Department of Civil Engineeringcoretheory
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
CIE 2222
Syllabus
- 01Geometric design of highways cross-sectional elements, sight distances, horizontal and vertical alignments
- 02Tractive resistance and Geometric design of railway Track – Speed and Cant
- 03Concept of airport runway length, calculations, and corrections; taxiway and exit taxiway design
- 04Highway materials – desirable properties and tests; Desirable properties of bituminous paving mixes; Design factors for flexible and rigid pavements; Design of flexible and rigid pavement using IRC codes
- 05Traffic studies on flow and speed, peak hour factor, accident study, statistical analysis of traffic data; Microscopic and macroscopic parameters of traffic flow, fundamental relationships; Traffic signs
- 06Signal design by Webster's method; Types of intersections; Highway capacity
References
- Khanna S.K and Justo C.E.G, Highway Engineering, (10e), Nemchand and Brothers, Roorkee, 2015
- Kadiyali L.R, Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning (5e), Khanna Publisher, New Delhi, 2000
- Yoder E.J, Principles of Pavement Design, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1975
- Yang H Huang, Pavement Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall, 2003
- Saxena S. C and Arora S. P, A Text Book of Railway Engineering, (8e), Dhanpat Rai Publications, Ltd., New Delhi, 2017
- Khanna S. K, Arora M. G and Jain S. S, Airport Planning and Design, (6e), Nemchand and Brothers, Roorkee, 1999
- Horenjeff, R and McKelvey, F, Planning and Design of Airports, (4e), Mc Graw Hill Company, New York, 1994
- Ashford, N and Wright, P.H, Airport Engineering, (3e), John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1992
Credits Structure
4Lecture
0Tutorial
0Practical
4Total