07CV642

USN
R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Autonomous Institution under VTU
VI Semester B. E. Examinations May/June-10

Civil Engineering

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING (ELECTIVE)

Time: 03 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
Answer TWO full questions from PART-A and PART-B and ONE question from
PART-C
Statistical Charts/tables are permitted. Use graph sheet if required

PART- A
1 a Briefly discuss the vehicle characteristics which affect the road design.
b Compute the various resistances developed for a vehicle in motion and
obtain the engine HP required for a car of weight 2T required to
accelerate at a rate of 3m/sec2 in the 1st gear from a speed of 10
Kmph. The bitumen road is of +1% grade and the vehicle frontal area
is 2 m2.The tyre has a radius of 0.33 m and the rear axle gear ratio is
3.82:1 and the 1st gear ratio is 2.78:1.Assume transmission efficiency
as 0.9.

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2 a State the objectives of volume studies. Indicate how the data is

represented along with their advantages.
b Traffic speed data is collected for the passing vehicles. Analyze the
data and determine the design speed, speed limits /median speed.

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Speed (Kmph)
Frequency
(numbers)

48 54 60 66 72 78 84 90 96 102 108
2

18 18 20 12 15 18 11

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114
1

3 a Discuss the various accident preventive measures underlining the

importance of 3Es.

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b A vehicle skids through a distance of 40 m on a bitumen surface and

then 10 m on adjacent gravel shoulder before coming to halt. The drag
factors are 0.5 and 0.6 respectively. Calculate the speed of the vehicle
before skid.

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PART- B
4 a Derive an equation for car following theory.
b The following information is obtained from a traffic analysis data.
Obtain the total trips generated when the population of the zone
reaches 40 thousand.
Zone
Population
(thousands)
Trips
generated
(Hundred)

1
26

2
28

12

11

3
31
17

4
33

5
22

6
30

7
20

8
25

15

12

15

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5 a State the application and limitation of simulation technique for traffic

analysis.
b Find out the mean rate of arrival of vehicles and with the help of
poissonian distribution compare the observed frequency with the
theoretical frequency.
Veh arriving in 10 sec
Observed frequency

0
11

1
28

2
30

3
18

4
8

5
4

6
1

Accident
severity

Type
Fatal
Serious
Minor
Total

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>7
0

6 a What are the methods available for traffic forecasting? Explain any one
method with an example.
b Obtain the relationship if any between the accident severity and the
age of the driver from the accident data obtained for mysore road. Test
whether there is any significant relationship.
Age group of drivers
18-30
30-50
Above 50
12
8
16
25
14
41
48
35
70
85
57
127

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Total
Accidents
36
80
153
269

PART- C
7 a Discuss briefly the various traffic regulations practiced to control the
traffic.
b The average number of flow of traffic on roads A and B during design
period are 450 and 300 PCUs. The saturated flow estimated as 1400

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and 1200 PCUs /hr respectively. The all red tune for pedestrians are
time taken as 12 sec. Design two phase signal by Webster method.
8 a Briefly enumerate the design factors of a rotary and label the parts of
a rotary with a neat sketch.
b Give the step wise procedure of street lighting design.

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