2K6CE 704 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING I

Module I (14 hours)
Highway classification and geometrical design: introduction – historical development of road construction – highway development in India – classification of roads – road patterns – typical cross sections of roads in urban and rural area – requirements and factors controlling alignment of roads – engineering surveys for highway location – pavement surface characteristics – camber and width requirements – sight distances – stopping and overtaking sight distances – overtaking zone requirements – design of horizontal alignment – speed – radius – super elevation – methods of providing super elevation – extra widening of pavements – transition curves – design of vertical alignment – gradient – grade compensation – summit curves and valley curves – worked out problems on all the above topics
Module II (12 hours)
Highway materials, design, construction and maintenance: desirable properties and testing of highway materials – road aggregates, bituminous materials and subgrade soil factors influencing the design of pavements – CBR method and IRC guidelines for flexible pavements – design of rigid pavements using IRC charts – worked outproblems – construction of earth roads – WBM roads – cement stabilized roads – bituminous pavements – cement concrete roads and joints in cement concrete roads – brief study of types and causes of failures in flexible and rigid pavements and maintenance
Module III (13 hours) 
Airport planning and design: introduction – aircraft characteristics and their influence on planning of airports – airport obstructions and zoning – component parts of airport and site selection – runway design – orientation – basic runway length – corrections and geometric design; design of taxiways and aprons – terminal area planning – facilities in terminal area and their planning concepts – aircraft parking configurations – design of drainage system – surface and subsurface drainage systems and their design
Module IV (13 hours)
Traffic engineering: introduction – road user, vehicle and traffic characteristics – speed and delay – volume – origin and destination – parking and accident studies – simple worked out problems – principles of design of at grade intersections – simple layouts – objectives, classification and uses of traffic signs and markings – design of isolated signals by Webster’s method

Text book
1.Khanna S.K. & Justo E.G., Highway Engineering, Nem Chand & Bros
2. Kadiyali. L. R., Principles of Highway Engineering, Khanna Publishers
3. Khanna S. K. and Arora. M. G., Airport Planning and Design, Nemchand & Bros
4. Rao. G. K. transportation Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill Co
5. S. C. Rangwala, Airport Engg. Charotar Publishng Co
Reference Books
1. O’ Flaherty C.A., Highway-Traffic Planning and Engineering, Edward Arnold.
2. Horonjeff R. & Francise McKeivy, Planning and Design of Airports, McGraw Hill.
3. Yoder and Witezak, Principles of Pavement Design, John Wiley & Sons, 1975,New York.
4. IRC: 37-2001, Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements, IRC 2001, New Delhi.
5. IRC: 58-2002, Guidelines for the Design of Rigid Pavements, IRC 2002, New Delhi.