Syllabus of Transportation Engineering for Vth term

Transportation Engineering (4-1-0)

Unit I: Introduction

Overview of transportation system, Transportation modes, importance of roads, scope of highway engineering, importance of transportation planning, Development of transportation in India and different road plans, introduction to highway elements, New road project work;

Unit II: Highway Geometric Design

Cross sectional elements, traffic separators, road margins, sight distance, break distance, stopping distance, overtaking zones, super elevation, transition curves, design of vertical element;

Unit III: Types of Transportation Systems

Motorized and Non-motorized transport systems; Public transport (PT) systems, Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) systems, Adaptability and suitability of transport systems;

Unit IV: Traffic engineering

vehicle characteristics, human characteristics, traffic studies, presentation of traffic volume data, speed studies, spot speed studies, speed and delay studies, o&d studies, traffic maneuvers, traffic capacity studies, PCU, parking studies, accident studies and records, relationship between travel time-capacity-volume-density-speed, road markings and signings, signal design;

Unit V: Highway Materials

Soil classifications, evaluation of soil strength, stone aggregates, tests on bitumen, design of bitumen mixes;

Books and References:

1. The Handbook of highway engineering–T.F.Fwa (Editor), National University of Singaopre, Singapore, CRC Press
2. Transportation Engineering: An Introduction 3^rd Edison, C. Jotin Khisty and B Kent Lall
3. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (1990), A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, AASHTO, Washington, DC.
4. Highway Engineering by Khanna and Justo