CE – 310

Transportation Engineering - I
Dharamveer Singh
Associate Professor
Room 25, Ground Floor
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Bombay, 400076, India
Phone: 22-2576-7304
E-mail: dvsingh@iitb.ac.in
 

Research Interests:
Pavement materials, recycling, design, maintenance and rehabilitation, performance of
pavements and failure analysis
 CE310:  Lecture  Schedule  
Class  Room:  CE  238  
–  Monday  9:30  am  to  10:25  am  
–  Tuesday  10:35  am  to  11:30  am  
–  Thursday  11:35  am  to  12:30  pm  

Try  your  best  to  come  to  the  class  on  :me.    
You  may  have  similar  situa:on,  
so  con:nue  strengthening  
yourself  ..to  be  regular  in  
class..class  notes..discussion  
Pot-­‐holes  
Pot-­‐holes  
Road  Safety  
 Road  Types  and  Design  Elements  
•  Road  Types  
•  Materials  for  Road  Works  
•  Design  of  Roads  
•  Geometry  of  Roads/Railway/Airport  
•  Driver  Behavior  
•  Drainage  
•  Technology  for  Recycling  
 Flexible  Pavement  (Bituminous  Pavement)  (Black  Top)  
Majority  of  NH,  SH,  and  other  roads   Thickness?  Cost  of  one  lane/  km  
Construc:on  of  Flexible  Pavement  
Material  selec:on,  design,  construc:on  
Construc:on  of  Flexible  Pavement    -­‐  Race  Track  
 Material  selec:on,  design,  construc:on  
Bituminous  Pavement  in  Snow  Bound  Areas  
Material  selec:on,  design,  construc:on  
 Rigid  Pavement  (Cement  Concrete  Pavement)  
Some  of  NH,  SH,  and  other  roads   Thickness?  Cost  of  one  lane/  km  
Mumbai-­‐Pune  Expressway  (  Also  upcoming  Mumbai-­‐Nagpur)  
 Dowel  bar  

Tie  bar  

Construc:on  of  Cement  Concrete  Pavement  

 Failures  in  Flexible  (Bituminous)  
Pavement  

RuUng  

Fa:gue  Cracking  
 Failures  in  Flexible  Pavement  
Dislodging  of  Paver  Block    

Delamina:on  
Failures  in  Cement  
Concrete  Pavement  
Longitudinal Cracks- Concrete Pavement
 Overloading  on  Indian  
Roads  

Impact  on  pavement  design  and  life?  

Mul:-­‐axle  Vehicle  –  Design  of  Roads?  
 Mul:-­‐axle  Vehicles  

Samsung  Saudi  Arabia  needed  to  transport  a  1,048-­‐ton  reactor  from  its  factory  in  
Damman  to  a  petrochemical  plant  in  Shaybah.  Mammoet  was  contracted  to  handle  
the  treacherous  1,080-­‐kilometer  journey  over  steep  desert  hills  and  narrow  winding  
roads.  On  a  mission  to  make  up  for  delays  outside  of  Mammoet’s  control,  the  
pressure  was  on  to  deliver  the  reactor  on  schedule.  
Milling  of  Old  Roads  (Bituminous  pavement  is  100%  recyclable)  
 Highway  Alignments  
Geometry  of  Highways  

Selec:on  of  curves?  

 Highway  Geometry  -­‐  Curves  

Design  of  curve/gradient/length?  

Ver:cal  Curves  

Horizontal  Curves  
 Outer  side  of  road  is  raised  

Super-­‐eleva:on    
Petroleum  Refinery     Bitumen  is  last  residue  le_  over  in  refinery  
(Produc:on  of  bitumen  used  for  construc:on  of  flexible  pavement)  
Safety  aspect  while  handing  bitumen  or  petroleum  products  

Bitumen  Catches  Fire  (Bitumen  Tanks)  

 Aggregate  Quarry  
Aggregate  are  main  ingredient  for  road  construc:on  
Type  of  pavement,  gradient,  selec:on  

Airport  Pavement  
Railways/Track  
How?  
 CE  310-­‐  Course  Content  
Introduc)on  to  transporta)on  engineering:    
•   DefiniRon  of  transportaRon  engineering  
•   IntroducRon  to  different  modes  in  transportaRon  
•   Development  history  
 
Highways:    
•   Alignment  and  Geometric  design  
•   Pavement  materials  –  SelecRon  and  importance  
•   Pavement  design  –  Flexible  and  rigid  
•   Highway  construcRon  and  maintenance    

Note:  Some  of  the  course  content  may  not  be  listed  in  here.    
The  discussion  during  class  lecture  and  presenta:on  slides  become  
important  part  of  this  course.  
PDF  copy  of  the  lecture  presenta:on  will  be  provided  to  you  through  Moodle  
 CE  310  -­‐Course  Content  
Railways:  
•   Design  components  of  railway  tracks  
•   Geometric  design  and  alignment  of  railway  tracks\  
Airports:  
•   Components  of  airport  and  features    
 Evalua:on  Policy  
–  A[endance  is  NOT  compulsory  
–  Class  interac:on/quiz/performance  (You  have  to  submit  
it  in  the  class  itself),  Absentee  gets  ZERO  (0)  mark.  
–  Class  quiz/interacRon  will  not  be  repeated  in  any  case.  
Please  do  NOT  ask.  
Components  and  weightage  
Mid  Sem.  Exam   30%   FR  <40%  
Quiz  –  Class  Interac:on   20%  
Class    -­‐  CR  
End  Sem.  Exam   50%  
Informa:on/contact-­‐through  e-­‐mail,  so  check  it  regularly  
–   Do  not  a[empt  to  operate  mobile  phone  in  the  class  
– 1st  A[empt:  50%,  2nd  A[empt:  75%,  3rd  A[empt:  100  %  penalty  to  
total  class  exercise  marks+(10%  cut  of  End  Sem.  Marks)  
 Reference  Text  Books  
•  S.K.  Khanna,  C.E.G.  Justo  and  A.  Veeraragavan,  Highway  Engineering,  Revised  10th  
Edi6on,  Nem  Chand  &  Bros.,  Roorkee,  2014.  
•  L.R.  Kadiyali,  Principles  and  Prac:ce  of  Highway  Engineering,  Khanna  Technical  
PublicaRons,  Delhi,  2000.  
•  S.  Chandra  and  M.M.  Agarwal,  Railway  Engineering,  2nd  Edi6on,  Oxford  University  
Press,  New  Delhi,  2014.  
•  S.C.  Saxena,  Airport  Engineering  Planning  and  Design,  1st  Edi6on,  CBS  Publisher  &  
Distributors  Pvt.  Ltd.,  New  Delhi,  2011.  
•  Y.H.  Huang,  Pavement  Analysis  and  Design,  PrenRce  Hall,  New  Jersey,  2003.  
•  S.C.  Sexena  and  S.P.  Arora,  A  Text  Book  of  Railway  Engineering,  Dhanpat  Rai  &  
Sons,  New  Delhi,  1998.