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LESSON PLAN LP- CE2255

LP Rev. No: 00
Sub Code &Name : CE2255 – HIGHWAY ENGINEERING Date: 05-12-2009
Unit: I Branch: CIVIL Semester: IV Page 1 of 6

Unit I: HIGHWAY PLANNING AND ALIGNMENT

History of Road Construction, Highway Development in India - Jayakar Committee
Recommendations and Realisations, Twenty-year Road Development Plans, Concepts of On-
going Highway Development Programmes at National Level, Institutions for Highway
Development at National level - Indian Roads Congress, Highway Research Board, National
Highway Authority of India, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) and Central Road
Research Institute. Requirements of Ideal Alignment, Factors Controlling Highway Alignment
Engineering Surveys for Alignment - Conventional Methods and Modern Methods (Remote
Sensing, GIS and GPS techniques) Classification and Cross Section of Urban and Rural Roads
(IRC), Highway Cross Sectional Elements – Right of Way, Carriage Way, Camber, Kerbs,
Shoulders and Footpaths [IRC Standards], Cross sections of different Class of Roads - Principles
of Highway Financing

Objective: To impart knowledge on history of roads from past to future and study of
highway cross sectional elements and government bodies for highway..

Session Topics to be covered Time Ref Teaching

No Method

History of Road construction and Highway

01 50 min 1,2 BB
Development in India.
Jayankar Committee Recommendations and
02 Realisations and Concepts of on going Highway 50 min 1,2 BB
Development at national level.
Highway Development Programmes and
03 50 min 1,2 BB
Institutions for Highway Development.

04 Twenty year Road Development Plans 50 min 1,2 BB

Requirements of Ideal Alignment and Factors

05 50 min 1,2 BB
Controlling Highway alignment
Classification and Cross section of Urban and
06 50 min 1,2 BB
Rural Roads (IRC)

07 Highway Cross Sectional Elements 50 min 1,2 BB

08 Cross sections of different class of Roads 50 min 1,2 BB

09 Principles of Highway Financing 50 min 1,2 BB

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Unit II: GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS

Design of Horizontal Alignment – Horizontal Curves Super elevation, Widening of
Pavements on Horizontal Curves and Transition Curves Design of Vertical Alignments – Rolling,
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 Only]

Objective: To study the design of highways at horizontal and vertical alignments and
during the different sight distance.

Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Time Ref
No Method
Design of Horizontal Alignment – Horizontal
10 50 min 1,2 BB
Curves Super Elevation, Widening of Pavements.

11 Design of Vertical Alignments – Rolling, Limiting. 50 min 1,2 BB

Design of Vertical Alignments – Exceptional and

12 50 min 1,2 BB
Minimum Gradients, Summit and Valley Curves.
Sight Distances – Factors affecting Sight Distances
13 50 min 1,2 BB
– PIEV Theory

14 CAT - I

Derivation and Problems - Stopping Sight

15 50 min 1,2 BB
Distance (SSD)

16 Problems - Stopping Sight Distance (SSD) 50 min 1,2 BB

Derivation and Problems in Overtaking Sight

17 50 min 1,2 BB
Distance (OSD)

18 Problems - Overtaking Sight Distance (OSD) 50 min 1,2 BB

Intermediate Sight Distance and Illumination Sight

19 Distance, Geometric Design of Hill Roads (IRC 50 min 1,2 BB
Standards only)
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Unit III: FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENTS

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 -
concepts only.

Objective: To study the design of pavements with IRC recommendations.

Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Time Ref
No Method

Rigid Pavements – Components and their

20 50 min 1,2 BB
functions

Flexible Pavements – Components and their

21 50 min 1,2 BB
functions

22 Design Principles of Rigid Pavements 50 min 1,2 BB

23 Design Principles of Flexible Pavements 50 min 1,2 BB

Factors affecting the design of pavements –

24 50 min 1,2 BB
ESWL, Climate, Sub-grade soil and Traffic

Design Practice for Flexible Pavements (IRC

25 50 min 1,2 BB
Method)

26 Problems - Design of Flexible Pavements 50 min 1,2 BB

27 Problems - Design of Flexible Pavements 50 min 1,2 BB

Design Practice for Rigid Pavements (IRC

28 50 min 1,2 BB
Method)

29 CAT - II
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Unit IV: HIGHWAY MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION PRATICE

Desirable Properties and Testing of Highway Materials: Soil – California Bearing Ratio
Test, Field Density Test - Aggregate - Crushing, Abrasion, Impact Tests, Water absorption,
Flakiness and Elongation indices and Stone polishing value test - Bitumen - Penetration, Ductility,
Viscosity, Binder content and Softening point Tests. - Construction Practice - Water Bound
Macadam Road, Bituminous Road and Cement Concrete Road [as per IRC and MORTH
specifications] - Highway Drainage [IRC Recommendations]

Objective: To impart knowledge on tests conducted on highway materials and

construction methods of highways.

Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Time Ref
No Method

30 Properties of Highway Materials 50 min 1,2 BB

31 California Bearing Ration Test - Soil 50 min 1,2 BB

Field Density Test – Aggregate (Crushing and

32 50 min 1,2 BB
Abrasion)

Impact Test, Water absorption test, Flakiness and

33 50 min 1,2 BB
Elongation indices

Stone Polishing value test – Bitumen – Penetration,

34 50 min 1,2 BB
Ductility and Viscosity.

35 Binder content and Softening point tests. 50 min 1,2 BB

Water Bound Macadam Road as per IRC and

36 50 min 1,2 BB
MORTH specifications]

Bituminous Road and Cement Concrete Road [as

37 50 min 1,2 BB
per IRC and MORTH specifications]

38 Highway Drainage [IRC Recommendations] 50 min 1,2 BB

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Unit V: HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE

Types of defects in Flexible pavements – Surface defects, Cracks, Deformation,

Disintegration – Symptoms, Causes and Treatments. - Types of Pavement, Failures in Rigid
Pavements – Scaling, Shrinkage, Warping, Structural Cracks Spalling of Joints and Mud Pumping
– and Special Repairs. - Pavement Evaluation – Pavement Surface Conditions and Structural
Evaluation, Evaluation of pavement Failure and strengthening - Overlay design by Benkelman
Beam Method [Procedure only],

Objective: To impart knowledge on defects, causes, treatments and failures and their
evaluation in types of pavements.

Session Topics to be covered Time Ref Teaching

No Method
Types of defects in Flexible Pavements – Surface
39 50 min 1,2 BB
Defects, Cracks, Deformation and Disintegration.

40 Causes and Treatments – Flexible Pavements 50 min 1,2 BB

41 Causes and Treatments – Rigid Pavements 50 min 1,2 BB

Failures in Rigid Pavements – Scaling, Shrinkage,

42 50 min 1,2 BB
Warping
Failures in Rigid Pavements – Structural Cracks,
43 50 min 1,2 BB
Spalling of Joints.
Failures in Rigid Pavements – Mud Pumping and
44 50 min 1,2 BB
Special Repairs.
Pavement surface Conditions and Structural
45 50 min 1,2 BB
Evaluation

46 Evaluation of pavement failure and Strengthening. 50 min 1,2 BB

Design of Benkelman Beam Method (Procedure

47 50 min 1,2 BB
only)

48 CAT - III

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Sub Code &Name : CE2255 – HIGHWAY ENGINEERING Date: 05-12-2009
Unit: I Branch: CIVIL Semester: IV Page 6 of 6
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References:

1. Khanna K and Justo C E G, Highway Engineering, Khanna Publishers, Roorkee,

2001.
2. Kadiyali L R, Principles and Practice of Highway Engineering, Khanna Technical
Publications, Delhi, 2000.
3. IRC Standards (IRC 37 – 2001 and IRC 58 – 1998).
4. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Publications on Highway Materials.
5. Specifications for Road and Bridges, MORTH (India).

Course Delivery Plan:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Week I I I II II III III III III IV IV IV V V V

Units I Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V Unit

Prepared by Approved by

Signature

Name Mr. L. Ranjith Kumar Dr. S. Ramanagopal

Designation Lecturer / Civil HOD / Civil
Date 05-12-2009 05-12-2009