Transportation Engineering
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Dr. Jyoti Prakash Giri
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Course Name : Transportation Engineering
Code(Credit) : CUTM2371 (2-1-0)
Course Objectives
- Develop an understanding of the fundamental concepts and principles of highway planning, geometric design, materials, construction, pavement design, traffic characteristics, railway engineering, airport planning, and harbor and dock design.
- Gain knowledge and skills in using relevant software tools such as Civil 3D, GIS, and AutoCAD to apply the principles of highway and transportation engineering in practical design and analysis tasks.
- Apply the learned concepts and techniques to analyze and design various components of transportation infrastructure, including roads, highways, pavements, railways, airports, and harbors, considering factors such as safety, efficiency, sustainability, and environmental impact.
Course Outcomes
| COs | Course Outcomes | POs |
| CO1 | Understand the principles and practices of transport planning and geometric design. | PO1 (3), PO2 (2)
PO1[Engineering Knowledge] PO2[Problem Analysis]
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| CO2 | Identify and develop analytical hands on practice to characterize different types of pavement construction materials for sustainable development. | PO3 (1), PO7 (3)
PO3[Design of solutions] PO7[Environment and Sustainability] |
| CO3 | Gain knowledge and skill for pavement design principles of flexible and rigid pavements with problem solving capacity behaviour. | PO4 (3)
PO4[Conduct investigations of complex problems] |
| CO4 | Acquire the industry-oriented skill for designing and preparing layout for different transport mode utilities using modern tools. | PO5 (3)
PO5[Modern tool usage] |
| CO5 | Develop domain skill in transportation infrastructure systems for airports, railways, and harbors, considering factors such as safety and efficiency. | PO6(2)
PO6[The engineer and society] |
Course Syllabus
MODULE I: INTRODUCTION AND BASIC IN GEOMETRIC DESIGN (3Th+2Pra) Hrs.
Highway planning in India, development, rural and urban roads, road departments in India, road classification, road authorities i.e., IRC, NHAI, CRRI, NHDP etc. Introduction to geometry design: Objective of geometric design, Design speed, cross-section elements, sight distance, horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, Superelevation, camber, cross-section, lane width.
Practice Sessions:
Design of Horizontal Alignment using Civil 3D.
Design of Vertical Alignment using Civil 3D.
Create a profile using Civil 3D.
MODULE II: ROAD MATERIALS CHARACTERISTICS AND CONSTRUCTION (4Th+6Pra) Hrs.
Introduction, Aggregate Characterization: Types of aggregates; Mechanical and shape properties of aggregates, aggregate texture and skid resistance, proportioning and blending of aggregates; Bitumen Characterization; Subgrade Soil Characterization: Properties of subgrade layers; different types of soils, Mechanical response of soil; SPT, DCPT, CPT, CBR. Construction: Plain cement concrete (PCC), Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA), Base/Sub-base layers.
Practice Sessions:
Test on aggregate
Los Angeles abrasion test.
Aggregate crushing test
Aggregate Impact value test
Specific gravity and water absorption
Flakiness index and elongation index test of Aggregate
Test on bitumen
Penetration test of bitumen
Ductility value test of bitumen
Softening point test of bitumen
Flash and Fire point test of bitumen
Specific gravity of bitumen
Test on subgrade
California bearing ratio test
MODULE III: PAVEMENT DESIGN (4Th+2Pra) Hrs.
Basis design of Flexible pavements and rigid pavements according to standards.
Practical Sessions:
Marshall Mix design
Plain Concrete Mix design
MODULE IV: TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS (3Th+2Pra) Hrs.
Basic traffic characteristics-Speed, volume and concentration, Relationship between Flow, Speed and Concentration Volume Studies- Objectives, Methods; Speed studies- Objectives: Definition of Spot Speed, time mean speed and space mean speed, speed studies, parking study.
Practice Sessions:
Parking study (field study)
Vehicle volume counts (field study)
MODULE V: RAILWAY ENGINEERING AND GEOMETRY (4Th+2Pra) Hrs.
Introduction on component parts of railway track, problems of multi gauge system, coning of wheels, alignments and survey, permanent way track components, Type of rail sections, creep of rails, wear and failure in rails, ballast requirements, sleeper requirements, types of sleepers. Geometric design: Gradients and grade compensation, various speeds on a railway track, superelevation, horizontal and vertical curves, Points and crossings, signaling and interlocking.
Practical Sessions:
Draw a neat sketch of typical cross section of a permanent way
Environmental resistance test for ballast.
Impurities test on ballast
MODULE VI: AIRPORT PLANNING AND VISUAL AIDS (3Th+2Pra) Hrs.
Airport Master plan, Airport site selection, Air craft characteristics, Zoning laws, Airport classification, Runway orientation, Wind rose diagram, Runway lenth design, Terminal area and Airport layout, Visual aids and Air traffic control. Airport markings and lighting.
Practical Sessions:
Draw a topographical map for Airport Layout by GIS
Draw the typical layout of an airport using AutoCAD.
MODULE VII: HARBOUR & DOCK (1Th+1Pra) Hrs.
Classification of Harbour basin, general layout of harbours, Docks, Different components of docks, Jetties and Dolphins.
Practice Sessions:
Draw layout of harbour using AutoCAD.
Text Books:
- K.Khanna and C.E.G Justo, Highway engineering.
- Principles of Transportation Engineering by Partha Chakraborty and Animesh Das
- R Kadiyali, Traffic engineering and N B Lal, Principles and practice of highway engineering, Khanna Publications, 2005.
- A text book of railway engineering, By S.C.Saxena and M.G.Arora
- Air-port Engineering by S.K.Khanna and M.G.Arora
Reference Books:
- Railway Engineering by Satish Chandra & MM Agrawal, Oxford University Press.
- Transportation Engineering, Volume-II- Railways, Airports, Docks and Harbours, Bridges and Tunnels by C. venkatramaih, Universities Press.
Session Plan
Session 1
Highway planning in India, development, rural and urban roads, road departments in India, road classification, road authorities i.e., IRC, NHAI, CRRI, NHDP etc.
Lecture Notes Link: Introduction to Highway
Video Lecture Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zKC_aq4ypM&list=PLE88643285BC70E0F
Session 2
Introduction to geometry design: Objective of geometric design, Design speed, cross-section elements.
Lecture Notes Link: GEOMETRIC-DESIGN-OF-HIGHWAYS
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsvBUJUmr6M&list=PLLy_2iUCG87C7nApYQjgkDA0p67fMaXnE&index=2
Session 3
Sight distance, Horizontal alignment, Vertical alignment.
Lecture Notes Link: GEOMETRIC-DESIGN-OF-HIGHWAYS
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7xLdPe4ejg&list=PLLy_2iUCG87C7nApYQjgkDA0p67fMaXnE&index=3
Session 4
Superelevation, Camber, Cross-section, Lane width.
Lecture Notes Link: GEOMETRIC-DESIGN-OF-HIGHWAYS
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edl-EiIsf_8
Practice
- Design of Horizontal Alignment using Civil 3D.
2. Design of Vertical Alignment using Civil 3D.
Video Lecture Link: Horizontal and Vertical Alignment in Civil 3D
Session 5
Introduction, Aggregate Characterization: Types of aggregates; Mechanical and shape properties of aggregates, aggregate texture and skid resistance, proportioning and blending of aggregates.
Lecture Notes Link: Road_Construction_Materials_Basic_Knowle
Video Lecture Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh9CbjY1ae0
Session 6
Bitumen Characterization; Subgrade Soil Characterization: Properties of subgrade layers; different types of soils, Mechanical response of soil; SPT, DCPT, CPT, CBR.
Lecture Notes Link : Road_Construction_Materials_Basic_Knowle
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvixwW3-Vk8
Session 7
Construction: Plain cement concrete (PCC), Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA), Base/Sub-base layers.
Lecture Notes Link : Road_Construction_HIGHWAY_ENGI
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11x44r7D1ck
Practice
1. Los Angeles abrasion test.
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trOVxg9GYls
2. Aggregate crushing test
Video Lecture Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE7LFOuGKyI
3. Aggregate Impact value test
Video Lecture Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn7aeorMpTs
4. Specific gravity and water absorption
Video Lecture Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqXFPq676iM
5. Flakiness index and elongation index test of Aggregate
Practice
Test on bitumen
Penetration test of bitumen
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HZE6DNfF5U
Ductility value test of bitumen
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE8zYxUJHt0
Softening point test of bitumen
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yBXl4z70mI
Flash and Fire point test of bitumen
Video Link: https:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QVoqaQr9Q0
Specific gravity of bitumen
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnRAeckuQco
Test on subgrade
California bearing ratio test.
Session 8 & 9
Basis design of Flexible pavements according to standards.
Lecture Notes Link: IRC method of design of flexible pavements
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDvpbAmCbfk
Session 10 & 11
Basis design of Rigid pavements according to standards.
Lecture Notes Link: irc-58-design-of-rigid-pavements-for-highways-1st-revision
Video Lecture Notes:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyVQmdG0lM0
Practical Sessions:
- Marshall Mix design.
2. Plain Concrete Mix design
Session 12
Basic traffic characteristics-Speed, volume and concentration, Relationship between Flow.
Lecture Notes Link: Traffic Engineering
Video Lecture Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XaTwQIugJ4
Session 13
Speed and Concentration Volume Studies- Objectives, Methods.
Lecture Notes Link: Traffic Engineering
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkJKAaLkKu8
Session 14
Speed studies- Objectives: Definition of Spot Speed, time mean speed and space mean speed, speed studies, parking study.
Lecture Notes Link : Traffic Engineering
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsQ4Ii7JOyg
Session 15
Introduction on component parts of railway track, problems of multi gauge system, coning of wheels, alignments and survey.
Lecture Notes Link : RAIL-TRACK-GEOMETRY
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ii_S0Edok
Session 16
Permanent way track components, Type of rail sections, creep of rails, wear and failure in rails.
Lecture Notes Link: RAIL-TRACK-GEOMETRY
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M8SdHDy-3E
Session 17
Ballast requirements, Sleeper requirements, Types of sleepers.
Lecture Notes Link : RAIL-TRACK-GEOMETRY
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ii_S0Edok
Session 18
Geometric design: Gradients and grade compensation, various speeds on a railway track, superelevation, horizontal and vertical curves.
Lecture Notes: RAIL-TRACK-GEOMETRY
Session 19
Points and crossings, signaling and interlocking.
Lecture Notes Link: Points and crossings, signaling and interlocking.
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTH8ldaFyqI
Session 20
Airport Master plan, Airport site selection, Aircraft characteristics, Zoning laws.
Lecture Notes Link: Airport planning and design
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNRVaMykHPc
Session 21
Airport classification, Runway orientation.
Lecture Notes Link: Airport planning and design
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2urUJ56wJ0
Session 22
Wind rose diagram.
Lecture Notes Link: Airport planning and design
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzkJAuAXaRU
Session 23
Runway length design.
Lecture Notes Link: Airport planning and design
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRCpU0gsaNE
Session 24
Terminal area and Airport layout.
Lecture Notes Link : Airport planning and design
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL6I84y0qAg
Session 25
Visual aids and Air traffic control.
Lecture Notes Link: Airport planning and design
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs0YubrIaKQ
Session 26
Airport markings and lighting.
Lecture Notes Link : task_c_-_airport_runway_and_taxiway_signs_markings_and_lighting
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xM-Y245kUo
Practical
- Draw a topographical map for Airport Layout by GIS.
2. Draw the typical layout of an airport using AutoCAD.
Lecture Notes Link : Airport Layout by GIS
Video Lecture Link : typical layout of an airport using AutoCAD
Session 27
Classification of Harbour basin.
Lecture Notes Link : HARBOUR_ENGINEERING
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vei6C5Uhk9A
Session 28
General layout of harbours.
Lecture Notes Link : HARBOUR_ENGINEERING
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU_n0nTXj1A
Session 29
Docks, Different components of docks.
Lecture Notes Link : HARBOUR_ENGINEERING
Video Lecture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABVbjDHAQKQ
Session 30
Jetties and Dolphins.
Lecture Notes Link : Jetties and Dolphins
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp6fMxF99tE
Practice
Draw layout of harbour using AutoCAD.
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT0rAkmNuD8
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