Important RGPV Question
CE-502 Transportation Engineering- II
V Sem, CE
UNIT 1-Highway Planning, Alignment & Geometric Design:
Q.1) Explain twenty year road plan and write in brief about the classification of highways as per Bombay road plan.
(RGPV June 2020)
Q.2) Write the short notes on
i) Central Road Research Institute (CRRI)
ii) Central Road Fund (CRF)
iii) Highway Research Board (HRB)
iv) Indian Road Congress (IRC)
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Q.3) Derive an expression for finding super elevation of highway.
(RGPV June 2020)
Q.4) Enumerate the factors governing the width of carriage way. State the IRC specifications for width of carriage way for various classes of roads.
(RGPV Dec 2020)
Q.5) A national highway passing through rolling terrain in heavy rain fall area has a horizontal curve of radius 500m. Design the length of transition curve assuming the suitable data.
(RGPV Dec 2020)
Q.6) Define Camber. What are the objectives of providing camber.
(RGPV Dec 2020)
Q.7) Design the rate of superelevation for a horizontal highway curve of radius 500 m and speed 100 kmph.
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Q.8) Explain off tracking in the highways. A vehicle has a wheel base of 6.5m. What is the off tracking, while negotiating a curved path with a mean radius of 32m?
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Q.9) Briefly explain the engineering surveys needed for locating a new highway.
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UNIT 2-Bituminous & Cement Concrete Payments:
Q.1) A cement concrete pavement has a thickness of 26 cm and lane width of 3.5 m. Design the tie bars along the longitudinal joints using the data given below. 7 Allowable working stress in steel in tie bars = 1250 kg/cm² Unit weight of CC = 2400 kg/m³ Maximum value of friction coefficient = 1.2 Allowable tensile stress in deformed tie bar = 2000 kg/cm² Allowable bond stress in deformed bars = 24.6 kg/cm²
(RGPV June 2020)
Q.2) Explain importance of Fatigue and Reliability for rigid pavement design. Discuss advantages of Rigid pavement.
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Q.3) Write in brief the step by step procedure of designing the flexible pavement as per IRC : 37-2012. Explain the equipment required for various layers while constructing the flexible pavement.
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Q.4) Explain construction of Water Bound Macadam Road with neat sketch.
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Q.5) How bituminous mix design is done by Marshal method? Explain various criteria and test procedure with graph.
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Q.6) Explain CBR test and its importance in design of flexible pavement.
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Q.7) Explain the procedure of construction of WBM.
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Q.8) Write down the advantages and disadvantages of Rigid Pavement.
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Q.9) Explain the flexible and rigid pavement and brings out the point of difference with their advantages and disadvantages.
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Q.10) Explain the procedure of construction of WBM.
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Q.11) What are the IRC specifications for the construction and maintenance of bituminous concrete?
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Q.12) What are the construction procedures of flexible and rigid pavement? Explain in brief.
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UNIT 3- Low Cost Roads, Drainage of Roads, Traffic Engg. & Transportation Planning:
Q.1) Explain objectives of road lighting and also the design factors of road lighting.
(RGPV June 2020)
Q.2) What are the purposes of Parking studies? Explain methods of on street parking.
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Q.3) List out the various factors which affect the road user characteristics in traffic engineering. What are the effects of road user characteristics in traffic performance?
(RGPV Dec 2020)
Q.4) What are the basic requirements of Intersection at Grade?
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UNIT 4- Airport Planning, Runway & Taxiway:
Q.1) Explain Geometrical elements of Runway.
(RGPV June 2020)
Q.2) The length of runway under standard condition is 1900 m. The airport site has an elevation is 340 m. Its reference temperature is 30°C. If the runway is to be constructed with an effective gradient of 0.25% determine the corrected runway length.
(RGPV June 2020, Nov 2023)
Q.3) What is a wind rose diagram? What is its utility? What are its types?
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Q.4) What do you understand by the term airport capacity? What are the factors which affects the airport capacity?
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Q.5) Explain the wind rose diagram with its types and different applications.
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Q.6) The length of runway under standard condition is 2000 m. The airport site has an elevation is 300 m. Its reference temperature is 33.05°C. If the runway is to be constructed with an effective gradient of 0.25% determine the corrected length of runway.
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Q.7) Explain briefly the various factors considered during the selection of a site for airport.
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Q.8) What are the aircraft characteristics and their effects on runway alignment?
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UNIT 5-Airport, Obstructions, Lightning & Traffic control:
Q.1) What is Imaginary surface? Discuss importance of imaginary surfaces.
(RGPV June 2020)
Q.2) What is Zoning and also explain Zoning Regulation.
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Q.3) Draw neat sketch of Runway Lighting. Explain different parts in detail.
(RGPV Dec 2020, Nov 2023)
Q.4) What are the primary functions of air traffic control?
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Q.5) The width of approaches for a rotary intersection is 12 m. The entry and exit width at the rotary is 10m. Table below gives the traffic from the four approaches, traversing the intersection. Find the capacity of the rotary.
(RGPV Dec 2020)
EXTRA QUESTIONS-
Q.1) Write the short notes on.
a) PIEV theory
b) Various types of Gradient
c) Seal coat
(RGPV June 2020)
Q.2) Write short notes on :
a) Model Split
b) VOR
c) Pattern of Runway Capacity
(RGPV Dec 2020)
Q.3) Write short notes on the following terms:
i) Central Road Research Institute (CRRI)
ii) Central Road Fund (CRF)
iii) Highway Research Board (HRB)
iv) Indian Road Congress (IRC)
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Q.4) Explain spot speed, running speed, space-mean speed, time-mean speed and average speed. How are the spot speed studies carried out?
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Q.5) Define the following terms:
i) Dowel and tie bars
ii) Grade separation at intersection
iii) Types of horizontal and vertical curves
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