POKHARA UNIVERSITY

Level: Bachelor Semester – Fall Year : 2005

Programme: BE Full Marks: 100
Course: Transportation Engineering I Time : 3hrs.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far
as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.

1. a) Explain the constraints for the development of major modes of 8

transportation in Nepal.
b) What are the objectives of preliminary survey in road alignment? 7
Explain the methods of preliminary survey.
2. a) What is superelevation? Explain with the aid of neat sketches the 8
method of eliminating camber and introduction of superelevation by
rotating about center line.
b) The driver of a vehicle travelling 60 km ph up a grade requires 10 m 7
less to stop after he applies the brake than a driver travelling at the
same initial speed down the same grade. If the coefficient of friction
between the tyres and the pavement is 0.42, what is the grade of the
road?
3. a) Derive expression for length of valley curve for comfort condition 6
and head light sight distance.
b) A clothoid is to be fitted in between the circular section and a 9
straight section of highway. If the design speed on the hoghway is
85 kmph and radius of the curve of the circular section is 225 m,
determine the length of clothoid for comfort condition and for
introducing maximum superelevation at a rate of 1 in 150. The
width of pavement at the straight section is 7.0 m and the length of
wheel base of the design vehicle is 6.1m.
4. a) What is highway drainage? Enumerate the effects caused by 8
inadequate drainage system within the right of way of road.
b) What are the methods to control the erosion and energy dissipating 7
measures in the drainage system?
5. a) What do you mean by hardness of aggregate? How could you 6
measure the hardness of road aggregate? Explain.
b) What are the desirable properties of bituminous mixes? What are the 9
steps of bituminous mix design? Discuss briefly.
6. a) What are the different bodies involved in the planning process of 7
green road?
b) What is hair pin bend? Derive the relation of the total length of hair 8
pin bend.
7. Write short notes on (Any Two) 52
a) Macadam Construction
b) Extrawidening of pavement
c) River route of highway alignment