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SYLLABUS

UNIT-I

HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING: Highway development in India – Necessity for highway planning – Road development plans – Classification of roads – Road network patterns – Highway alignment and influencing factors – Engineering surveys

UNIT-II

HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN: Geometric design – Design criteria – Cross section elements – Sight distances – Stopping sight distance, Overtaking sight distance and intermediate sight distance – Design of horizontal alignment – Design of super elevation and extra widening – Design of transition curves – Design of vertical alignment – Gradients – Vertical curves.

UNIT-III

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING and Regulation: Basic parameters – Traffic volume studies – Data collection and presentation – Parking studies and characteristics – Road accidents – Causes and preventive measures – Accident data recording – Condition diagram and collision diagrams – Road traffic signs – Road markings

UNIT-IV

INTERSECTION DESIGN: Conflicts at intersections – Types of intersections – Channalization – Traffic Islands and Design At grade intersections and Grade separated intersection – Rotary intersection and Design Elements

UNIT-V

Highway Materials and PAVEMENT DESIGN: Highway Materials – Road Aggregates – Desirable Properties – Tests on Road Aggregates. Bituminous Materials – Test on bituminous materials. Flexible and Rigid Pavements – Components and functions – Design of flexible pavement (G.I method and CBR method as per IRC 37) – Design of rigid pavements – Westergaard’s stress equations – CC pavements design – Stresses in Pavements