CE8604 Highway Engineering Syllabus:
CE8604 Highway Engineering Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2017
OBJECTIVES:
- To give an overview about the highway engineering with respect to, planning, design, construction and maintenance of highways as per IRC standards, specifications and methods.
UNIT I HIGHWAY PLANNING AND ALIGNMENT
Significance of highway planning — Modal limitations towards sustainability — History of road development in India — factors influencing highway alignment — Soil suitability analysis — Road ecology — Engineering surveys for alignment, objectives, conventional and modern methods -Classification of highways — Locations and functions — Typical cross sections of Urban and Rural roads
UNIT II GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS
Cross sectional elements — Sight distances — Horizontal curves, Super elevation, transition curves, widening at curves — Vertical curves — Gradients, Special consideration for hill roads — Hairpin bends — Lateral and vertical clearance at underpasses.
UNIT III DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENTS
Pavement components and their role — Design principles -Design practice for flexible and rigid Pavements (IRC methods only) — Embankments- Problems in Flexible pavement design.
UNIT IV HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND PRACTICE
Highway construction materials, properties, testing methods — CBR Test for subgrade — tests on aggregate & bitumen — Test on Bituminous mixes-Construction practice including modern materials and methods, Bituminous and Concrete road construction, Polymer modified bitumen, Recycling, Different materials — Glass, Fiber, Plastic, Geo-Textiles, Geo-Membrane (problem not included) — Quality control measures — Highway drainage —- Construction machineries.
UNIT V EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PAVEMENTS
Pavement distress in flexible and rigid pavements — Types of maintenance — Pavement Management Systems — Pavement evaluation, roughness, present serviceability index, skid resistance, structural evaluation, evaluation by deflection measurements — Strengthening of pavements –Highway Project formulation.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Khanna.S. K., Justo.C.E.G and Veeraragavan A. “Highway Engineering”, Nemchand Publishers, 2014.
2. Subramanian K.P., “Highways, Railways, Airport and Harbour Engineering”, Scitech Publications (India), Chennai, 2010
3. Kadiyali.L.R. “Principles and Practice of Highway Engineering”, Khanna Technical Publications, 8th edition Delhi, 2013.
REFERENCES:
1. Indian Road Congress (IRC), Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements, ( Third Revision), IRC: 37-2012
2. Indian Road Congress (IRC), Guidelines for the Design of Plain Jointed Rigid Pavements for Highways, ( Third Revision), IRC: 58-2012
3. Yang H. Huang, “Pavement Analysis and Design”, Pearson Education Inc, Nineth Impression, South Asia, 2012
4. Ian D. Walsh, “ICE manual of highway design and management”, ICE Publishers, Ist Edition, USA, 2011
5. Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn and Walter P.Kilareski, “Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis”, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2011
6. Garber and Hoel, “Principles of Traffic and Highway Engineering”, CENGAGE Learning, New Delhi, 2010
7. OFlaherty.C.A “Highways, Butterworth – Heinemann, Oxford, 2006
8. IRC-37-2012,The Indian roads Congress, Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements, New Delhi
9. IRC 58-2012. The Indian Road Congress, Guideline for the Design of Rigid Pavements for Highways, New Delhi