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SHRI ANGALAMMAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

(An ISO 9001:2008 Certified Institution)
SIRUGANOOR TRICHY 621105
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CE2255 HIGHWAY ENGINEERING

UNIT I PART A

1. List any four recommendation of jayakar committee(April 2010)
2. Tabulate any two points of difference in the construction methods of Telford and
macadam.(April 2010)
3. Write short notes on highway research board?
4. What are classified roads in Nagpur plan?
5. Define express way?
6. What are types of road patterns?
7. Classify the rural roads as per IRC
8. Define Right of way
9. What are the important modifications made in macadams method of road
construction with respect to other method?
10. State the factors controlling the alignment of highway.
11. What is footpath and write its standards according to Indian roads congress (IRC).
12. What are the functions which control the selection of alignment?
13. What are special considerations for hill road alignment?
14. What are the various types of engineering surveys?

PART B

1. Briefly discuss the historical development of road construction. (April 2010)
2. Briefly outline the highway development in India.
3. Illustrate with neat sketches and explain how any four obligatory control highway
alignments.
4. write short notes on the following:
(i) Indian Roads Congress
(ii) Central Road research Institute
(iii)National Highway Authority of India
(iv) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
5. Describe the factors governing highway alignment.

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6. brief the elements of remote sensing
7. Explain the procedure for carrying out road alignment in a valley using GIS
technique.
8. Explain any one ongoing road development programme in India.
9. Brief the cross sectional elements of urban roads. (April 2010)
10. Briefly highlight the first. Second and third twenty year road development plans in
India.

UNIT II
PART A

1. Define Camber?
2. What are the requirements of camber?
3. What is the absolute minimum radius for a NH passing through a rolling terain?
(April 2010)
4. What is the mechanical widening required on a two lane road with a curve of 150 m
radius?(April 2010)
5. Differentiate camber from super elevation.
6. What are the factors governing the super elevation of a road surface?
7. Spell out the PIEV theory in the design of sight distance for highways.
8. Draw a typical cross section of a double lane national highway and indicate widths
of carriage way, shoulder and right of way.
9. Define sight distance?
10. Define Right of way:-
11. Write note on high speed barrier kerb?
12. Define super elevation?
13. Define design speed?
14. Define overtaking sight distance (OSD)
15. What is the maximum rule of super elevation?

PART B

1. What are the factors on which the stopping sight distance depends? Explain briefly.
(April 2010)
2. Derive an expression for the Stop Sight Distance (SSD) at plains and at Slopes in
highway engineering.

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3. Explain, in a sequential order, steps for practical design of super elevation.
4. Describe the factors to be considered in Geometric design of cement concrete roads
in built-up area.
5. Describe the factors affecting the sight distance in hill roads.
6. Explain why the width of pavements is to be increased on curves and how to
determine it.
7. The speeds of overtaking and over taken vehicles are 70 and 40 kmph, respectively
on a two way traffic road. If the acceleration of overtaking vehicles is 0.99 m/sec,
calculate safe overtaking sight distance and mention the minimum length of
overtaking zone. (April 2010)
8. Explain briefly hair pin bends.
9. Explain the procedure for calculating the length of valley curve for rider comfort
and stopping sight distance.
10. Explain the methods of widening of pavements on horizontal curves.

UNIT III PART A

1. What are the components of a flexible pavement?
2. Define sub grade?
3. What properties posses soil sub grade?
4. Define rigidity factor?
5. Tabulate any two comparisons between flexible and rigid pavements. (April 2010)
6. Define ESWL. (April 2010)
7. Mention the functions of dowel bar in cement concrete pavement.
8. What is meant by Vehicle Damage Factor in IRC method of flexible pavement
design? (April 2010)
9. Compare the design principles of flexible and rigid pavements. (April 2010)
10. Define the concept of CBR in highway design.
11. What are the considerations for design of rigid pavements?
12. Define expansions joints.
13. What are the factors attaching stability of pavement?
14. What is type of bituminous road?
15. Define seal coat?

PART B


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1. With a neat sketch show various layers of flexible pavements? Explain the functions
of each of them. Also discuss on the various materials used in each layer. (April
2010)
(Or)
2. Design the size and spacing of dowel bars for a CC pavement of 25 cm thick and 7.5
m wide. Assume radius or relative stiffness as 80 cm for a design wheel load of 5000
kg. Assume shear and flexural stresses in dowel bar as 1000 and 1400 kg/cm
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respectively and permissible bearing stresses in CC is 100 kg/cm
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3. Explain the CBR method of pavement design. How will you determine the thickness
of component layers?
4. Explain the different joints in cement concrete pavements.
5. Describe IRC for the design of dowel bars and tie bars in rigid pavement.
6. Explain the necessity for providing joints in rigid pavement.
7. Discuss the factors to be considered in the design of pavements.
8. Explain group index method of pavement design. What are the limitations of this
method?
9. Discuss the advantages and limitations of C.B.R. method of design.
10. Explain the California resistance value method of flexible pavement design.

UNIT IV PART A

1. What are the desirable properties of soil as highway material?
2. What is the importance for highway drainage?
3. Define Flakiness Index.
4. Mention the purpose of conducting softening point test for binder.
5. Mention any four tests on bituminous materials.
6. What is meant by elongation index?
7. Wite the expression of group index
8. List various tests performed on the road aggregate
9. Why is it important for a highway engineer to study the behaviour of soil?
10. What are different types if bituminous materials used in road construction?
11. What are the various tests carried out on bitumen?
12. Define plate bearing test?
13. What are different grade of bitumen?
14. What are test for bitumen emulsion?

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15. What are the proportions of bitumen?

PART B

1. How will you find the CBR of a sub grade soil in a laboratory? Give a critical
appraisal of the CBR method of design of flexible pavements.
2. Mention any four essential requirements of bitumen suitable for road marking.
Describe briefly any three prescribed laboratory tests to determine its suitability for
road work.
3. What are the desirable properties of road aggregates? Also explain any three tests
on road aggregates?
4. Write short notes on the following tests on bituminous materials:
(i) Penetration test
(ii) Ductility test
(iii) Viscosity test
5. With neat sketches, explain the test procedure for assessing polishing value of
aggregate.
6. Discuss the significance of stone polishing value in pavement performance.
7. Explain the construction procedure for the following bituminous courses.
(i) Open graded premix carpet with seal coat type A.
(ii) Two coat surface dressing.
8. Briefly explain the following tests done on Bitumen, Penetration test, specific
gravity test, viscosity test and softening point test.

9. The CBR test carried out on a subgrade soil gave the following readings;

Penetration, mm: 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 4 5 7.5 10 12.5
Load, kg: 0 1 14 30 41 50 58 70 77.5 93.2 102.5 110.8
Draw the graph and find out the CBRvalues of the subgrade and comment on the
results. (April 2010)
(Or)
10. Specify the materials required for construction of WBM roads. Write down the
construction steps along with the lilmitations of WBM roads.(April 2010)

UNIT V PART A

1. Mention the failures of wearing course in flexible pavements.

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2. What are the causes of scaling?
3. what do you understand by the term mud pumping
4. What is called Scalling in pavements?
5. State the principles of highway financing.
6. State the concept of any one method of pavement evaluation.
7. What are the cause potholes? How are they repaired?
8. What are two methods of pavements evaluation?
9. List any four types of flexible pavement failures. (April 2010)
10. What is mud pumping in rigid pavements? (April 2010)
10. Define earth roads.
11. Write a note on maintenance management system.
12. What are the various types if failures in flexible pavement?
13. Define bituminous surfaces.
14. Define cement concrete pavements.

PART B

1. Write in a tabular statement symptoms, causes and treatments for any four failures
of flexible pavements.(April 2010)
2. Explain the method of assessing the overlay thickness required for the flexible
pavement.
3. Write short notes on then following pavement failures:
(i) Alligator cracking
(ii) Reflection cracking
(iii) Spalling of joints
(iv) Mud pumping
4. What is international roughness index (IRI)? Explain its significance and procedure
for measuring IRI with any standard equipment.
5. describe the symptoms, causes and remedial measures for the following failures in
six lane express way:
(i) Sealing
(ii) Spalling
6. Describe the typical failures in rigid pavements.(April 2010)
7. Explain briefly the maintenance of bituminous surface.
8. Explain any one commonly employed method for the structural evaluation of
pavements.

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9. State and explain the factors governing the skid resistance of pavements.
10. Write a descriptive note on pavement evaluation.