CE6504 Highway Engineering UNITS IV NOTES

CE6504 Highway Engineering

Semester : 05

Department : Civil

Year : Third Year (III Year)

Regulation : 2013

Subject Code / Name : CE6504 Highway Engineering

Content : Question Banks, Books, Lecture Notes, Important Part A 2 Marks Questions and Important Part B 16 Mark Questions, Anna University Question Papers Collections

CE6504     HIGHWAY ENGINEERING        

                    

UNIT I  HIGHWAY PLANNING AND ALIGNMENT                                                               

 Significance of highway planning – Modal limitations towards sustainability - History of road development in India – Classification of highways – Locations and functions – Factors influencing highway alignment – Soil suitability analysis - Road ecology - Engineering surveys for alignment, objectives, conventional and modern methods.

UNIT II         GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS                                                                  

Typical cross sections of Urban and Rural roads –– 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                                               

Design principles – pavement components and their role - Design practice for flexible and rigid Pavements (IRC methods only) - Embankments

UNIT IV       HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND PRACTICE                                  

 Highway construction materials, properties, testing methods – CBR Test for subgrade - tests on aggregate & bitumen  – 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  – Pavement  Management  Systems  - Pavement evaluation, roughness, present serviceability index, skid resistance, structural evaluation, evaluation by deflection measurements – Strengthening of pavements –Types of maintenance – Highway Project formulation.

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Lecture Notes

CE6504 Highway Engineering Lecture Notes

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Part A - 2 Marks

CE6504 Highway Engineering unit wise 2 marks with Answers

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Part B - 16 Marks

CE6504 Highway Engineering unit wise 16 marks with answers 

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Question Papers

CE6504 Highway Engineering Question Papers Collection

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Question Banks

CE6504 Highway Engineering Question Bank 

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