Transportation Engineering 1

Importance& limitation. Road development & planning in India. Financing, Highway alignment & engineering surveys for highway location

Cross section elements, Design speed, sight distance, super elevation, horizontal & vertical alignment including curves

Traffic studies & their importance

Their properties & tests, selection, requirements of bituminous mixes, marshall test

Use of CBR method for design of flexible pavement, IRC recommendation for design of rigid pavement, Use of CBR method for design of flexible pavement, IRC recommendation for design of rigid pavement

Classification of bridges, Consideration of location of bridge site, Investigation & data collection, Calculation of run off under bridge, Determination of water way, Choice of bridge span-economic span, Determination of maximum scour depth. Bridge Superstructure-types, suitability. Bridge foundation-Types, Sinking of well