Highway Engineering, 4ed (An Indian Adaptation)
Description
“Highway Engineering” a comprehensive book that serves as an essential resource for undergraduate students of civil engineering. This edition has been thoughtfully adapted to align with the specific educational and infrastructural context of India, ensuring relevance and applicability for students, educators, and practitioners in the field of highway engineering.
This comprehensive text covers a wide array of essential topics, from highway planning and traffic demand modeling to geometric design and pavement materials. One of the standout features of this edition is its incorporation of the latest updates from authoritative manuals such as the Indian Roads Congress (IRC) codes, standards, and guidelines. This adapted edition has been developed based on the detailed feedback obtained from long-standing users of the book about how the book should be revised. The focus of this adaptation has been on strengthening the coverage and updating the problems.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Indian Adaptation
About the Companion Website
1 The Transportation Planning Process
1.1 Why Are Highways So Important?
1.2 The Administration of Highway Schemes
1.3 Sources of Funding in India
1.4 Highway Planning
1.5 The Decision-Making Process in Highway and Transport Planning
2 Urban Transport and System Planning
2.1 Basic Principles of Traffic Demand Analysis
2.2 Demand Modelling
2.3 Land-Use Models
2.4 Trip Generation
2.5 Trip Distribution
2.6 Modal Split
2.7 Traffic Assignment
2.8 Example of the Four-Stage Transportation Modelling
2.9 Decide and Provide’ Versus ‘Predict and Provide’
2.10 Concluding Comments
Summary
Multiple Choice Questions
Practice Problems
References
3 Scheme Appraisal for Highway Projects
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Economic Appraisal of Highway Project
3.3 Environmental Appraisal of Highway Project
3.4 The New Approach to Appraisal
Summary
Multiple Choice Questions
Practice Problem
References
4 Basic Elements of Highway Traffic Analysis
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Surveying Road Traffic
4.3 Traffic Flow Parameters
4.4 Relationships among Traffic Flow Parameters
4.5 Headway Distributions in Highway Traffic Flow
4.6 Queuing Analysis
Summary
Multiple Choice Questions
Practice Problems
References
5 Highway Capacity and Level-of-Service
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The ‘Level of Service’ Approach Using the Transportation Research Board
5.3 The 2010 Highway Capacity Manual – Analysis of Capacity and Level of
Service for Multi-Lane and Two-Lane Highways
5.4 The 2016 Highway Capacity Manual – Analysis of Capacity and Level of
Service for Multi-Lane Highways
5.5 Capacity and Level of Service of Urban Roads (Indian Roads Congress
Code IRC: 106)
5.6 Capacity and Level of Service of Rural Roads (Indian Roads Congress Code IRC: 64)
5.7 Capacity and Level of Service of Roads (Indian Highway Capacity Manual, 2017)
5.8 Expansion of 12- and 16-Hour Traffic Counts into AADT Flows
Summary
Multiple Choice Questions
Practice Problems
References
6 The Design of Highway Intersections
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Deriving DRFs from Baseline Traffic Figures
6.3 Major/Minor Priority Intersections
6.4 Roundabout Intersections
6.5 Basics of Traffic Signal Control: Optimisation and Delays
6.6 Concluding Remarks
Summary
Multiple Choice Questions
Practice Problems
References
7 Geometric Alignment and Design
7.1 Basic Physical Elements of a Highway
7.2 Design Speed
7.3 Geometric Parameters Dependent on Design Speed
7.4 Sight Distances
7.5 Horizontal Alignment
7.6 Vertical Alignment
Summary
Multiple Choice Questions
Practice Problems
References
8 Highway Pavement Materials
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Pavement Components: Terminology
8.3 Soils at Subformation Level
8.4 Materials in Foundations
8.5 Materials in Flexible Pavements
8.6 Concrete in Rigid Pavements
8.7 Surfacing Materials for Flexible Pavements
8.8 Stiffness Modulus
8.9 Measurement and Testing of Material and Pavement Properties
Summary
Multiple Choice Questions
Practice Problems
References
9 Design and Construction of Highway Pavements
9.1 Introduction and Design Approach
9.2 Sustainability and Good Road Design
9.3 Whole-Life Cost Analysis
9.4 Traffic Loading
9.5 Foundation Design
9.6 Pavement Design
9.7 Construction of Flexible Pavements
9.8 Construction of Rigid Pavements
Summary
Multiple Choice Questions
Practice Problems
References
10 Pavement Maintenance
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Pavement Deterioration
10.3 Compiling Information on the Pavement’s Condition
10.4 Forms of Maintenance
Summary
Multiple Choice Questions
Practice Problems
References
11 The Highway Engineer and the Development Process
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Transport Impact Assessments
11.3 Travel Plans
11.4 Road Safety Audits
Summary
Multiple Choice Questions
References
12 Defining Sustainability in Transportation Engineering
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Social Sustainability
12.3 Environmental Sustainability
12.4 Economic Sustainability
12.5 The Four Pillars of Sustainable Transport Planning
12.6 How Will Urban Areas Adapt to the Need for Increased Sustainability?
12.7 The Role of the Street in Sustainable Transport Planning
12.8 Public Transport
12.9 Using Performance Indicators to Ensure a More Balanced Transport Policy
12.10 A Sustainable Parking Policy
Summary
Multiple Choice Questions
References