Lecture Description
- The CosmoLearning Team
Course Index
- Introduction
- Elements of Concern & Components
- Traffic Stream Characteristics
- Traffic Studies (Part 1)
- Traffic Studies (Part 2)
- Highway Capacity & Level of Service
- Intersection Control & Signalization
- Functional Classification & Design Elements
- Cross Section Elements
- Stopping Sight Distance & Decision Sight
- Overtaking, Intermediate & Headlight Sight
- Intersection Sight Distance (Part 1)
- Intersection Sight Distance (Part 2)
- Horizontal Alignment (Part 1)
- Horizontal Alignment (Part 2)
- Horizontal Alignment (Part 3)
- Horizontal Alignment (Part 4)
- Horizontal Alignment (Part 5)
- Horizontal Alignment (Part 6)
- Vertical Alignment (Part 1)
- Vertical Alignment (Part 2)
- Vertical Alignment (Part 3)
- Highway Alignment
- Principles of Pavement Design
- Traffic Loading (Part 1)
- Traffic Loading (Part 2)
- Pavement Materials (Part 1)
- Pavement Materials (Part 2)
- Pavement Materials (Part 3)
- Pavement Materials (Part 4)
- Pavement Materials (Part 5)
- Design of Bituminous Mixes (Part 1)
- Design of Bituminous Mixes (Part 2)
- Analysis of Flexible Pavements
- Analysis of Concrete Pavements (Part 2)
- Flexible Pavement Design Indian Roads Congress
- Flexible Pavement Design AASHTO Method - 1993
- Concrete Pavement Design Indian Congress Method
- Concrete Pavement Design PCA and AASHTO Methods
- Pavement Evaluation and Rehabilitation
- Overlay Design - IRC Method
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