3CE02: HIGHWAY AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

CREDITS - 4 (LTP: 3,0,2)

Course Objective:
1. Impart knowledge of highway planning, road geometric and structural design of pavement.
2. Learn Methods of construction, quality control, maintenance and Rehabilitation.
3. Introduce to traffic parameters, traffic control, accident causes and remedies.

Teaching and Assessment Scheme:

Teaching Scheme
Credits Assessment Scheme Total
(Hours per week)
Marks
Theory Marks Practical Marks
L T P C
ESE CE ESE CE
150
3 0 2 4 60 40 20 30

Course Contents:
Unit Teaching
Topics
No. Hours
1 Highway Development Programmes and surveys 05
Scope of highway engineering, Highway planning and development in India,
Road patterns, Planning and alignment surveys Major road development plans
in India, Organization involved with road development in India, Classification
of Rural and Urban roads, Road network in India, Highway alignment surveys

2 Highway Geometric Design 09

Design of Horizontal Alignment – Horizontal Curves Super elevation,
Widening of Pavements on Horizontal Curves and Transition Curves Design of
Vertical Alignments – Ruling, Limiting, Exceptional and Minimum Gradients,
Summit and Valley Curves-Sight Distances - Factors affecting Sight Distances,
PIEV theory, Stopping Sight Distance (SSD), Overtaking Sight Distance
(OSD), Sight Distance at Intersections, Intermediate Sight Distance and
Illumination Sight Distance [Derivations and Problems in SSD and OSD] -
Geometric Design of Hill Roads [IRC Standards]

3 Highway Materials 06
Sub-grade soil, Aggregates, Binder materials, Bituminous materials,
Bituminous paving mixes, Cement concrete – their engineering and physical
properties, basic tests. Soil stabilization.

4 Pavement Design and Construction 08

Rigid and Flexible Pavements- Components and their Functions -Design
Principles of Flexible and Rigid Pavements, Factors affecting the Design of
Pavements - ESWL, Climate, Sub-grade Soil and Traffic - Design Practice for
Flexible Pavements [IRC Method and Recommendations- Problems] - Design
Practice for Rigid Pavements – IRC Recommendations Water Bound
Macadam Road, Bituminous Road and Cement Concrete Road [as per IRC and
MORTH specifications] - Highway Drainage [IRC Recommendations]
Unit Teaching
Topics
No. Hours
5 Pavement Distress, Maintenance and Structural Evaluation 09
Pavement failures, Maintenance, Surface and sub-surface drainage, Hill roads –
alignment, construction, drainage and maintenance. Road side development –
arboriculture, street lighting. Highway administration, economics and finance,
road safety audit, Structural evaluation using BBD, FWD and DCPT.

6 Traffic engineering 09
Basic elements, road users - vehicles - traffic flow characteristics, speed –
volume studies, surveys, parking studies, Accident studies: causes, collision
and condition diagrams, preventive measures, Traffic control: markings, signs,
signals, intersections, rotaries.
Total 45

List of References:
1. L.R. Kadiyali, “Highway Engineering”, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
2. L.R. Kadiyali, “Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning,” Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
3. R.Srinivasa Kumar , “Text book of Highway Engineering “, 1st published in 2011 and reprint in
2012,2013 , Universities Press (India) Private Limited.,2013.
4. Huang, Yang,H. “ Pavement Analysis and Design , 2nd edition , Pearson Prentice Hall.2004.
5. IRC – 37:2001, 2012, 2017, 2018 “Guidelines for Design of flexible Pavements”, IRC, New
Delhi, 2018.
6. IRC – 67 “Code of Practice for Road Signs”, IRC, New Delhi – 2001.
7. IRC: 58, 2015: “Guidelines for the Design of Plain Jointed Rigid Pavements for Highways”,
IRC, N. Delhi, December, 2002.
8. IRC. Pocket Book for Highway Engineers, New Delhi: Indian Road Congress.2006.
9. IS: 73-2006 Indian standard paving bitumen: specification. New Delhi: Bureau of Indian
standard, 2006.
10. MoSRTH. Specification for Road and Bridge works. 5th edition, New Delhi: Ministry of
Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Indian Roads Congress,
11. S.K.Khanna ,C.E.G.Justo, A.Veeraragavan, “Highway Materials and Pavement Testing
(Manual), Nem chand & Bros., Roorkee,5th revision,2009.

Course Outcomes (COs):

At the end of this course students will be able to
1. Perform traffic surveys and implementation of surveys.
2. Carry out highway planning and its classification.
3. Design highway geometrics.
4. Conduct tests aggregates and bituminous materials
5. Design flexible and rigid pavement.
6. Understand pavement failures, importance of drainage, hill roads and their challenges.