15CE54T: Transportation Engineering Civil 5th Sem Syllabus for Diploma DTE Karnataka C15 Scheme

Transportation Engineering detail DTE Kar Diploma syllabus for Civil Engineering (General) (CE), C15 scheme is extracted from DTE Karnataka official website and presented for diploma students. The course code (15CE54T), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below. The syllabus PDFs can be downloaded from official website.

For all other civil 5th sem syllabus for diploma c15 scheme dte karnataka you can visit Civil 5th Sem Syllabus for Diploma C15 Scheme DTE Karnataka Subjects. The detail syllabus for transportation engineering is as follows.

Pre-requisites:

Knowledge of Survey, Construction Technology, Building materials.

Course Objectives:

1. To distinguish between different modes of transportation and importance of bridges and tunnel.
2. To understand the functions of various components of roads, railways, tunnel, and bridges.
3. To understand the importance of surveys, alignment and geometric features of Highways, bridges, Railways and tunnel.
4. To differentiate between types of highway pavements, their construction and advantages.
5. To realize the significance of road safety by incorporating the concepts of Traffic Engineering.
6. To understand the importance of highway drainage and road arboriculture.
7. To classify the types of stations, yards, tunnels, harbour, airport and bridge.
8. To realize the importance of safety in railways by understanding the concepts of track maintenance, points and crossing and signals.

Course Outcomes:

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UNIT 1 HIGHWAY 8

1. Introduction: Importance of transportation – different modes of transportation -surface transportation, water transportation and air transportation.
2. Highways: Highway planning, factors controlling highway alignment, Engineering surveys.Importance and objectives of highway geometric design – highway cross sectional elements. Sight distances, concept of super elevation, widening of roads at horizontal curves, gradients and its types, elements of horizontal and vertical alignments, cross-sections of different types of roads.

UNIT 2

1. Highway Materials and Pavements: Types of bitumen, Properties of bitumen, Soil stabilisation principles and methods, Requirements of highway pavements, Types of pavement, Flexible pavements-construction of WBM and WMM roads, , construction of bituminous roads,( Bitumen bound macadam only)Rigid pavements- advantages and disadvantages of CC roads, construction of CC roads, joints in CC roads, comparison between flexible and rigid pavements, Overlays. 10
2. Road drainage: Significance and requirements of highway drainage, subsurface highway drainage, objects of Road Arboriculture.

UNIT 3 BRIDGE ENGINEERING 8

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UNIT 4 RAILWAY ENGINEERING 10

1. Introduction Role of Indian railways, General features of Indian railways. Gauge, different gauges on IR, Uni-gauge policy and its benefits.
2. Railway track. Permanentway, Various components and requirements of a good track,factors to be considered while selecting a good alignment, forces acting on the track, concept of coning of wheels and tilting of rails, Gradient and its types.
3. Track Components Rails – Functions, types and requirements, wear – types and methods to reduce wear, creep, causes, effects and prevention. Sleepers -Functions, requirements, PSC monoblock sleeper with pandrol clips, sleeper density. Ballast – Functions, requirements, broken stone ballast. Track fittings and fastenings – Purpose, fish plates, only elastic fastenings used in concrete sleepers. Rail joints and welding of rails – Types of rail joints, comparison of short welded, long welded and continuous welded rails.

UNIT 5

1. Points and crossings Turnout and its necessity, sketch of constituents of a turnout. Track junctions – crossover between two parallel tracks, Diamond crossing, Scissor crossover. Level Crossings- objects of providing level crossings, typical layout of a square level crossing. Track maintenance – Necessity, advantages and essentials of track maintenance, duties of a PWI. 12
2. Railway stations and yards Classification of railway stations on operational and functional considerations (explain only A- class block station for double line) wayside station on a single line section, types of yards, explain Marshalling yard. Signalling and interlocking – Objectives, signals required at stations, Interlocking and its essential regulations.
3. Suburban railways in metro cities Tube railways and elevated railways, typical cross-section of underground railway (tunnel circular section) and elevated railways with dimensions.

UNIT 6 TUNNEL ,AIR PORT AND HARBOURS 4

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Course Delivery:

The course will be delivered through lectures, demonstration, Presentations and suggested activities.

SUGGESTED STUDENT ACTIVITIES

1. Visit a highway construction site and collect cross sectional drawings and topo sheets and prepare a power point presentation with photographs and videos.
2. Prepare a comparative chart showing various types of roads such as WBM, Bituminous roads, Concrete roads.
3. Visit a highway construction site, identify various types of soils, the test procedures as per relevant IS codes and inference based on the test results.
4. Draw the cross sectional details of Village roads, MDR, SH, NH using CADD and prepare a chart.
5. Collect the parameters of road intersection in the locality and prepare a model.
6. Prepare a model showing the cross sectional details of various types of roads such as bituminous and concrete roads.
7. Taking the measurements of an existing box culvert and prepare a model of the same.
8. Prepare a model of a typical bridge structure showing the component parts of bridge.
9. Prepare a presentation on comparison between RCC and PSC bridges with proper photographs and videos.
10. Prepare a chart showing the various road signs used by collecting the information from nearby RTO and prepare report and presentation it.
11. Visit nearest railway station and collect the information regarding railway track such as ballast, sleeper, gauge and signals and prepare a presentation and submit a report.
12. Collect information regarding various types of railway gauges used in India and other countries, prepare a chart and present it.
13. Collect videos showing the various forces acting on a railway track and present in the class.
14. Collect photographs and videos of crossings and prepare a presentation on it.
15. Collect videos related to track laying procedure and give seminar in the class.
16. Give a presentation on production of railway sleepers.
17. Collect information about alternate modes of transport (Mass Rapid Transport system) and make a presentation on it.
18. Explain the airport components in the class with the aid of presentation.
19. Explain the construction of tunnel with the help of video in the class room and submit a report.
20. Explain different types of tunnels with the help of presentation.
21. Prepare a presentation on component parts of Harbour.
22. Collect different IRC codes pertaining to highway geometric design and prepare a chart.
23. Prepare a presentation and report on Maglev Trains.
24. Prepare a presentation and report on Bullet Trains.
25. Give a seminar on the use of eco-toilets in trains.
26. Give a seminar on the use of bio toilets in trains.
27. Prepare a model of a typical railway track.
28. Prepare a presentation on sky bus technology.
29. Seminar on Intelligent Transport System (ITS).
30. Collect the information regarding various railway divisions in India and their functions.
31. Collect the information regarding the functions and importance of the following agencies regarding road projects.
• National Highway Authority of India
• Indian Road Congress
• Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Corporation
• Public Works Department
• Rural Development and Panchayath Raj Department
32. Collect the information and prepare a presentation on the following topics.
• Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
• Golden Quadrilateral Project
• National Highway grid
• Public Private Partnership (PPP) road projects
• Renumbering of Indian National Highways
• Use of road reflectors, delineators, and road markings

NOTE

1. Students should select any one of the above or other topics relevant to the subject approved by the concerned faculty, individually or in a group of 3 to
2. Students should mandatorily submit a written report and make a presentation on the topic. The task should not be repeated among students. Report will be evaluated by the faculty. Weightage for 5 marks Internal Assessment shall be as follows: (Unsatisfactory 1, Developing 2, Satisfactory 3, Good 4 and Exemplary 5)
3. Reports should be made available along with bluebooks to IA verification officer

Model Question Paper:

for CIE

1. Explain the role and importance of transportation. OR Explain the various factors controlling the alignment of roads.
2. Draw a typical cross-section of a national highway.
3. What is meant by soil stabilisation? And what are its principles?
4. Explain briefly sub surface drainage system with a neat sketch. OR Explain the method of construction of WBM road width a neat sketch.

Note: Internal choice may be given in each CO at the same cognitive level (CL).

Text Books:

1. Khanna S.K. and Justo C.E.G, Highway Engineering, Nemchand and Bros, Roorkee.
2. Kadiyali L.R, Highway Engineering, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
3. Satish Chandra and Agarwal M M, Railway Engineering, Oxford university press.

Reference Books:

1. Subramanyam. K.P, Transportation Engineering, Scitech Publications, Chennai.
2. Khanna SK and Justo CEG, Highway Material Testing Laboratory Manual, Nemchand and Bros. Roorkee.
3. Dr. S K Sharma, Highway Engineering, S Chand and company, New Delhi.
4. J S Mundrey, Railway track engineering, McGraw Hill education, New Delhi.
5. Paul H Wright and Karen K Dixon, Highway Engineering, Wiley pub, New Delhi.
6. James H Banks, Tata Mcgraw-Hill, New Delhi.

Model Question Paper:

PART-A

Answer any six questions. Each question carries five marks each.

1. Explain the role and importance of transportation.
2. What is meant by super elevation? And list the objects and advantages.
3. What are the necessities of providing Highway drainage?
4. Explain are the component parts of a bridge?
5. What is meant by bridge bearing? and list its functions
6. What are the general features of Indian railways?
7. What are the various forces acting on the track?
8. List the duties of PWI.
9. List the purpose of drainage of tunnel and its types.

PART-B

Answer any seven questions. Each question carries ten marks each.

1. Mention the various surveys to be conducted for road alignment and explain briefly preliminary and final location of survey.
2. Explain the method of construction of WBM road with a neat sketch.
3. Explain briefly sub surface drainage system with a neat sketch.
4. List the classification of bridges according to all the parameters.
5. Explain briefly the sub structure components of a bridge with a sketch.
6. What are the various components and requirements of a good track?
7. What is meant by creep? List the causes, effects and prevention of creep.
1. Draw a typical cross-section of an underground railway tunnel circular in section and an elevated railway (Metro rail).
1. What are the advantages of tunnelling?
2. List the objects of lining and ventilation in tunnels.
10. Define the terms:- Aerodrome, Hanger, Runway, Brake water, Jetties.

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