What You will Learn ?

Module 1

Introduction to Transportation Engineering, Classification of roads, Typical cross sections of roads in urban and rural area, Requirements and factors controlling alignment of roads
Introduction to geometric design of highways, Design controls and criteria, Design of highway cross section elements, Design of horizontal alignment - Stopping sight distance, Overtaking sight distance, super elevation, transition curve, length and shift of transition curve, extra widening. Vertical alignment (introduction only)

Module 2

Introduction to highway materials, Desirable properties and testing of road aggregates, bituminous materials and sub grade soil.
Introduction of flexible and rigid pavements, Factors influencing the design of flexible pavements, Design of flexible pavements by CBR method and IRC 37: 2018. Construction of bituminous pavements

Module 3

Introduction to traffic engineering, Traffic characteristics, Capacity and Level of Service, Design Speed, Traffic surveys, Types of road intersections, Traffic control devices (introduction only), Design of isolated signals by Webster’s method.

Module 4

Railway Engineering - Component parts of a railway track - functions, concept of Gauges, coning of wheels, cant deficiency, compensation of gradients
Tunnel Engineering: Tunnel – sections, tunnel surveying - alignment, transferring centre grade into tunnel.
Harbours – classification, features, requirements. Break waters - necessity and functions, classification. Docks – Functions and types - dry docks, wet docks ( Introduction only)

Module 5

Introduction to Airport Engineering, Components of airport, selection of site for airport.
Runway orientation, basic runway length and corrections required, Taxiways and aprons.