JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

HYDERABAD
III YEAR B.TECH. C.E. II-SEM T P C
4+1* 0 4
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
UNIT I
HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING:
Highway development in India Necessity for Highway Planning- Different Road Development Plans-
Classification of Roads- Road Network Patterns Highway lignment- !actors affecting lignment-
"ngineering #$rveys Drawings and Reports%
UNIT II
HIGHWAY GEOMETIC DESIGN:
Importance of &eometric Design- Design controls and Criteria- Highway Cross #ection "lements- #ight
Distance "lements- #topping sight Distance' (vertaking #ight Distance and intermediate #ight Distance-
Design of Hori)ontal lignment- Design of #$perelevation and "*tra widening- Design of +ransition C$rves-
Design of ,ertical alignment-&radients- ,ertical c$rves%
UNIT III
TRAIC ENGINEERING:
-asic Parameters of +raffic-,ol$me' #peed and Density- +raffic ,ol$me #t$dies- Data Collection and
Presentation-speed st$dies- Data Collection and Presentation- Parking #t$dies and Parking characteristics-
Road ccidents-Ca$ses and Preventive meas$res- ccident Data Recording Condition Diagram and
Collision Diagrams%
UNIT IV
TRAIC REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT:
Road +raffic #igns +ypes and #pecifications Road markings-Need for Road .arkings-+ypes of Road
.arkings- Design of +raffic #ignals /e0ster .ethod IRC .ethod%
UNIT V
INTERSECTION DESIGN:
+ypes of Intersections Conflicts at Intersections- +ypes of t-&rade Intersections- Channelisation:
(01ectives +raffic Islands and Design criteria-+ypes of &rade #eparated Intersections- Rotary Intersection
Concept of Rotary and Design Criteria- dvantages and Disadvantages of Rotary Intersection%
UNIT VI
INTRODUCTION TO RAILWAY ENGINEERING:
Permanent way components Cross #ection of Permanent /ay - !$nctions of vario$s Components like
Rails' #leepers and -allast Rail !astenings Creep of Rails- +heories related to creep d)ing of
#leepers- #leeper density%
UNIT VII
GEOMETRIC DESIGN O RAILWAY TRAC!:
&radients- &rade Compensation- Cant and Negative #$perelevation- Cant Deficiency Degree of C$rve
Crossings and +$rn o$ts %
UNIT VIII
AIRPORT ENGINEERING:
!actors affecting #election of site for irport ircraft Characteristics- &eometric Design of R$nway-
Comp$tation of R$nway length Correction for r$nway length (rientation of R$nway /ind Rose
Diagram R$nway 2ighting system%
TE"T BOO!S:
3% Highway "ngineering #%4%4hanna 5 C%"%&%6$sto' Nemchand 5 -ros%' 7th edition 89:::;%
9% Railway "ngineering te*t 0ook of +ransportation "ngineering #%P%chad$la #%Chand 5 Co% 2td%
89::3;%
<% Highway "ngineering Design 2%R%4adiyali and 2al- 4hanna P$0lications%
=%irport Planning and Design- #%4%4hanna and rora'Nemchand -ros%
REERENCES:
3% Highway "ngineering #%P%-indra ' Dhanpat Rai 5 #ons% =th "dition 83>?3;
9% +raffic "ngineering 5 +ransportation Planning Dr%2%R%4adyali' 4hanna p$0lications @th "dition
3>>7%
<% Railway "ngineering $g$st Pra0ha 5 Co%' 3Ath "dition 3>>=%
=% ir +ransportation Planning 5 design ,irendhra 4$mar 5 #tatish Chandhra &al &otia P$0lishers
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