Concrete Pavement Design Indian Congress Method 
Concrete Pavement Design Indian Congress Method
by NPTEL / Bhargab Maitra
Video Lecture 38 of 41
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Date Added: July 5, 2009

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Course Description


In this course, Prof. Bhargab Maitra and Prof. K. Sudhakar Reddy give 41 video lectures on the concepts of Transportation Engineering. Topics included are:

Modes of Transportation: Their importance and limitations, and the importance of Highway Transportation.

Introduction to:

- Road Development Plans

- Various Highway Developmental Projects, like Golden Quadrilateral and East-West & North - South Corridors under NHDP, PMGSY etc.

- Road Development Organizations

- Financing of Road Projects – Past and Present Trends

Stages in the Preparation of Project Report: Prioritization, Feasibility Studies, Preparation of Preliminary and Detailed Project Reports.

Elements of Traffic Engineering: Fundamentals of Traffic Flow, Traffic Studies, Concepts of Capacity and Level of Service, Travel Demand Forecasting for Highways, Design of Signalized Intersections.

Highway Alignment Study: Controls for selection of Alignment, Engineering Surveys.

Geometric Design of Highways: Cross-sectional Elements, Horizontal and Vertical Alignments, Geometric Design of Intersections – Rotaries etc.

Pavement Materials: Functions, Specifications and Evaluation, Bituminous Mix Design.

Pavement Design: Flexible and Rigid Pavements, Principles of Design, Empirical and Analytical Design Procedures.

Pavement Construction: Embankment, Subgrade, Subbase and Base courses, Bituminous Surface courses, Internal and Surface Drainage of Pavements, Pavement Evaluation, Maintenance and Strengthening.

The original name of this course is: Civil - Introduction to Transportation Engineering, Lecture Series on Intro

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