Syllabus Highway Engineering

1	Course number		CVL315
2	Course Title		HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
3	Credits		4
4	Contact Hours (L-T-P)		4-0-0
5	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.
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	References
9.1	Text book			Highway Engineering by Khanna and Justo
9.2	other references			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.