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(English (Auto-Generated) ) Lecture 01 - Introduction & Design Controls - 1 (DownSub - Com)
(English (Auto-Generated) ) Lecture 01 - Introduction & Design Controls - 1 (DownSub - Com)
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dear students
geometric design
course
knowledge
as a traffic engineer or a
planner
course then
in this course
throughout this 30 hours lecture
in that direction
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users
in their categorization
categorization
aspects
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interaction
five modules
and then
within those
functional classification
standards
to be
right manner
Dear students, I welcome you all to this course on geometric design. We are going
to sail through this particular course and will be speaking about and discussing
the various factors which are related with the roads. All those physical features
which you can see on the road are going to be covered one by one in this particular
course. By the end of this course, I hope that you will be having a sufficient
knowledge on the various aspects of geometric design related to roads, and you will
be able to design any system or any road as and when it comes to you for the
design, as a traffic engineer, or a transportation planner, or a traffic planner.
Now when we look at this particular course, then we will require to see first of
all that what are the things which we are probably going to cover in this course.
Throughout this 30-hour lecture, I can take you towards all of those things which
we are going to cover in this, and today's lecture also that are the specific
points which we will be covering as we start with our Module One.
So here what you can see is that today we are going to first of all have an
introduction of this course. The second thing which we are going to look at is what
is geometric design, what is the definition of that, what is the need of a
geometric design, and how it helps us in the better planning as well as a
comfortable ride for the road users. Once the facility has been provided and
implemented at any location.
Apart from that, then when we will be starting with the module, we will be looking
at the design factors in their categorization. And within those design factors and
categorization, we will be talking about the use-based aspects, and that is going
to be the first factor which we are going to discuss in this particular
interaction.
Now if we come to the course content, as you can see here, the course content has
been divided into five modules. The very first module is the design controls, and
these design controls we are going to look at the factors which affect the design
of various facilities on the overall system not very specific to one particular
type of facility.
And then we will also be looking at the classification of the roads, wherein we
will talk about the urban roads as well as the rural highways, and what are the
various classifications within those, and then a specific one which we are going to
talk is in terms of the functional classification.
The next in the module one, we are going to talk about the space standards, so how
much space is required which is to be taken up at any particular location so that a
facility can be constructed in a right manner, that is what we are going to talk
here and this again we are going to look at for all type of roads or
categorizations that means the urban roads the rural highways and even in the
specific conditions may be for hill areas too.
One important aspect in the design is that what is the visibility which is
available to a road user or a vehicle driver ahead on the path or on a road and
that is where the site distance requirements is one another important aspect which
we are going to talk here, and this aspect we are going to look at in terms of the
overtaking also, we also will going to look at the night time driving in terms of
the distance which.
we also
headlights
so this hole
sectional elements
now if you have seen the arbonne road as
have noticed
facilities in specific
of alignment
and this alignment we are going to talk
horizontal alignment
alignment
provided
here
in some of the conditions you may find
problem
design
too
and then
to be looked at
going to be there
or the
going to be there
specifically in module 4.
We also will be going to look at the nighttime driving in terms of the distance
which is visible to a driver under the headlights. We will also look at the
requirements on a horizontal curve or a vertical curve, and will also talk about
the side distance requirements at an intersection.
So this whole which is being talked about just now is going to be considered in the
first module which is being talked about just now. Now another thing which we are
going to talk about as module 2 is related to the various cross-sectional elements.
Now if you have seen the urban road as well as you have seen the national highway,
you must have noticed there is a big difference between the urban roads and the
national highways in terms of the physical features which are being provided on
that. In this direction, we will try to see how the things are going to be
different if we have different types of roads in terms of the number of lanes; say
a single lane system or a two-lane system or a multi-lane highway system or even in
the case of expressways.
And when we are very specifically talking about the urban areas, you must have
noticed that there are lot many pedestrians as well as bicyclists in the urban
areas, and specifically the small cities or the medium-sized cities, and that is
where we also will be talking about the pedestrian facilities and the bicycle
facilities in specific. With that, we will be covering our module two and we will
move to module three which is purely related to the design of the various aspects
of alignment.
And this alignment we are going to talk in terms of two directions, one is the
horizontal alignment and another one is the vertical alignment. Within the
horizontal alignment, we will be talking about the horizontal curves, the
transition curves, the super elevation which is to be provided, the extra winding
requirements, so all of these things will constitute the horizontal alignment as
such.
When we talk about the vertical alignment in the hilly areas, the mountainous or
steep terrain which we are going to talk subsequently when we go ahead in this
particular course, there we will be looking at the summit curve and the ah velico,
and these two are defined as the vertical curves or that segment is the vertical
curves.
When you are going to look at these summit curves and valley curves then the
another thing which is important is to look at the gradients and that is one
another aspect we will be discussing here.
In some of the conditions, you may find the horizontal and vertical alignment they
are overlapping with each other and some information regarding that will also going
to be talked that how we are going to design and how we are going to place the
various facilities so that the driver who is moving on that particular overlapping
alignment does not face any problem and is being able to negotiate that section
with safety when you will be talking about all of these alignment design.
Then we will also give some emphasis to the multi-lane highways and as well as to
the expressways, that means you can understand that we are going to talk about the
rural highways, we are going to talk something about the urban routes too, and then
the information pertinent information which is there which is related to these two
particular categories as multi-lane highways and expressways is also going to be
looked at.
The next module, module 4, is quite important in terms of urban areas, though it is
not so insignificant in the case of rural highways, so intersections is one thing
which is going to be there, whether you talk about the urban routes or the rural
highways, the only thing is the intensity of intersections which is going to be
there is quite high in the urban areas, and that is where we are going to talk
about this particular component specifically in module 4.
There we will look at the various layouts or the geometric features which are going
to be there when you have an intersection of ah thing like one road meeting another
road or crossing another particular road, whatever is a type of condition we are
going to look at that,
the need of channelization so as to maintain the safety
module four
aspects
area
to be designed
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on the carriageway
facility
in a proper manner
and what we say in a proper manner is
a safe
smooth comfortable
on that road
each other
achieve
next
design period
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vehicles
both
motorized
and
non motorized
be there in terms of
drivers
the
are not
so that it becomes
minimum of delays
of
proper design
expressways
urban areas
the traffic
future
to follow
vehicles
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which sometimes
considerations as such
be taught
to uses
facility
strategical
facility type
or the way the facility is being
operated
case
of a local nature
may require
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