Highway Engineering Lectures 2017-2018 Fourth Year

2017-2018
FOURTH CLASS

Dr. Mohammad Abbas Al-Jumaili and Dr. Abbas Al-Hdabi

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Ministry of Higher Education B.Sc in Civil Engineering

and Scientific Research
Fourth Year
University of Kufa
Faculty of Engineering
Subject: Highway Engineering
Civil Engineering Dept.

Course Name: Highway Engineering

Course Number: CE435

Credit Units: 5 hrs

Contact Hours: 2 hrs

Lab hours: 1 hr

Instructor Name:

1. Professor Dr. Mohammed Abbas Aljumaili

Head of Civil Engineering Department Room
Najaf city – University of Kufa
Email: mohammedah.aljuamili@uokufa.edu.iq
2. Dr. Abbas Talib Al-Hdabi
Asst. Prof. , Civil Engineering Department, University of Kufa
Email: abbas.alhadabi@uokufa.edu.iq

Course Information:

Lecture: 8:30 – 10:30 AM at class room no.15

12:30 -2:30 AM at class room no.16

Office Hours:

Monday: 11:00 -12:00 AM. Other times available by appointment.

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Text Books:

1. Garber, N. and Heol, L., (2010), "Traffic and Highway engineering", 5th edition,
Canada: Cengage Learning.
2. O'Flaherty C.A., (2002), "Highways", 4th Edition, Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann.

3. Rogers M., (2008), "Highway Engineering", 2nd Edition, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

4. Yoder, E. and Witczak. M., 1975, "Principles of pavement design", 2nd edition,
New York :John Wiley and Sons ,Inc.

Other Supplemental Materials:

1. AASHTO, (1993), "AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures",

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington,
D.C., USA.
2. AASHTO, (2007), "Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and
Methods of Sampling and Testing". 5 th edition, American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, D.C., USA.
3. AASHTO, (2011) ,"A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets",
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington,
D.C., USA.
4. ASTM Standards, (2005), Roads and Paving Materials. Annual Book of the
American Society for Testing and Materials Standards, Section 4, Vol. 04-03.
5. State Commission of Roads and Bridges (SCRB), (2005), "Highway Design
Manual", Republic of Iraq, Ministry of Housing and Construction, Department of
Planning and Studies, Baghdad,
6- State Commission of Roads and Bridges (SCRB), (2003), "General Specification for
Roads and Bridges", Republic of Iraq, Ministry of Housing and Construction,
Department of Planning and Studies, Baghdad, Revised Edition, Addendum No.3.

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Course Description:

Highway engineering subject is a two-course sequence that covers the fundamental elements
of highway engineering. Highway engineering is the application of technological and
scientific principles to the planning, functional design, operation and management of
highway network in order to provide for the safe, rapid, comfortable, convenient,
economical, and environmentally compatible movement of people and goods. Also, the
course includes the geometric design, cross section elements, earthwork, paving material
properties, structural design of flexible and rigid pavements and maintenance program that
can be adopted on highway system.

Course Objectives:

The objectives of these courses are to introduce highway engineering principles to civil
engineering undergraduate students and to familiarize the students with highway engineering
subject and concepts commonly encountered in engineering practice.

Prerequisite or Co-Requisite: Traffic Engineering

Course Type (Required, Elective, or Selective Elective): Required

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Course Outcomes:

By the end of this section, student will be able to:

1. Determine the best location and route of a highway.

2. Understand the cross section elements of various highway classes.

3. Calculate the earthwork volumes of cut and fill along the highway profile.

4. Understand and design the horizontal and vertical alignment of highway.

5. Understand subgrade and subbase course properties.

6. Classify soil using standard classification schemes;

7. Understand the concept of surface and subsurface drainage;

8. Identify asphalt cement and aggregate properties;

9. Design hot asphalt mixture;

10. Design the structural layers of flexible pavement;

11. Design rigid pavement thickness and joint types.

12. Identify pavement distress and recommend maintenance program.

Course Topics:

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Topic Title Hours per week

1 Introduction to Highway Engineering Course 2
Highways History; Highway Location and economic;
2 2
Highway surveying
3 Cross Section Elements 2
4 Mass Haul Diagram and Earthworks 4
5 Highway Alignment: Horizontal Alignment 2
6 Super elevation and Widening 4
7 Vertical Alignment 6
8 Pavement layers and Material Characterization 2
9 Roadbed and soil stabilization 4
10 Subbase course material properties 2
11 Surface and subsurface pavement drainage 2
12 Asphalt Concrete Technology 2
13 Aggregate Properties and combination 4
14 Asphalt Cement Properties 2
15 Rheological properties of asphaltic Materials 2
16 Asphalt Concrete Mix Design: Marshall Mix Design 4
17 Super pave Mix Design 2
18 Asphalt Mixture Types and Applications 2
19 Flexible Pavement Design 4
20 Rigid Pavement Design 4
21 Reinforcement and Joints for Rigid Pavement 2
22 Maintenance Program for Highway System 2

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In addition to the lecture meetings, the course will occasionally meet for laboratory sessions.
The laboratory lessons are intended to parallel the lecture material, and are also listed below.

Laboratory No. Topics

1 Grain Size Distribution of Granular Materials
2 Determination of Optimum Moisture Content of Granular Materials
3 California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of Soil
4 Crushing Ratio of Aggregate
5 Abrasion Test for Aggregate
6 Penetration Test for Asphalt Cement
7 Softening Point of Asphalt Cement
8 Ductility of Asphalt Cement
9 Viscosity of Asphalt Cement
10 Marshall Mix Design

Grading:

Homework and quizzes: 10 %

Mid-Term: 20%

Laboratory tests: 10%

Monthly examination in April: 10%

Final Exam: 50 % (comprehensive)

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