Transportation Engineering- II (CE-502) - Important Questions

Explain the types/stages of engineering surveys (map study, reconnaissance, preliminary and final location surveys) required for locating a new highway alignment.

Calculate/design the rate of superelevation for a horizontal curve given design speed and radius

Explain the principles of highway planning. Discuss road planning in India and methods of road financing.

Briefly outline highway/road development in India with emphasis on recent developments.

Explain how financing of roads is done, including financing of roads in India.

Explain the use of horizontal curves in road alignment and describe briefly the features of different types of curves provided on roads.

Calculate stopping sight distance given speed, reaction time and friction coefficient

Calculate overtaking sight distance and length of overtaking zone with sketch

Derive an expression for superelevation of highway

Explain the different classifications of roads.

Explain the various road patterns with the help of neat sketches.

Explain the uses and objectives of map study in engineering surveys for highway location.

Explain rigid pavement and discuss its advantages and disadvantages.

Explain the step-by-step construction procedure of Water Bound Macadam (WBM) road.

Explain the design principles of flexible pavements and the different types of bituminous layers.

Explain the CBR method of flexible pavement design with sketch.

Calculate tyre contact pressure from wheel load and contact area.

Materials required for construction of WBM roads and their uses and limitations.

Outline the IRC 58-2002 procedure for design of rigid (cement concrete) pavement.

Calculate spacing / layout of dowel bars for a concrete slab.

Explain the different types of joints in rigid pavements - expansion, contraction, construction and longitudinal joints - with objectives and sketches.

Write short notes on Bituminous Macadam, Water Bound Macadam and Wet Mix Macadam.

Desirable requirements (properties) of a bituminous mix and significance of each requirement

What is surface dressing? Write the construction procedure and give the material specification for surface dressing.

Explain the scope and principles of soil stabilization for (low-cost) road construction.

Explain the objectives of road/street lighting and the design factors involved in road lighting.

Meaning of low cost roads and explanation of various types of low cost roads.

Explain in detail the method of mechanical stabilization of soil.

What are the various types of traffic markings commonly used and what are the uses of each?

Explain surface and sub-surface drainage of roads.

Calculate the centrifugal ratio for a rotary intersection given design speed and radius.

Explain grade-separated intersections, their advantages and limitations.

Explain origin and destination study. What are the various uses of origin and destination studies?

Purposes of parking studies and methods of on-street parking.

Explain the various aircraft characteristics and how they affect planning and design of airports.

Calculate the corrected/actual runway length by applying elevation, temperature and gradient corrections to the basic runway length under standard conditions.

Explain airport site selection and classification of airports.

Calculate the basic runway length from aircraft landing speed and average deceleration.

Explain the geometrical elements of an airport runway.

Write short notes on taxiway, runway capacity and wind rose diagram.

Draw a cross-section of a taxiway and explain the importance of its different parts.

What is a wind rose diagram? Explain its types, features and utility/applications.

Explain the various factors affecting / considered in selection of an airport site.

Explain the meaning of airport capacity and the factors affecting it.

Explain aircraft characteristics and their effects on runway alignment.

What is zoning and what are the different zoning regulations for airports?

Write short notes on any four of: runway threshold lighting, classification of airports, rotating beacon, grade separated intersection, trip distribution, seal coat and tack coat.

Write short notes on Instrument Landing System (ILS) and Precision Approach Radar (PAR).

Explain airport obstructions and zoning regulations and describe airport lighting systems.

What are imaginary surfaces in airport engineering and what is their importance/significance, including shape of each surface with sketches?

Write short notes on any four of: taxiway lighting, need of air traffic control, wind rose diagram and its utility, trip generation, runway length corrections, importance of surface and sub-surface drainage.

What are the considerations for airport site selection with respect to zoning laws?

Draw a neat sketch of runway lighting and explain its different parts in detail.

A road embankment has a width of $10$ m, height $1.5$ m and length $200$ m. Calculate the quantity of earthwork.

If an aircraft travels at $240$ km/h, calculate the distance covered in $2.5$ minutes during approach.

Explain spot speed, running speed, space-mean speed, time-mean speed and average speed. How are the spot speed studies carried out?