Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Course Plan for

Transportation Engineering (CE20103) 4-0-0 4 Credits

Teachers : (1) Dr. K. Sudhakar Reddy (2) Dr. Sudheshna Mitra Civil Engineering
Class Room : NC-241 (Nalanda Complex)
A Slot : Mon 7:30AM to 9:30AM; Tues 11:30AM to 12:30PM; Wed 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

For 2
nd
Year Students of B.Tech (Civil) as DEPTH subject and as ADDITIONAL subject for
students of other departments (if any)
Attendance Policy : Minimum 75% of total hours conducted. Students with less than 75%
attendance will be deregistered
Evaluation Policy : (a) 30 % for mid-term exam (b) 50% for end-term exam (c) 20% for TA.
Teacher assessment will be based on TWO class tests (each carrying SIX marks) and
attendance for EIGHT marks (0 marks for less than or equal to 75% attendance and 8 marks
for 100% attendance)
References:
1. C J otin Khisty and B Kent Lall, Transportation Engineering : An Introduction, Prentice
Hall 2003
2. CS Papacostas, PD Prevedouros and Otheman Che Puan, Transportation Engineering
and Planning, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005
3. Harold N. Atkins, Highway Materials, Soil, Concrete, Prentice Hall, 2002
4. SK Khanna, CEG J usto and SK J usto Highway Engineering, Nem Chand & Bros, 1991
5. LR Kadiyali and NB Lal, Principles and practices of highway engineering, Khanna
Publications, 2005
6. LR Kadiyali and NB Lal, Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning, Khanna
Publications
7. IRC guidelines IRC:37-2001 Guidelines for Design of Flexible Pavements
8. IRC Guidelines IRC:58-2002 Guidelines for Design of Plain J ointed Concrete Pavements
9. Relevant BIS and IRC codes

Note :
The teachers may give to the students the soft or hard copies of the handouts of the PPT
presentation material used in the class. However, these will not contain complete information.
The students are advised to take notes in the class meticulously and also read all the other
handouts and reference material suggested by the teachers


See Overleaf for Course Plan



COURSE PLAN
Date Topic
No of
Hours
Remarks
16-07-14 Introduction to Transportation Engineering 01 KSR & SM
21-07-14 Overview of pavement engineering 02 KSR
22-07-14
Functional Classification of highways, design elements and controls, Cross
sectional elements
01 SM
23-07-14
Functional Classification of highways, design elements and controls, Cross
sectional elements
01 SM
28-07-14 Traffic loading considerations for highways 02 KSR
30-07-14 Cross-sectional elements, Stopping Sight Distance, Decision Sight Distance 01 SM
04-08-14 Traffic loading, Pavement components : Subgrade 02 KSR
05-08-14 Cross-sectional elements, Stopping Sight Distance, Decision Sight Distance 01 SM
06-08-14 Overtaking, Intermediate and Headlight Sight Distance 01 SM
11-08-14 Pavement Components :Aggregates 02 KSR
12-08-14 Horizontal curves, Super-elevation 01 SM
13-08-14 Horizontal curves, Super-elevation 01 SM
19-08-14
Attainment of Super-elevation, Setbacks, Transition Curves, Extra-widening, Curve
Resistance
01 SM
20-08-14
Attainment of Super-elevation, Setbacks, Transition Curves, Extra-widening, Curve
Resistance
01 SM
25-08-14 Bituminous Binders 02 KSR
26-08-14 Tangent Run-off, SE Runoff, Transition Curve Design 01 SM
27-08-14
Extra widening, General controls for Horizontal alignment, Introduction to vertical
alignment
01 SM
01-09-14 Bituminous Binders - modified, emulsions, IS and Superpave specifications 02 KSR
02-09-14 Vertical alignment : Topography, gradients, vertical curves 01 SM
03-09-14 Vertical alignment : Topography, gradients, vertical curves 01 SM
08-09-14 Introduction to Bituminous Mix Design 02 KSR
09-09-14 Vertical alignment : Topography, gradients, vertical curves 01 SM
10-09-14 CLASS TEST 01 KSR & SM
15-09-14 to 23-09-14 MID-AUTUMN EXAMINATIONS
24-09-14
General controls for vertical and horizontal alignment coordination, Selection of
highway alignment
01 SM
07-10-14
Traffic Engineering : Characteristics of Traffic flow :- volume, density, speed
(definition and measurement)
01 SM
08-10-14 Fundamental traffic flow diagrams, concept of capacity 01 SM
13-10-14 Bituminous Mix Design 02 KSR
14-10-14 Fundamental traffic flow diagrams, concept of capacity 01 SM
15-10-14 Traffic Studies 01 SM
20-10-14 Introduction to Pavement Design, IRC Method for design of Flexible Pavements 02 KSR
21-10-14 Traffic Studies 01 SM
22-10-14
Introduction to four-stage modeling of transportation planning, trip generation and
distribution models
01 SM
27-10-14 IRC Method for Design of Concrete Pavements 02 KSR
28-10-14
Introduction to four-stage modeling of transportation planning, trip generation and
distribution models
01 SM
29-10-14 Mode choice and route assignment models 01 SM
03-11-14 Other Pavement Design Methods
05-11-14 Mode choice and route assignment models 01 SM
10-11-14 Worked out examples of pavement design 02 KSR
11-11-14 Revision, discussion and worked out problems 01 SM
12-11-14 CLASS TEST 01 KSR & SM
17-11-14 Pavement Construction granular and bituminous 02 KSR
18-11-14 Revision, discussion and worked out problems 01 SM
20-11-14 onwards END-AUTUMN EXAMINATIONS