CE1255 – HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
CE1255 – HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
L T P C
3 0 0 3
UNIT I HIGHWAY PLANNING AND ALIGNMENT 9
History of road construction – Highway development in India – Jayakar committee
Recomendations and realisations – Twenty year road development plans – Concepts of
on-going highways development programmes at national level – Institutions for highway
development at national level – India road congress – Highway research board, national
highway authority of India – Ministry of Road Transport and Highway (MORTH)
Central road research institute – Requirements of ideal alignment – Factors controlling
highway alignment engineering surveys for alignment – Conventional methods and
modern methods (Remote sensing, GIS and GPS techniques) – Classification and cross
section of urban and rural roads – Highway cross sectional elements – Right of way,
carriage way, camber, kerbs, shoulders and footpaths (IRC Standards) – Cross sections
of different class of roads – Principles of highway financing.
UNIT II GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS 9
Design of horizontal alignment – Horizontal curves super elevation – Widening of
pavements on horizontal curves and transition curves design of vertical alignments –
Rolling, limiting, exceptional and minimum gradients, summit and valley curves – Sight
distances – Factors affecting sight distances – PIEV theory, stopping sight distance (SSD)
– Overtaking sight distance – Sight distance at intersections – Intermediate sight distance
and illumination sight distance [Derivations and problems in SSD and OSD] – Geometric
design of hill roads [IRC Standards Only].
UNIT III FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENTS 9
Rigid and flexible pavements – Components and their functions – Design principles of
flexible and rigid pavements – Factors affecting the design of pavements – ESWL,
climate, sub-grade soil and traffic – Design practice for flexible pavements (CBR
method, IRC Method and Recommendations – Problems) – Design practice for rigid
pavements – IRC Recommendations (concept only).
UNIT IV HIGHWAY MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE 9
Desirable properties and testing of highway materials– Soil – California bearing ratio test
– Field density test – Aggregate, crushing, abrasion, impact tests, water absorption –
Flakiness and elongation indices and stone polishing value test – Bitumen – Penetration,
ductolity, viscosity, binder content and softening point tests – Construction practice –
water bound macadam road – Bituminous road and cement concrete road (As per IRC
and MORTH specification) – Highway drainage (IRC Recommendations).
UNIT V HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE 9
Types of defects in Flexible pavements – Surface defects – Cracks, deformation,
disintegration – Symptoms – Causes and treatments – Types of pavement – Failures in
rigid pavements – Scaling, shrinkage, warping, structural cracks spalling of joints and
mud pumping – Special repairs – Pavement evaluation – Pavement surface conditions
and structural evaluation – Evaluation of pavement Failure and strengthening – Overlay
design by Benkelman Beam method (Procedure only).
Total: 45
TEXT BOOKS
1. Khanna, K. and Justo, C.E.G., “Highway Engineering”, Khanna Publishers, 2001.
2. Kadiyali, L.R.,“Principles and Practice of Highway Engineering”, Khanna
Technical Publications, 2000.
REFERENCES
1. Papacostas, C.S. and Prevedouros P.D., “Transportation Engineering and
Planning”, Prentice Hall of India, 2006.
2. IRC Standards (IRC 37 – 2001 and IRC 58 – 1998).
3. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Publications on Highway Materials.
4. Specifications for Road and Bridges, MORTH (India).
L T P C
3 0 0 3
UNIT I HIGHWAY PLANNING AND ALIGNMENT 9
History of road construction – Highway development in India – Jayakar committee
Recomendations and realisations – Twenty year road development plans – Concepts of
on-going highways development programmes at national level – Institutions for highway
development at national level – India road congress – Highway research board, national
highway authority of India – Ministry of Road Transport and Highway (MORTH)
Central road research institute – Requirements of ideal alignment – Factors controlling
highway alignment engineering surveys for alignment – Conventional methods and
modern methods (Remote sensing, GIS and GPS techniques) – Classification and cross
section of urban and rural roads – Highway cross sectional elements – Right of way,
carriage way, camber, kerbs, shoulders and footpaths (IRC Standards) – Cross sections
of different class of roads – Principles of highway financing.
UNIT II GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS 9
Design of horizontal alignment – Horizontal curves super elevation – Widening of
pavements on horizontal curves and transition curves design of vertical alignments –
Rolling, limiting, exceptional and minimum gradients, summit and valley curves – Sight
distances – Factors affecting sight distances – PIEV theory, stopping sight distance (SSD)
– Overtaking sight distance – Sight distance at intersections – Intermediate sight distance
and illumination sight distance [Derivations and problems in SSD and OSD] – Geometric
design of hill roads [IRC Standards Only].
UNIT III FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENTS 9
Rigid and flexible pavements – Components and their functions – Design principles of
flexible and rigid pavements – Factors affecting the design of pavements – ESWL,
climate, sub-grade soil and traffic – Design practice for flexible pavements (CBR
method, IRC Method and Recommendations – Problems) – Design practice for rigid
pavements – IRC Recommendations (concept only).
UNIT IV HIGHWAY MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE 9
Desirable properties and testing of highway materials– Soil – California bearing ratio test
– Field density test – Aggregate, crushing, abrasion, impact tests, water absorption –
Flakiness and elongation indices and stone polishing value test – Bitumen – Penetration,
ductolity, viscosity, binder content and softening point tests – Construction practice –
water bound macadam road – Bituminous road and cement concrete road (As per IRC
and MORTH specification) – Highway drainage (IRC Recommendations).
UNIT V HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE 9
Types of defects in Flexible pavements – Surface defects – Cracks, deformation,
disintegration – Symptoms – Causes and treatments – Types of pavement – Failures in
rigid pavements – Scaling, shrinkage, warping, structural cracks spalling of joints and
mud pumping – Special repairs – Pavement evaluation – Pavement surface conditions
and structural evaluation – Evaluation of pavement Failure and strengthening – Overlay
design by Benkelman Beam method (Procedure only).
Total: 45
TEXT BOOKS
1. Khanna, K. and Justo, C.E.G., “Highway Engineering”, Khanna Publishers, 2001.
2. Kadiyali, L.R.,“Principles and Practice of Highway Engineering”, Khanna
Technical Publications, 2000.
REFERENCES
1. Papacostas, C.S. and Prevedouros P.D., “Transportation Engineering and
Planning”, Prentice Hall of India, 2006.
2. IRC Standards (IRC 37 – 2001 and IRC 58 – 1998).
3. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Publications on Highway Materials.
4. Specifications for Road and Bridges, MORTH (India).
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