Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

SCedule of CR meeting with HOD

Here is the schedule of meeting with the CRs.

Date- 26.8.16 (Friday)

Place- HOD Cabin

3A- 3.10 pm
3B- 1.50 pm

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Highway Engg notes 3A

EE- 1 NOTES 3B

Syllabus Highway Engineering

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Course number
CVL315
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Course Title
HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
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Credits
4
4
Contact Hours
(L-T-P)
4-0-0  
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Course Objective
To develop knowledge of Highway Geometric Design and to formulate the fundamental principles of traffic flow, traffic characteristic measurements and their interpretation for infrastructure changes or development. To develop an understanding of highway materials, including basic test on bitumen and design of highway pavements.
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Course Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will be able to
1.       Understand different road development plans;
2.       select the appropriate materials for use in different road layers;
3.       Interpret geometric design fundamentals in relation to safety and driver comfort, focusing on horizontal and vertical alignment;
4.       Design the geometric curves of a road pavement.
5.       performing the traffic studies necessary before making changes to or designing new road infrastructure;;
6.       designing traffic signal timings for junctions;
7.       assessing and conceptualising driver behaviour when developing engineering solutions to improve road safety;
8.       perform test on stone aggregate and bitumen;
9.       design highway pavements
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Outline syllabus
7.01
CVL315.A
Unit A
Introduction
7.02
CVL315.A1
Unit A Topic 1
Overview of transportation system, Transportation modes, importance of roads,
7.03
CVL315.A2
Unit A Topic 2
scope of highway engineering, importance of transportation planning,
7.04
CVL315.A3
Unit A Topic 3
Development of transportation in India and different road plans, introduction to highway elements
7.05
CVL315.B
Unit B
Highway Geometric Design
7.06
CVL315.B1
Unit B Topic 1
Cross sectional elements, traffic separators, road margins,
7.07
CVL315.B2
Unit B Topic 2
sight distance, break distance, stopping distance, overtaking zones,
7.08
CVL315.B3
Unit B Topic 3
super elevation, transition curves, design of vertical element;
7.09
CVL315.C
Unit C
Traffic engineering
7.10
CVL315.C1
Unit C Topic 1
vehicle characteristics, human characteristics, traffic studies, presentation of traffic volume data, speed studies, spot speed studies, speed and delay studies, o&d studies,
7.11
CVL315.C2
Unit C Topic 2
traffic manoeuvres, traffic capacity studies, PCU, parking studies, accident studies and records,
7.12
CVL315.C3
Unit C Topic 3
relationship between travel time-capacity-volume-density-speed, road markings and signings, signal design
7.13
CVL315.D
Unit D
Highway Materials
7.14
CVL315.D1
Unit D Topic 1
Soil classifications, evaluation of soil strength,
7.15
CVL315.D2
Unit D Topic 2
stone aggregates, tests on bitumen,
7.16
CVL315.D3
Unit D Topic 3
design of bitumen mixes;
7.17
CVL315.E
Unit E
Design of Highway Pavements
7.18
CVL315.E1
Unit E Topic 1
Types of pavement structure, design factors
7.19
CVL315.E2
Unit E Topic 2
Design of flexible pavements, California bearing ratio method
7.20
CVL315.E3
Unit E Topic 3
Design of Rigid Pavements
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Course Evaluation
8.1
Course work: 30 marks
8.11
Attendance
None
8.12
Homework
 Three best out of 4 assignments: 20 marks
8.13
Quizzes
Two 30-minutes surprise quizzes in lecture hours: 10 marks
8.14
Projects
 None
8.15
Presentations
 None
8.16
Any other
 
8.2
MTE 
 One, 20 marks
8.3
  End-term examination: 50 marks
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References
9.1
 Text book
Highway Engineering by Khanna and Justo 
9.2
 other references
  1. The Handbook of highway engineering–T.F.Fwa (Editor), National University of Singaopre, Singapore, CRC Press
2.       Transportation Engineering: An Introduction 3rd 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.

InfraBlitz 2016 || Event Details

Dear Students,

FYI!!!!

INFRABLITZ’ 16
According to the International LPI Global Ranking of 2015-16, India stands at 35th position amongst the 160 countries showing its growth in last few years. Recently, Arvind Panagariya mentioned the turnaround changes in infrastructure department like road, railways, power and energy etc. and many more to ad on. There are lot of opportunities for young minds to come up with new ideas.
We, Infrastructure Club from SCMHRD, bring an opportunity for students of electrical, mechanical and civil engineering from various colleges around the country to compete on a national level. We introduce to you- INFRABLITZ 3.0. This is an online competition having three different levels.
Eligibility Criteria-
Ø  B.Tech 3rd and 4th year – Civil, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering students
The competition details are –
Ø  Online Quiz- 20 questions for 10 minutes ( Basic domain concepts and General Awareness)
Ø  Clueless – Online Treasure Hunt
Ø  Igniting Minds- Online Perception Test
Registration Details
The registration windows are opening from 22nd August 2016 to 1st September 2016.
Registrations are easy and free.
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Ø  And voila!!! You can register.
Price Money
The price money details –
Ø  Winner –              Rs. 20,000.
Ø  1st Runners up – Rs. 15000.
Ø  2nd Runners up – Rs. 5000.
Students who qualify for the 2nd and final rounds will get Certificates of Participation.
Announcements and Updates
All announcements and competition related updates will be posted on Facebook including the winners’ names of various levels.


The Registration Timeline-
DATE
ACTIVITY
DETAILS
22nd August 2016
Registration starts
Registration starts from 11 am
1st September 2016
Registration ends
Registration ends at 11:59pm
3rd September 2016
1st Round
Round 1- Online Quiz-20 questions for 10 minutes


Further dates of Rounds will be communicated via Facebook and email to respective shortlisted participants.