Highway Engineering Premium Lecture Notes (Units 1,2 and 3) - Anna University

Highway Engineering Handwritten Premium Lecture Notes. Specially for Civil Engineering Candidates. Syllabus Covered based on Anna University Fifth Semester R2013 and Fourth Semester R2008 Regulation.

Units :

Unit 1  Highway Planning and Alignment

 Unit 2 GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS

Unit 3 DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENTS

Contents :

Unit 1  Highway Planning and Alignment
Role of Transportation in National Development
Economic, social , spatial , cultural and political impacts of transportation
Macadam Method of construction
(i) No Need for Stronger foundation
(ii) Sub grade drainage and compaction
Construction Steps
Highway Development in India
Jayakar committee – 1927
Relaisation of the recommendation of the Jayakar Committee
Indian Roads Congress (IRC) 1934
Twenty Year Road Development Plans
Institutions for Highway Planning Design, Construction and Maintenance
Road Classification in Rural and Urban Areas
All Weather Roads
Fair – Weather Roads
Methods of Classification of Roads
Factors Controlling Alignment
Special Considerations while aligning roads on hilly areas
Engineering Surreys for Highway Locations

Unit 2 GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS

Super Elavation
Widening of Pavements on Curves
Transition Curve
Highway Cross Sectional Elements
Design of Vertical Alignment
Geometric Design of Highways
Over taking Sight Distance
Geometric Design of Hill Roads
Basic Principles of Geometric Design
Ease of Slope and Interception of drainage

Unit 3 DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENTS
Problems based on Flexible pavement for construction of new highway
Rigid Pavements
Problems Based of designing a Cement Concrete Pavement