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MDU BTECH TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING-1 SYLLABUS AND NOTES
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SECTION-A

UNIT-I

Highway Plans, Highway Alignment and Surveys
Main features of 20 years road development plans in India. Requirement of an ideal high way alignment.
Factors affecting alignment, Surveys for high way alignments.
Classifications of roads. Objectives of highway planning. surveys Saturation system of planning.

UNIT –II Cross section elements and sight distance considerations.-

Cross section elements, friction, carriage way, formation width, land width, camber,IRC recommended values.
Types of terrain design speed,
sight distance ,stopping sight distance, overtaking sight distance ,overtaking zones, intermediate sight distance
sight distance at inter sections, head light sight distance, set back distance.Cirtical locations for sight
distance.
Design of horizontal and vertical alignments-

SECTION-B

UNIT –III

Effects of centrifugal force.
Design of super elevation.
Providing super elevation in the field.
Radiuos of circular curves. Extra widening.
Type and length of transition curves.
Gradiednt, types, values.
Smmit curves and valley curves, their design criterions. Grade compensation on curves.

UNIT-IV

Traffic characteristics and traffic surveys, road user and vehicular characteristics .Traffic studies such as
volume, speed and O & D studies. Parking and accident studies. Fundamental diagram of traffic flows.
Level of service.PCU.Capacity for non urban roads. Causes and preventing measures for road accidents.
High way materials

SECTION-B

UNIT –V

Sub grade soil evaluation, CBR test, plate bearing test, desirable properties of aggregatesa,various testes
testing procedures and IRC/IS specifications for suitability of aggregates
Types of Bituminous materials.
Bitumen,tar, Cut back,emulsions. Various tests, testing procedures and IRS/Is specifications for
of bituminous materials in road construction.Bitumenous mix, desirable properties.Marshell memix design. Basic concept of use of polymers and rubber modified bitumen in bituminous mixes.

SECTION-C

UNIT –VI

Rail way Transport
System of rail ways ,permanents ways, components ,requirements of gauge, gauge, types of gaug
function of rails ,composition ‘types of rails, length of rail, rail joints, type of rail joints, conwheel,tilting,failure of rails, creeps wearing,buckling,welding,Sleepers,Types of Functions,Requirements,Ballasts,Functions,Types of ballast size and sections, and quanties,fixfastening,function,typr of fastening,requirements,spikes,types of spikes,bolts,keys,.

SECTION-D

UNIT-VII

Track geometries, gradients,types of gradients ,curves, types of curves, super elevations, relatioelevation with gauge ,speed and radius of curves, pointing crossing, technical terms, turn out,switcof switches,crossings,type of crossing,junction,type of junction,plating,method of platting, relatrack, method of relaying of track, railway station,purpose,site selection,requirements,classificstations,yards,classification of yards, necessity of equipments, level crossing,signals,classificsignals,interlocking,method of inter locking, Maintenance and drainage, classification of maintenan

UNIT –VIII

Tunnels-Necessity of tunnels, classification of tunnels, shape of tunnels, cross section of
surveying of tunnels, shafts, purpose of shafts, constructionofshafts, lining of tunnels, types oconstruction of lining and methods of lining. Maintenance and drainage of tunnels.

Books Recommended:

1. Highway Engg by S.K.Khanna & C.E.G. Justo, Nem Chand Bros., Roorkee.
2. Principles and Practice of Highway Engg. by L.R.Kadiyali, Khanna Publishers, Delhi.
3. Principles of Pavement Design by Yoder,E.J & Witczak,M.W., John Wiley and Sons, USA.
4. Tunnel Engineering by S.C.Saxena, Dhanpat Rai Publications, N.Delhi.
5. A text book of Tunnel, Bridges and Railway Engg. by S.P.Bindra, Dhanpat Rai Delhi.

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