CE 9305 Highway Engineering syllabus download

CE 9305 HIGHWAY ENGINEERING L T P C
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OBJECTIVE:
To give an overview / basis of highway engineering with respect to the development, planning,
design, construction and maintenance of highways.

UNIT I HIGHWAY PLANNING AND ALIGNMENT 8
History of road development in India – Classification of highways – Institutions for Highway
planning, design and implementation at different levels – factors influencing highway
alignment – Engineering surveys for alignment, objectives, conventional and modern
methods.
UNIT II GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HILL ROADS 10
Typical cross sections of Urban and Rural roads – Lateral and vertical clearance at
underpasses – Cross sectional elements – Horizontal curves, super elevation, transition
curves, widening of curves – Sight distances – Vertical curves, gradients, hairpin bends – IRC
standards
UNIT IIII DESIGN FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENTS 9
Design principles – pavement components and their role - Design practice for flexible and rigid
pavements, (IRC methods only).
UNIT IV HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, EQUIPMENTS AND PRACTICE 8
Highway construction materials, properties, testing methods – Construction practice including
modern methods, concrete road constructions (problem not included) - Highway drainage –
Special considerations for hilly roads.
UNIT V EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PAVEMENTS 10
Pavement distress in flexible and rigid pavement – Pavement evaluation, roughness, present
serviceability index, skid resistance, structural evaluation, evaluation by deflection
measurements – Strengthening of pavements –Types of maintenance – IRC standards

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Khanna.K and Justo. C.E.G., Highway Engineering, Khanna Publishers, Roorkee,1994.
2. Kadiyali.L.R., Principles and practice of Highway Engineering, Khanna Technical
Publications, Delhi, 1997.
3. Indian Road Congress (IRC), Guidelines and Special Publications of Planning and Design.

REFERENCES:
1. Blunden W.R and J.A Black, The Land Use Transport Systems, Pergamon Press, 1994.
2. Vazirani, V.N and S.P.Chandola, Transportation Engineering, Vol.1. Khanna Publishers,
Delhi, 1999
3. Clarkson.H Oglesby and R.Gary Hicks, Highway Engineering, John Wileysons , 1992
4. Arora.N.L. Transportation Engineering, New India Publishing Home, 1996.
5. Sharma.S.K Principles , Practices and Design of Highway Engineering, S.Chand and
Company Ltd.,1995
6. O’Flaherty.C.A Highways, Butterworth – Heinemann, Oxford, 2006

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