Pavement Materials & Construction detailed Syllabus for Civil Engineering (CIVIL), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU CIVIL 7th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Civil Engineering 7th Sem 2018 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-2) subjects refer to Professional Elective-2 Scheme. The detail syllabus for pavement materials & construction is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Module 1
Pavement Materials Aggregates- Origin, Classification, Requirements, properties and tests on Road aggregates, Concepts of size and gradation- design gradation, maximum aggregate size, aggregate blending by different methods to meet specification. Bitumen and Tar- Origin, Preparation, Properties and Chemical Constitution of bituminous road binders, Requirements.
Module 2
Bituminous emulsion and Cutbacks- Preparation, Characteristics, uses and test. Adhesion of bitumen binders to road aggregates, Adhesion failure, Mechanism of stripping, tests and methods of improving adhesion.
Module 3
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Module 4
Equipments in highway construction: Various types of equipments for excavation, grading and compaction- their working principles, advantages and limitations. Special equipment for bituminous and cement concrete pavement and stabilized soil road construction. Sub grade: Earthwork grading and Construction of embankments and cuts for roads, Preparation of subgrade, quality control tests.
Module 5
Flexible Pavements: Specifications of materials, Construction method and field control checks for various types of flexible pavement layers. Cement Concrete Pavements: Specifications and method of cement concrete pavement construction (PQC, importance of providing DLC as sub base and polythene thin layer between PQC and sub base). Quality control tests, Construction of various types of joints.
Course Outcomes:
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Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Highway Engineering- Khanna, S.K., and Justo, C.E.G.: Nem Chand and Bros. Roorkee.
- Construction Equipment and its Management- Sharma, S.C.:Khanna Publishers.
- Hot Mix Asphalt Materials, Mixture Design and Construction- Freddy L. Roberts, Kandhal, P.S: University of Texas Austin, Texas. NAPA Education Foundation Lanham, Maryland.
Reference Books:
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Web links and Video Lectures:
- http://nptel.ac.in/courses.php?disciplineID=111
- http://www.class-central.com/subject/math(MOOCs)
- http://academicearth.org/
- VTU EDUSAT PROGRAMME-20
For the detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE (CIVIL) 7th Sem, visit Civil Engineering 7th Sem Subjects.
For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) BE/B.Tech results, visit VTU BE/B.Tech all semester results.