TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING Unit-I HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA 1. (a) Briefly outline the Highway development in India.

[2] (b) What are the significant recommendations of Jayakar Committee Report? [3] 2. (a) What are the Various plans to be prepared for Highway development in India. [2] (b) Explain any one Twenty year Highway development plan [3] 3. Compare Nagpur Road plan and Second Twenty year road plan. Discuss the merits of each. [5] 4. Explain the salient features of Third Twenty Year Road Plan for Highway Development in India [5] 5. From the following data for a District, calculate the road length required based on Nagpur Road Plan. [5] Total area = 6300 km2. Agriculture area = 2800 km2. Number of villages with population ranges < 500, 501-1000, 1001-2000, 2001-5000, and above 5001 is 450, 320, 110, 50 and 10respectively. Length of Railway track = 75 km. 6. Write short Notes on [5] a) Central Road Fund b) Indian Roads Congress c) Motor vehicle Act d) Nagpur Road Conference e) Central Road Research Institute UNIT-II 1. (a) What are the classification of Road system by Third Road Development Plan and Explain? [2] (b) What are the classification of Urban Roads and Road patterns and Explain with neat sketches. [3] 2. (a) Explain the term Highway alignment. What are the basic requirements of an ideal alignment? [2] (b) What are the various factors which control the Highway alignment? [3] 3. (a) Explain obligatory points. [2] (b) Discuss how the obligatory points control the alignment with neat sketches. 4. (a) List the different Engineering surveys needed for highway location.[2] (b) Explain the different Engineering surveys needed for highway location. [3] 5. Give the details of drawings to be prepared in highway project with the recommended scales and size of drawings [5] 6. Explain briefly the various stages of work in a new Highway Project. [5] Unit- III 1. (a) What are the objects of Highway Design? [2] (b) Explain the factors which control the geometric design. [3] 2. Explain Highway cross sectional elements with neat sketches. [5] 3. Write a short note on : a) Traffic seperators b) Road margins c) Pavement unevenness d) Shoulders & Kerbs e) Width of formation & Right of way 4. (a) Explain sight distance and factors causing restrictions to sight distance. [2]

(b) Explain the significance of stopping, intermediate and overtaking sight distances. [3] 5. (a) Explain Super elevation. What are the factors on which the design of superelevation depends. [3] (b) A vertical summit curve is formed at the intersection of two gradients, + 3.0 and 5.0 percent. Design the length of summit curve to provide a stopping sight distance for a design speed of 80 kmph. Assume other data. 6. Calculate the length of transition curve and the shift the following data : Design speed = 65 kmph Radius of circular curve = 220m Allowable rate of introduction of superelevation (pavement rotated about the centre line) = 1 in 150 Pavement which including extrawidening = 7.5 m Unit- IV 1. (a) Explain the term traffic volume. What are the objects of carrying out traffic volume studies? [2] (b) Indicate how the traffic volume data are presented and results used in traffic engineering.[3] 2. (a) Explain the relationship between speed, travel time, volume, density and capacity [3] (b) What are the factors on which PCU values depends ? [2] 3. Write short note on: [5] a) Parking accumulation b) Parking load c) Parking turn over d) Parking index e) Parking intensity 4. (a) What are the different causes of accidents? Describe briefly (b) What are the application of location file, spot maps, collision diagrams and condition diagrams ? Explain various measures that may be taken to prevent accidents. 5. (a) Explain spot speed, running speed, space mean speed, time mean speed and average speed. [2] (b) Explain how the speed and delay studies are carried out. What are the various uses of speed and delay studies? 6. Spot speed studies were carried out at a certain stretch of a highway and the consolidated data collected are given below. Speed range, Kmph No. of vehicles observed Speed range, Kmph No. of vehicles observed 0 to 10 12 50 to 60 255 10 to 20 18 60 to 70 119 20 to 30 68 70 to 80 43 30 to 40 89 80 to 90 33 40 to 50 204 90 to 100 9 Determine i. The upper and lower values or speed limits for regulation of mixed traffic flow ii. The design speed for checking the geometric design elements of the highway.