TE-2 (B-TECH civil engineering 5th)

 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING – I 

1. Introduction: Importance of Transportation, Different Modes of Transportation, Characteristics of Road Transport.

2. Highway Development & Planning: Principles of Highway Planning, Road Development in India, Classification of Roads, Road Patterns, Planning Surveys.

3. Highway Alignment: Requirements, Alignment of Hill Roads, Engineering Surveys.

4. Highway Geometric Design: Cross Section Elements, Carriageway, Camber, Sight Distances, Horizontal Curves, Extra-widening, Super-elevation, Vertical Curves.

5. Highway Materials: Properties of Sub-grade and Pavement Component Materials, Tests on Sub-grade Soil, Aggregates and Bituminous Materials.

6. Highway Construction: Earthen/Gravel Road, Water Bound Macadam, Wet Mix Macadam, Bituminous Pavements, Cement Concrete Pavements.

7. Highway Drainage: Importance, Surface Drainage and Subsoil Drainage, Construction in Water-logged areas.

8. Highway Maintenance: Pavement Failures, Pavement Evaluation, Maintenance and Strengthening Measures.

9. Highway Economics & Financing : Total Transportation Cost, Economic Analysis, Sources of Highway Financing.

10. Traffic Characteristics : Road User Characteristics, Driver Characteristics, Vehicular Characteristics

11. Traffic Studies: Volume and Speed Studies, O-D Survey, Parking Study

12. Traffic Safety: Cause and Type of Accidents, Use of Intelligent Transport System

13. Traffic Control Measures: Signs, Markings, Islands, Signals

14. Traffic Environment Interaction: Noise Pollution, Vehicular Emission, Pollution Mitigation Measures