JNTUK B.Tech Transportation Engineering – I gives you detail information of Transportation Engineering – I R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
Lecture : 3 hrs/Week : Internal Assessment : Marks
Tutorial : 1 Hrs/Week :Semester End Examination : Marks
Practical : —- : Credits : 3
Course Learning Objectives
The objective of this course is:
- To impart different concepts in the field of Highway Engineering.
- To acquire design principles of Highway Geometrics and Pavements
- To learn various highway construction and maintenance procedures.
Course Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:
- Plan highway network for a given area.
- Determine Highway alignment and design highway geometrics.
- Design Intersections and prepare traffic management plans.
- Judge suitability of pavement materials and design flexible and rigid pavements.
- Construct and maintain highways
SYLLABUS
UNIT I : Highway Planning and Alignment:Highway development in India; Classification of Roads; Road Network Patterns; Necessity for Highway Planning; Different Road Development Plans – First, second, third road development plans, road development vision 2021, Rural Road Development Plan – Vision 2025; Planning Surveys; Highway Alignment- Factors affecting Alignment- Engineering Surveys – Drawings and Reports.
UNIT – II : Highway Geometic Design:Importance of Geometric Design- Design controls and Criteria- Highway Cross Section Elements- Sight Distance Elements-Stopping sight Distance, Overtaking Sight Distance and Intermediate Sight Distance- Design of Horizontal Alignment-Design of Super elevation and Extra widening- Design of Transition Curves-Design of Vertical alignment-Gradients- Vertical curves.
UNIT – III : Traffic Engineering:Basic Parameters of Traffic-Volume, Speed and Density- Traffic Volume Studies; Speed studies –spot speed and speed & delay studies; Parking Studies; Road Accidents-Causes and Preventive measures – Condition Diagram and Collision Diagrams; PCU Factors, Capacity of Highways – Factors Affecting; LOS Concepts; Road Traffic Signs; Road markings; Types of Intersections; At-Grade Intersections – Design of Plain, Flared, Rotary and Channelized Intersections; Design of Traffic Signals –Webster Method –IRC Method.
UNIT – IV : Highway Materials:Subgrade soil: classification –Group Index – Subgrade soil strength – California Bearing Ratio – Modulus of Subgrade Reaction. Stone aggregates: Desirable properties – Tests for Road Aggregates – Bituminous Materials: Types – Desirable properties – Tests on Bitumen – Bituminous paving mixes: Requirements – Marshall Method of Mix Design.
UNIT – V : Design Of Pavements:Types of pavements; Functions and requirements of different components of pavements; Design Factors Flexible Pavements: Design factors – Flexible Pavement Design Methods – CBR method – IRC method – Burmister method – Mechanistic method – IRC Method for Low volume Flexible pavements. Rigid Pavements: Design Considerations – wheel load stresses – Temperature stresses – Frictional stresses – Combination of stresses – Design of slabs – Design of Joints – IRC method – Rigid pavements for low volume roads – Continuously Reinforced Cement Concrete Pavements – Roller Compacted Concrete Pavements.
UNIT – VI : Highway Construction and Maintenance:Types of Highway Construction – Earthwork; Construction of Earth Roads, Gravel Roads, Water Bound Macadam Roads, Bituminous Pavements and Construction of Cement Concrete Pavements. Pavement Failures, Maintenance of Highways, pavement evaluation, strengthening of existing pavements.
TEXT BOOKS
- ‘Highway Engineering’by Khanna S.K., Justo C.E.G and Veeraragavan A, Nem Chand Bros, Roorkee.
- ‘Traffic Engineering and Transportation’ Planning by Kadiyali L.R, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
- ‘Highway Engineering’ by Srinivasa Kumar R, Universities Press, Hyderabad.
REFERENCES
- ‘Transportation Engineering and Planning’ by Papacostas C.S. and PD Prevedouros, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd; New Delhi.
- ‘Principles of Highway Engineering’ by Kadiyali LR, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
- ‘Transportation Engineering – An Introduction’ byJotin Khisty C, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs,New Jersey.
- ‘Highway Engineering’ by Paul H. Wright and Karen K Dixon, Wiley Student Edition, Wiley India (P) Ltd., New Delhi .
- ‘Principles of Transportation Engineering’ by Partha Chakroborthy and Animesh Das, PHI Learning Private Limited, Delhi
- ‘Practice and Design of Highway Engineering’ by Sharma SK, Principles, S.Chand & Company Private Limited, New Delhi.
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