UNIT I SUBGRADE Functions and significance of subgrade properties Methods of assessment of subgrade strength – Soil classification Ground Improvement Techniques Wheel loads ESWL EWLF – – – – – UNIT II MATERIALS FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT Bitumen types and grades properties and testing of materials used in granular layers and – – bituminous layers Types of granular and bituminous mixes mix design for granular – –– materials bituminous mix design - super pave concepts new materials like polymer modified – – bitumen, geosynthetics etc. UNIT III MATERIALS FOR RIGID PAVEMENT Cement grades chemical composition hydration of cement testing admixtures fibres - – – – – – – properties and testing of pavement quality concrete mix design acceptance criteria – – UNIT IV CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES Methods of construction and field control checks for various types of flexible pavement layers – recycling of bituminous materials Cement concrete pavements methods of construction of various layers joints-quality control – – UNIT V HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS Excavators, graders, vibratory rollers, sensor pavers, computerized asphalt mix plant, plants and trucks for ready mix concrete, slip form paver working principle, advantages and limitations – REFERENCES: 1. Specifications for Road and Bridge works, Fourth Revision, MoSRT&H, 2016 2. IRC 15 2008, Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Construction of – Concrete Roads 3. Peurify.R.L., Construction Planning, Equipment and Methods, McGraw Hill Publishers, New York, 2016 4. S.C.Sharma., Construction Equipment and its Management, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2012 5. Asphalt Technology and Construction Practices, The Asphalt Institute, Maryland, USA, 1997 6. Khanna S.K, Justo C.E.G.& Veeraragavan.A. Highway Engineering, New Chand and Bros,Roorkee 2010.
UNIT I SUBGRADE Functions and significance of subgrade properties – Methods of assessment of subgrade strength – Soil classification – Ground Improvement Techniques – Wheel loads – ESWL – EWLF UNIT II MATERIALS FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT Bitumen – types and grades – properties and testing of materials used in granular layers and bituminous layers – Types of granular and bituminous mixes –– mix design for granular materials – bituminous mix design - super pave concepts – new materials like polymer modified bitumen, geosynthetics etc. UNIT III MATERIALS FOR RIGID PAVEMENT Cement – grades – chemical composition – hydration of cement – testing – admixtures – fibres - properties and testing of pavement quality concrete – mix design – acceptance criteria UNIT IV CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES Methods of construction and field control checks for various types of flexible pavement layers – recycling of bituminous materials Cement concrete pavements – methods of construction of various layers – joints-quality control UNIT V HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS Excavators, graders, vibratory rollers, sensor pavers, computerized asphalt mix plant, plants and trucks for ready mix concrete, slip form paver – working principle, advantages and limitations REFERENCES: 1. Specifications for Road and Bridge works, Fourth Revision, MoSRT&H, 2016 2. IRC 15 – 2008, Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Construction of Concrete Roads 3. Peurify.R.L., Construction Planning, Equipment and Methods, McGraw Hill Publishers, New York, 2016 4. S.C.Sharma., Construction Equipment and its Management, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2012 5. Asphalt Technology and Construction Practices, The Asphalt Institute, Maryland, USA, 1997 6. Khanna S.K, Justo C.E.G.& Veeraragavan.A. Highway Engineering, New Chand and Bros,Roorkee 2010.
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