B.E. Civil Engineering:Advanced Transportation Engineering
Bachelor
In Patiala
Price on request
Description
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Type
Bachelor
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Location
Patiala
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Duration
4 Years
Facilities
Location
Start date
Patiala
(Punjab)
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Thapar University P.O Box 32, 147004
Start date
On request
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Course programme
First Year: Semester-I
Mathematics I
Engineering graphics
Computer Programming
Physics
Solid Mechanics
Communication Skills
First Year: Semester-II
Mathematics II
Manufacturing Process
Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Science
Thermodynamics
Organizational Behavior
Second Year- Semester - I
Numerical and Statistical Methods
Fluid Mechanics
Measurement Science and Techniques
Building Materials and Construction
Structural Analysis
Engineering Economics
Environmental Studies
Second Year- Semester – II
Optimisation Techniques
Material Science and Engineering
Power Generation and Economics
Surveying
Architecture and Building Drawings
Reinforced Concrete Design
Human Values, Ethics and IPR
Third Year- Semester – I
Hydrology and Ground Water
Soil Mechanics
Water Supply Engineering
Advanced Structural Analysis
Steel Structural Design
Transportation Engineering-I
Survey Camp (4 weeks- after second year during summer vacations
Third Year- Semester – II
Foundation Engineering
Hydraulic Engineering
Project Planning and Estimation
Sewerage and Sewage Treatment
Transportation Engineering-II
Advanced Structural Design
Fourth Year- Semester – I
Project Semester
Computer Application in Civil Engineering
Project
Industrial Training
Fourth Year- Semester – II
Total Quality Management
Elements of Earthquake Engineering
Advanced Transportation Engineering
Road Development in India: Critical study of National Road Development plan for India (1981-2001). National Transport policy for the future
Mix design: Requirement of bitumen mixes, design of bituminous mix, Marshall method of bituminous mix design, Hubbard method of mix design.
Fundamentals of Pavement Design: Design factors, equivalent single wheel load, and repetition of loads.
Design of Flexible Pavements: Triaxial method, Burmister�s (layered systems) method, North Dakota cone method, Wyoming method, IRC method of flexible pavement design.
Design of Rigid Pavements: Load and temperature stresses, IRC recommendation for method of rigid pavement design. Design of joints and load transfer devices; joint fillers and sealers.
Soil Stabilized Roads: Methods of soil stabilization, mechanical stabilization, stabilization with additives/admixtures like lime, cement and bitumen. Stabilization of problematic soils like desert and black cotton soils.
Road Specifications: Specifications for bitumen roads, bitumen surface treatments, penetration macadam, bitumen bound macadam and bitumen concrete, mastic asphalt, specification for cement concrete roads, construction of bituminous and cement concrete roads.
Overlay Design of construction: Need for overlays, Overlay Design methods for flexible pavements, and Overlay Design methods for Rigid pavements.
Traffic control: Traffic signs, Road markings, traffic signals, types i.e. simultaneous system, alternate system, simple progressive system and flexible progressive system, general principles of signal design.
Traffic control aids : Roadway delineations, object markers, guard rails, Barriers. Fundamental principles of Traffic Flow, Traffic flow Elements, Flow Density Relationships, Gap and gap acceptance, Introduction of Queing Theory.
Traffic regulations: Traffic laws, Basic principles of regulation, regulation of speed, regulations of vehicles, regulation concerning driver, regulation concerning traffic rules for pedestrian traffic, general rules concerning traffic, enforcement of regulations.
Highway capacity: PCU, Level of service concepts, factors affecting capacity, capacity of urban highways, capacity of rotary intersection.
Intersections: Design of intersection, grade separated intersection.
Transport planning & Analysis: Basic elements of Transport Planning, Urban Transport System Planning, Level of Urban transport Planning
Transportation survey: zoning, types of surveys e.g. Home interview, road side interview, post card questionnaire surveys, registration number surveys, tag surveys etc.
Forecasting Travel Demand : Demand forecasting approaches, Trip Generation, Trip Distribution, Modal Split, Traffic Assignments
Evaluating Transportation alternatives: Evaluation Process, Evaluation Criterion, Economic analysis of cost and benefits, Highway Cost, Road User costs, Methods of Economic Analysis
Public Transport System: Purpose & Methods of Public Transport Systems
List of Practicals:
1. Plate bearing test.
2. Water absorption & specific gravity of bitumen.
3. Bitumen adhesion test (Dynamic test).
4. Stability and Flow value test of bituminous mix as per Marshall criteria.
5. Stability test for bituminous mix by Hubbard method.
6. Evaluation of pavement by Benkleman beam.
7. Stabilometer and cohesiometer tests for Hveem method of bituminous mix
8. Design.
9. North Dakota Cone Test
10. Study of earth models
11. Demonstration of:
1. Core Cutter
2. Crusher
B.E. Civil Engineering:Advanced Transportation Engineering
Price on request