Pre-requisite(s)
None
Recommended Book(s)
Principles Of Highway Engineering And Traffic Analysis Fred L. M., Scott S. W., Walter P. K., Wiley 4th Edition
Reference Book(s)
Highway Traffic Analysis And Design Salter R. J. 3rd Edition
Transportation Engineering Introduction To Planning, Design And Operations, Jason C. Y. Elsevier Science Ltd
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To equip students with knowledge related to road system, highway engineering and traffic engineering.
2. To equip students with knowledge related to highway design (geometric and pavement design) manually and using software.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLO)
CLO:1 Have knowledge about to road system, highway and traffic engineering.
CLO:2 Be able to perform geometric and pavement design.
CLO:3 Have sufficient knowledge about use of software for geometric and pavement design.
COURSE CONTENTS
Introduction To Road Systems
- Location Survey in Rural and Urban Areas
- Urban Location Controls
- Highway Planning
- Roads in Hilly Areas
Highway Engineering
- Highway Components
- Elements of a typical cross-section of road
- Types of cross-section; Highway location
- Classification of Highways
- Highway Materials
- Types & Characteristics
- Specifications & Tests
- Introduction to resilient behavior
Traffic Engineering
- Operating and design speeds
- Traffic flow parameters, their relationships and data collection methodologies
- Traffic Survey
- O & D Survey
- Traffic Safety
- At-grade and grade-separated intersections
- Traffic control devices
- Capacity analysis
- Traffic management
- Level of service and signal timing for an intersection
Geometric Design
- Design controls and criteria
- Sight distance requirements
- Horizontal curves
- Super elevation
- Transition curve
- Curve widening
- Grade line
- Vertical curves
Pavement Design
- Types of pavements
- Wheel loads
- Equivalent single axle load
- Repetition and impact factors
- Load distribution characteristics
- Design of flexible and rigid pavements
- Highway drainage
- Pavement failures
- Introduction to non-destructive testing
- Pavement evaluation
- Construction, Maintenance and rehabilitation
Introduction To Relevant Computer Software
- Design of flexible and rigid pavements suing software
MAPPING OF CLOs TO PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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CLO-2 (Highway Design) |
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MAPPING OF CLOs TO ASSESSMENT MODULES
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Final Exam (40-45%) |
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