JNTUK B.Tech Transportation Engineering Lab gives you detail information of Transportation Engineering Lab R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
Lecture : –— — : —– Internal Assessment : Marks
Tutorial : — — : —– Semester End Examination : Marks
Practical : 3 hrs/Week Credits : 2
Course Learning Objectives
The objective of this course is:
- To test crushing value, impact resistance, specific gravity and water absorption, percentage attrition, percentage abrasion, flakiness index and elongation index for the given road aggregates.
- To know penetration value, ductility value, softening point, flash and fire point, viscosity and stripping for the given bitumen grade.
- To test the stability for the given bitumen mix.
- To carry out surveys for traffic volume, speed and parking.
Course outcomes
- Ability to test aggregates and judge the suitability of materials for the road construction
- Ability to test the given bitumen samples and judge their suitability for the road construction
- Ability to obtain the optimum bitumen content for the mix design
- Ability to determine the traffic volume, speed and parking characteristics.
SYLLABUS
I. ROAD AGGREGATES
- Aggregate Crushing value
- Aggregate Impact Test.
- Specific Gravity and Water Absorption.
- Attrition Test
- Abrasion Test.
- Shape tests
II. BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
- Penetration Test.
- Ductility Test.
- Softening Point Test.
- Flash and fire point tests.
- Stripping Test
- Viscosity Test.
III. BITUMINOUS MIX
- Marshall Stability test.
IV. TRAFFIC SURVEYS
- Traffic volume study at mid blocks.
- Traffic Volume Studies (Turning Movements) at intersection.
- Spot speed studies.
- Parking study.
V. DESIGN & DRAWING
- Earthwork calculations for road works.
- Drawing of road cross sections.
- Rotors intersection design.
LIST OF EQUIPMENT
- Apparatus for aggregate crushing test.
- Aggregate Impact testing machine
- Pycnometers.
- Los angles Abrasion test machine
- Deval’s Attrition test machine
- Length and elongation gauges
- Bitumen penetration test setup.
- Bitumen Ductility test setup.
- Ring and ball apparatus
- Viscometer.
- Marshal Mix design apparatus.
- Enoscope for spot speed measurement.
- Stop Watches
TEXT BOOKS
- ‘Highway Material Testing Manual’ by S.K. Khanna, C.E.G Justo and A.Veeraraghavan, Neam Chan Brothers New Chand Publications, New Delhi.
REFERENCE BOOKS
- IRC Codes of Practice
- Asphalt Institute of America Manuals
- Code of Practice of B.I.S.
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