= Lib # alg) by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel College of Engineering MUNSHI NAGAR, ANDHERI (WEST), MUMBAI-400 058. RE-EXAMINATION (May - 2014) T.E. Civil (Sem - VI) SUBJECT —- TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING - U1 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING —1__ MARKS: 100 | Note: (i) solve any five Questions out of seven As ii) Assume suitable data if required. m Qu. (a) What are the various requirement of highway alignment? Discuss briefly. (06) (b) Draw a neat sketch of cross section of important highway in embankment and labeled its component parts. (06) (©) What is gradient. Explain different types of gradients. (08) Q2. y (@) What do you meant by stabilization of road? List the different stabilization technique. Discuss lime stabilization in detail. (10) (b) The speed of overtaking and overtaken vehicles is 70 km/hr and 50 knvhr respectively on two way traffic road. If the acceleration of overtaking velicle is 3,6 km/hr per second. (10) (i) Calculate the safe overtaking sight distance, Find the minimum length of overtaking zone. ii) Draw a neat sketch. Q3. (@) What is economic span of bridge. Derive an expression for the same. Explain the assumptions behind the derivation. (10) (b) What do you meant by afflux and scouring in bridges? Explain its importance in -bridge construction. (10) Q4. (@ Enlist different test to be carried out on bituminous material, Explain the laboratory procedure for any two of them. (10) (b) What is mud pumping? (05) (©) Explain and compare in detail flexible and rigid pavement, (03) Qs. (a) What is superelevation. Derive expression for superelevation. What is its limiting value? (10) (b) The design speed of highway is 80 km/hr. there is a horizontal curve of radius 200 m on certain locality. Calculate the superelevation required to maintain this speed. If the maximum super elevation of 0.07 is not to exceed, calculate the maximum allowable speed of this horizontal curve as it is not possible to increase the radius. Assume f= 0.15. (10) Page (1,as TEC) Lor DP Vranpenetts 38 14/6h0, (@ How will you calculate the design discharge by area-velocity method. (06) (b) What are the factors to be consider while selecting the site for bridge. 09) (©) What do you meant by afflux and scouring in bridges. Explain its importance in bridge construction. (08) Q.7. Write short notes on (Solve any four) 20) (@) Equivalent single axle whee! load (b) Passenger Car Unit. (©) Shoulder and its limiting value for different types of road @ Classification of road as per Nagpur Plan. (©) Importance of Highway drainage. (8 Space mean speed and time mean speed. (“HK ©Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel College of Engineering MUNSHI NAGAR, ANDHERI (WEST), MUMBAI-400 058. cw) MASTER € Ss Sen ———_Tra Tansportation Engineering II End Semester Examination: May 2014 Marks:100 Note: @ Solve any Five Questions out of Seven (ii) Each Question carries 20 Marks (iii) Assume suitable data if required. Qu. (@) Explain with sketch the various factors controlling the alignment of roads. (06) (b) Explain with neat sketch the method of eliminating camber and introduction of superelevation on curve portion of road. (06) (©) Explain sumit and valley curves and the various cases when these are formed while two different gradient meet. (08) Q2. (@) A national Highway passing through a flat terrain has a horizontal curve is $00 m. if the design speed is 100 km/hr. calculate (i) stopping sight distance (ii) overtaking sight distance {assume suitable data if required) (10) (b) Explain the CBR test procedure in Laboratory. Why correction is required in Load’— Penetration curve. How will you apply the correction explain with sketch, (10) Q3. (@ Explain with sketch different types of joints in cement concrete pavement. (10) (©) How will you conduct Benkelman beam study? Also, discuss the necessary corrections required for calculating WBM type overlay thickness. (10) PyePe eee D Sem-VE Hmmporeah Tansporfeton Engimeeimy a or (os (204 , (@ Discuss with sketch the steps of construction of new highway in embankment. (10) (b) The spot speed studies were carried out at.a certain stretch of road with a mixed traffic flow and consolidated data given bellow. Determine upper speed limit, lower speed limit and speed for geometric design. 0) ‘Speed range ‘Number of vehicles ‘Speed range ‘Number of vehicles observed observed 0-10 12 50-60 255 10-20 18 60-70 119 20-30 68 70-80 B 30-40) 89 80-90 33 40-50 204 90-100, 09, Qs. (@ Discuss perception time, break reaction time and total reaction time for calculating stopping sight distance, (06) (Explain and compare in detail flexible and rigid pavement. (06) (©) List out the objective of transition curve. Also, Discuss different methods of calculating the length of Transition curve. (08) Q6. (2) What is Afflux and Scouring depth. Explain its importance in bridge construction. (07) (b) A bridge has a linear waterway of 150 m across a stream whose natural waterway of 220 m. If the average flood discharge is 1200 m’/ sec, average flood depth is 3 m. calculate afflux under the bridge. on (©) Write short notes on application of geotextile and geogrid in highway pavements. (06) 7. write short notes on (any four) (a) Importance of Highway drainage (b) Mud pumping in rigid pavement (©) Temperature stress in rigid pavement. (@ Different stabilization technique. (©) Spot speed study