Transportation Engineering detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2015 revision curriculum has been taken from the SITTTRs 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 2015 revision scheme. The detailed syllabus of transportation engineering is as follows.
Course Outcomes:
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SPECIFIC OUTCOME
MODULE – I
- Understand the history of road development which lead to current road plan and the fundamentals of traffic engineering.
- State the importance of road transportation.
- List the recommendations of Jayakar committee.
- Identify the role of IRC & IRC classifications of roads and the list the salient features of current road plan.
- Identify the details to be investigated through engineering survey and traffic survey to prepare a detailed report of a road project.
- States the basic Es in transportation engineering and discuss its relevance.
- Illustrate the different phases of engineering survey.
- Explain different traffic surveys to be conducted in planning.
- State the importance of various types of sight distance.
- Draw different arrangements of at-grade intersections and grade separated intersections.
- Explain different types of road structures, road markings and signals.
MODULE – II
- Understand various aspects of road geometrics and road construction.
- Explain the different layers of a road section and state the function of each layer.
- Draw the cross section of road on level ground, embankment, cutting, partial cutting & partial filling and mark the components and width.
- Explain various slopes of the road such as camber, gradient & types.
- State super elevation.
- Explain the need of supper elevation & widening of road on curve.
- Explain different types of vertical and horizontal curves in roads.
- State the importance of drainage in roads.
- Explain different arrangements for surface and sub surface drainage.
- Explain the different phases of road construction.
- Illustrate the procedure of earth work for formation.
- Explain the procedure for construction and maintenance of earthen road, WBM road and bituminous road.
MODULE – III
- Understand the importance of railway and various components of railway system (track & station yard), track laying operation and signaling system.
- State the importance of railway and classification based on gauge.
- Identify various components of a permanent way such as rails, fasteners & fixtures, sleepers, Ballast, formation and function of each component.
- Explain the need for conning of wheels and adzing of sleeper
- Draw the cross section of a permanent way
- Explain the track laying operations by various methods.
- Draw the sketch of arrangement of a points and crossings and explain its function.
- Explain different types of station yards based on their function.
- Explain the objectives & types of signaling system and the importance of interlocking.
MODULE – IV
- Understand an overall concept about bridges & culverts, tunneling, airport and dock &harbour.
- Differentiate a bridge and a culvert.
- Classify different types of bridges.
- Define the bridge foundation.
- Draw different types of bridge foundation.
- Explain various components of sub structure and supper structure of a bridge.
- State the function of approach road
- Categorize bridge based on the approach alignment.
- List the factors governing the selection of location for a bridge and bridge alignment.
- Explain the different bridge parameters like economic span, afflux, linear water way, vertical clearance and scour depth.
- Explain the details to be included in a bridge project report.
- State the need for a tunneling work.
- Explain the components of a tunnel with help of a sketch.
- Draw different cross sectional shapes of a tunnel.
- Differentiate different types of aircraft landing facilities.
- Draw the layout of an airport, mark components and explain the function of each component.
- List the factors deciding selection of site for air port and run way alignment pattern.
- Define the standard runway length required for an air craft.
- Define and differentiate a dock and a harbour.
- List the categories of dock and harbour based on their function.
- Draw the typical layout of a harbour, mark the components and explain the functions of each.
MODULE- I
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MODULE- II
Highway Geometrics:- Road structure – sub-grade, sub-base course, base course and wearing course/pavement – Highway width – Carriage way, shoulders, formation width, right of way -Arboriculture – Cross-section of road on level ground, embankment, cutting, partially cutting & fillingRoad slopes – camber, gradient-types of gradient – ruling, limiting and exceptional gradients – Supper elevation – widening of road on curves – Curves – Horizontal & vertical curves and their types – Road drainage – surface & sub surface drainage, catchment/intercepting drains. Road Construction: – Earth work for road – forming the formation width – spoil bank and borrow pit -balancing of earth work – Compaction of sub grade – Construction of earthen road – Water bound Macadam road – Materials used – Construction of WBM road – Construction of bituminous road – prime coat & tack coat – premix Macadam & penetration Macadam – Seal coat – Bituminous Macadam road maintenance using cutback/emulsion and hot pre-mix Macadam – Flexible pavement & Rigid pavement
MODULE – III
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MODULE – IV
Bridge and Culvert: – Types of bridges and culvert based on materials used, HFL, position of deck slab, alignment and IRC classification. Foundation – Types of foundations used for bridge – well and pile foundation Sub Structure – Abutment, pier and wing wall – different types Super Structure – Bridge bearing – girder beams – Deck slab – RCC beam bridge – Plate Girder Bridge -steel trussed bridge – arch bridge and bow string girder – Parapet/Hand rail. Approach road – function – different types of approach road alignment. Alignment of bridge – types – economical span – linear water way – afflux and vertical clearance -permissible velocities – scour depth – prevention of scour Bridge project – Surveys, plans and documents – Selection of site for bridge Tunnel Engineering: – Necessity of tunnels and its uses – Parts of a tunnel – Audit tunnel – Vertical shaft – Common shapes – Tunnel lining – Typical section of a tunnel. Air port Engineering:-Classification of airport – layout of an airport and location requirements – airport components -Runway, Apron, taxi way, terminal building, hangers, cargo, Fueling facility, Fire fighting, parking and circulation area – Run way alignment – pattern and layout of runways – Standard runway length – selection of site for airport. Docks and Harbours: – Definitions – classification and their functions – components of dock and harbour – break waters – types – Layout.
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