improvement strategies are dealt.
Course Outcomes: The student is able to
- To understand fundamental of Traffic Engg.
- To investigate & determine the collective factors & remedies of accident involved.
- To design & planning various road geometrics.
- To massage the traffic system from road safety point of view.
Unit – I: Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering – Basic Characteristics of Motor-Vehicle Traffic, Highway Capacity, Applications of Traffic Control Devices, Traffic Design of Parking Facilities, Traffic Engineering Studies; Statistical Methods in Traffic Safety Analysis – Regression Methods, Poisson Distribution, Chi- Squared Distribution, Statistical Comparisons.
Unit – II: Accident Investigations and Risk Management, Collection and Analysis of Accident Data, Condition and Collision Diagram, Causes and Remedies, Traffic Management Measures and Their Influence on Accident Prevention, Assessment of Road Safety, Methods to Identify and Prioritize Hazardous Locations and Elements, Determine Possible Causes of Crashes, Crash Reduction Capabilities and Countermeasures, Effectiveness of Safety Design Features, Accident Reconstruction
Unit – III: Road Safety in Planning And Geometric Design: Vehicle And Human Characteristics, Road Design and Road Equipments, Redesigning Junctions, Cross Section Improvements, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Roads, Road Maintenance, Traffic Control, Vehicle Design and Protective Devices, Post Accident Care
Unit – IV: Role of Urban infrastructure design in safety: Geometric Design of Roads; Design of Horizontal and Vertical Elements, Junctions, At Grade and Grade Separated Intersections, Road Safety in Urban Transport, Sustainable Modes and their Safety.
Unit – V: Traffic Management Systems for Safety, Road Safety Audits and Tools for Safety Management Systems, Road Safety Audit Process, Approach to Safety, Road Safety Improvement Strategies, ITS and Safety.
References:
- Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning – L. R. Kadiyali, Khanna Publishers
- Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering – C. S. Papacostas, Prentice Hall India.
- Transportation Engineering – An Introduction, C. Jotinkhisty, B. Kent Lall
- Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering, Richardo G Sigua
- Handbook of Road Safety measures, second Edition, Rune Elvik, Alena Hoye, Truls Vaa, Michael Sorenson
- Road Safety by NCHRP.
For all other M.Tech 1st Year 1st Sem syllabus go to JNTUH M.Tech Transportation Engineering 1st Year 1st Sem Course Structure for (R17) Batch.
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