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SYLLABUS
UNIT-I
Introduction, History and Importance of Highways, Characteristics of Road Transport, Current Road Development Plans in India, Highway Development in India, Highway Planning, Highway Alignment, Engineering Surveys for Highway Alignment, Highway Projects, Highway Drawings and Reports, Detailed Project Report Preparation, PPP Schemes of Highway Development in India, Government of India Initiatives in Developing the Highways and Expressways in Improving the Mobility and Village Road Development in Improving the Accessibility.
UNIT-II
Introduction to Highway Geometric Design; Width of Pavement, Formation and Land, Cross Slopes etc; Concept of Friction: Skid and Slip; Elements of Geometric Design of Highways; Sight Distances: Stopping Sight Distance, Overtaking Sight Distance and Intermediate Sight Distance; Horizontal Alignment: Design of Horizontal Curves, Super Elevation, Extra Widening of Pavement at Curves; Vertical Alignment: Gradients, Compensation in Gradient, Design of Summit Curves and Valley Curves using Different Criteria; Integration of Horizontal and Vertical Curves
UNIT-III
Basic Traffic Characteristics: Speed, Volume and Concentration, Relationship Between Flow, Speed and Concentration; Highway Capacity and Level of Service (LOS) Concepts: Factors Affecting Capacity and LOS, Relationship Between V/C Ratio and LOS; Traffic Volume and Spot Speed Studies: Methods; Road Safety; Traffic Signals: Types, Warrants for Signalization, Design of Isolated Traffic Signal by IRC Method; Parking and Road Accidents: Types of Parking Facilities – On-Street and Off Street, Introduction to Parking Studies; Accident Studies, Road Safety Auditing; Introduction to Street Lighting; Road Intersections: Design Considerations of at-Grade Intersections, Introduction to Interchanges
UNIT-IV
Tests on Soils: CBR, Field CBR, Modulus of Sub-Grade Reaction, Tests on Aggregates: Specific Gravity, Shape (Flakiness and Elongation Indices), Angularity Number, Water Absorption, Impact, Abrasion, Attrition, Crushing Resistance, Durability (Weathering Resistance), Stone Polishing Value of Aggregates; Tests on Bitumen: Spot, Penetration, Softening Point, Viscosity, Ductility, Elastic Recovery, Flash and Fire Points, Introduction to Modified Bituminous Binders Like Crumb Rubber Modified, Natural Rubber Modified and Polymer Modified Bitumen Binders; Bituminous Concrete: Critical Parameters Controlling Bituminous Concrete Mixture Design, Aggregate Blending Concepts Viz. Rothfuch’s Method, Trial and Error Procedure. Introduction to Advanced Concretes for Road Applications.
UNIT-V
Introduction to Pavement Design: Types of Pavements and their Typical Cross Sections: Flexible, Rigid and Composite; Flexible Pavement Analysis and Design: Introduction To Multi Layered Analysis, IRC 37- 2012 Method of Flexible Pavement Design; Rigid Pavement Analysis and Design: Factors Controlling Rigid Pavement Design, Types of Stresses in Rigid Pavements, Critical Load Positions, Load Stresses and Temperature Stresses in Interior, Corner and Edge Locations of Jointed Plain Cement Concrete Pavement Slabs, IRC 58-2015 Method of Rigid Pavement Design; Overlay Designs: Types of Overlays on Flexible and Rigid Pavements.
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