Course 13.

Transportation Engineering I (Web Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :

1. Prof. Tom V. Mathew

Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Powai, Mumbai 400 076

Email :vmtom@iitb.ac.in , vmtom@civil.iitb.ac.in

Telephone : (91-22) Off : 2576 7349

Res : 2576 8349

Detailed Syllabus:

♦ Introduction to Transportation Engineering 2 lectures

• Elements of Transportation Engineering

• Role of transportation in Society

♦ Transportation planning 8 lectures

• Transportation planning process

• Travel demand forecasting
• Four stage planning process
• Data collection

♦ Geometric Design 10 lectures

• Geometric design of highways

• Cross-section and sight distance
• Horizontal and vertical alignment
• Geometric design of Railway
• Geometric design of Airports

♦ Pavements Design 10 lectures

• Types of pavements
• Materials and characterization
• Analysis and design of flexible pavements
• Pavement drainage
• Construction and maintenance of flexible pavements
• Design of flexible airfield pavements
• Design of railway tracks

♦ Traffic Engineering 10 lectures

• Fundamental parameters of traffic flow

• Requirements, collection and analysis traffic data
• Various types of traffic facilities (intersection, urban streets, etc)
• Concepts of capacity and level of service
• Design and evaluation of isolated traffic signal
 Advanced Transportation Engineering

♦ Overview of Transportation I 2 lectures

• Basic concepts of pavement analysis and design

• Basic concepts of traffic engineering

♦ Advanced transportation planning 10 lectures

• Sequential demand analysis

• Calibration of four stage planning process
• Air travel demand modeling
• Introduction to advanced planning models

♦ Design of Rigid Pavements 10 lectures

• Cement as a pavement material

• Analysis and design of rigid pavements
• Design of runways, taxiways, apron, etc.
• Construction of rigid pavements
• Quality control in pavement construction
• Comparative study of rigid versus flexible pavements
• Modern materials in pavements

♦ Traffic Engineering 10 lectures

• Theory of uninterrupted and interrupted traffic flow

• Capacity and Delay analysis
• Design of traffic facilities expressways, freeways etc.
• Design of Flyovers
• Design of airport circulation, parking facilities, toll plaza.
• Design of coordinated signals and network of signals
• Area Traffic control

♦ Transportation and the Environment 5 lectures

♦ Transportation economics 3 lectures