Sri Lanka Institute of Information TechnQlogy

B. Sc. Eng. Honours Degree

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In
Engineering

Midterm Examination
Year 3, Semester II (2015)

CE3411 - Transportation Engineering

Duration: 1 Hour

September 20 15

Instructions to Candidates:
+ This paper has 6 pages including the cover page.
+ This paper has 12 questions.
+ Answer All Questions,
+ Questions do not carry equal marks.
- t Total mark attainable is 100.
+ Mobile phones are not permitted. Only equipment allowed is a
calculator approved by the Faculty of Engineering.
+ All notations stand for their regular meanings.
+ Make reasonable assumptions, where necessary, and state them.
+ Write answers on the question paper,

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1. According to the Institute of Transportation Engineers, what is the objective of traffic
engineering? (5 Marks)

2. Data given in Table Q4 show 15-minute traffic volume counts for a roadway from
7:00- 9:00 am. What is the peak hour? Estimate the peak hour factor (PHF) for this
case.
(12 Marks)
Table Q4: Volume data from 15 minutes traffic counts

Time Volume
(Vehicles)

7:00-7:15 200
7:15 -7:30 360
7:30-7:45 420
7:45-8:00 950
8:00-8:15 562
8:15-8:30 612
8:30-8:45 428
8:45-9:00 210

3. What are three primary macroscopic measures of a traffic stream? (3 Marks)

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4. Time taken by 6 vehicles to travel a distance of 500 m are given first and second
columns of Table Q6. What are the time mean speed (TMS) and space mean speed
(SMS) values? (12 Marks)

Table Q6: Data on a travel of 500 m distance

Vehicle Time (Sec)
1 56
2 62
3 65
4 59
5 62
6 58

5. Identify the road locations where gap acceptance behavior is important? (4 Marks)

6. What is the purpose of superelevation in street design? (5 Marks)

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7. Stationing of a point of intersection of a horizontal curve is 100+3.345 m (assume
20m chainage). The radius of the curve is 300m and angle of deflection is 14. Find
the length of the curve, chord length, middle and external ordinates, and stationing of
Point of Curvature (PC) and Point of Tangency (PT). (20 Marks)
D 20
- =2nR - Equation ( 1)
360

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8. What are types of stabilities provided by a track system? (5 Marks)

9. What are the important components while transferring loads from the carbody into
track structure in railroad design? (10 Marks)

10. Do you recommend the increased spot fines for traffic offences? Justify your answer.
(8 Marks)

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11. Do you believe the planned Mono rail system is the solution to traffic problem in
Colombo and suburbs? Justify your answer. (8 Marks)

12. Do you believe that container movements in Colombo should be banned during day
time? Justify your answer. (8 Marks)

End of the Question Paper