DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
COURSE STRUCTURE & SYLLABUS
M.Tech Transportation Engineering Programme
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(Applicable for batches admitted from 2019-2020)
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYKAKINADA
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA – 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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I - Semester
S.N | Course No | Category | Course Name | L | T | P | C | Marks |
1 | MTEI-1 | Core1 | AdvancedHighway Engineering | 3 | 0 | -- | 3 | 100 |
2 | MTEI-2 | Core2 | Advanced Traffic Engineering | 3 | 0 | -- | 3 | 100 |
3 | MTEI-3 | Elective I | 3 0 -- 3 100 a) Bridge Engineering b) Project Management c) Ground Improvement Technique | 3 | 0 | -- | 3 | 100 |
4 | MTEI-4 | Elective II | 3 0 -- 3 100 a) GIS for Transportation b) Pavement Management System c) Transportation Modeling and Simulation | 3 | 0 | -- | 3 | 100 |
5 | MTEMC | | Research Methodology and IPR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
6 | MTEPI-1 | Lab 1 | Highway Aggregates Lab | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | 100 |
7 | MTEPI-2 | Lab 2 | Bituminous Testing Lab | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | 100 |
8 | MTEA-1 | Audit | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Course -1 | | Total Credits /Marks | | | | 18 | 800 |
II - Semester
S.No | Course No | Category | Course Name | L | T | P | C | Marks |
1 | MTEII-1 | Core 3 | Pavement Analysis and Design | 3 | 0 | -- | 3 | 100 |
2 | MTEII-2 | Core 4 | Transportation Planning | 3 | 0 | -- | 3 | 100 |
3 | MTEII-3 | Elective III | 3 0 -- 3 100 a) Pavement Construction b) Environmental Impact Assessment c) Traffic Flow Analysis | 3 | 0 | -- | 3 | 100 |
4 | MTEII-4 | Elective IV | 3 0 -- 3 100 a) Geosynthetics and Reinforced Earth Structures b) Highway Safety Engineering C) Intelligent Transportation System | 3 | 0 | -- | 3 | 100 |
5 | MTEPII-1 | Lab 3 | Advanced Transportation Engineering Lab | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | 100 |
6 | MTEPII-2 | Lab 4 | Transportation Simulation Lab | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | 100 |
7 | MTEMP | Core | Mini Project with Seminar | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 100 |
8 | MTEA-2 | Audit | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Course -2 | | | | | | 18 | 800 |
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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA – 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
III - Semester
S.No | Course No | Category | Course Name | L | T | P | C | Marks |
1 | MTEIII-1 | Elective-V | 3 0 -- 3 100 a) Financial and Economic Analysis of Transportation Projects b) Airport Engineering c) Transportation System Management | 3 | 0 | -- | 3 | 100 |
2 | MIEIII-2 | Open Elective | 3 0 -- 3 100 Open Elective /MOOCS** a). Composite Materials b). Industrial Safety c). Operations Research | 3 | 0 | -- | 3 | 100 |
3 | DISSERTATION | Core | / -- -- 20 10 Dissertation Phase-I / Industrial Project (To be continued and Evaluated next Semester)* | | | | | |
| | | Total Credits /Marks | | | | 16 | 200 |
* Evaluated and displayed in 4th Semester marks list
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** Students Going for Industrial Project / Thesis will complete these courses through MOOCS
Iv - Semester
S. No. | Course No | Category | Course Name | L | T | P | C | Marks |
1 | DISSERTATION | Core | Dissertation Phase II (Continued from III Semester) | 0 | 0 | 32 | 16 | 100 |
| | | Total Credits /Marks | | | 16 | 100 | |
Audit course 1 & 2
1. English for Research PaperWriting
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2. DisasterManagement
3. Sanskrit for TechnicalKnowledge
4. ValueEducation
5. Constitution of India
6. PedagogyStudies
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7. Stress Management by Yoga
8. Personality Development through Life EnlightenmentSkills.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
KAKINADA – 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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I Year - I Semester
Advanced Highway Engineering
UNIT -I
Geometric Design of Highways: Functional classification of Highway system; Design controls - Topography, Driver characteristics, Vehicle characteristics. Traffic, Capacity and Level of Service, Design speed.Objectives of Geometric Design. Road Margins - design specifications; Pavement surface characteristics Skid Resistance, measurement of skid resistance; Road roughness, measurement of Road roughness; Camber design and standards.
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UNIT - II
Horizontal and Vertical Alignment: Sight Distance - SSD, OSD and ISD. Horizontal curves, Super elevation; computing of super elevation; attainment of super elevation; Extra widening on curves; Transition curves Objectives and Design. Gradients - Types of Gradients, Design Standards; Summit Curves, Valley curves and Design criteria. Combination of Vertical and Horizontal curves - Grade Compensation.Importance of Sight Distances for Horizontal and Vertical curves.
UNIT- III
Design of Intersections: Types of Intersections; Design Principles for Intersections; Design At-grade Intersections – Channelization, Objectives; Traffic Islands and Design standards Rotary Intersection - Concept, Advantages and Disadvantages; Grade separated Interchanges Types, warrants and Design standards as per IRC.
UNIT-IV
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Traffic Signs and Road Markings: Types of Road Signs; Guidelines for the provision of Road Signs; Caution Signs, Regulatory signs. Information signs - Design standards. Road markings - Objectives of Road markings; Types of Road Marking, Role of Road markings in Road Safety and Traffic Regulation; Specification for Road Marking Highway Appurtenances-Delineators, Traffic Impact Attenuators, Safety Barriers.
UNIT - V
Pedestrian Elements: Requirements of Pedestrians; Pedestrian facilities on Urban Roads; Cycle Tracks - Guidelines and Design standards; Bus bays-Types and Guide lines-Design of On street and Off street parking facilities - Guidelines for lay out Design. Design of Subways and foot over bridges.
Suggested Reading
1. Principles and Practice of Highway Engineering, L.R.Kadiyali and N.B.Lal, Khanna Publications.
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2. Text Book of Highway Engineering, R. Srinivasa Kumar, Universities Press, 2011.
3. Highway Engineering, C.E.G.Justo and S.K.Khanna, Nem Chand and Brothers
4. IRC Codes for signs, Markings and Mixed Traffic Control in Urban Areas.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: KAKINADA
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KAKINADA – 533 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
I Year - I Semester
Advanced Traffic Engineering
UNIT-I
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Basic Aspects of Traffic Engineering Aim of traffic engineering, traffic stream components and characteristics, road user characteristics, vehicle characteristics, acceleration characteristics, measures of quality, measures of separation, relationship among traffic parameters and empirical relationships, mechanics of traffic flow, macroscopic approach, microscopic-approach and human factors approach, discrete distributions, binomial distribution, Poisson's distribution, exponential distribution, exponential distribution, normal distribution.
UNIT-II
Traffic Studies, Measurement and Analysis; Volume studies, speed studies, travel forecasting principles and techniques, design hourly volumes and speed, origin and destination studies, presentation of data and analysis, testing of hypothesis relating to improvements.
UNIT-III
Travel Time amid Delay Studies; Various uses, travel time and delay studies, various methods, data collection and analysis, density studies and headways, gap acceptance studies, intersection delay studies, traffic flow theory, queuing theory and simulation models.
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UNIT-IV
Capacity Analysis of Traffic Facilities; Uninterrupted facilities, interrupted facilities, Level of Service, quality of service as per HCM, factors affecting LOS, computation of capacity and LOS, Measure of effectiveness, highway capacity and performance characteristics, intersection design.
UNIT-V
Traffic Control, Design and Regulation; Traffic signals, types, principles of phasing, tune diagram, signalized intersection, saturation flow, saturation headway, capacity of lane group, concept of critical lane group, signal timing, phase plan, phase diagram, splitting of phase, clearance interval, pedestrian requirement, guidelines for protected movements, signal co-ordination, emerging themes, inter-modalism, access management, congestion management, environmental impact assessment.
Suggested Reading
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1. Introduction to Traffic Engineering, R. Srinivasa Kumar, Universities Press, 2018.
2. Highway Capacity Manual, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2010.
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