CEE 461
Transportation Engineering-II
Credit: 3.0
Lecture 01
Introduction
Date: 23-June-2025
Abdullah Al Noman
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Lecturer
Department of CEE, SUST
Contact: 01798272744 Email: [email protected]
Instructions
1. Please have respect towards the class.
i. No gossiping with one another
ii. No use of cell-phone
2. You may leave/enter anytime. No need to take permission. But do it silently.
3. Asking question is open for any moment. Any kind of confusion you may raise
your hand. And ask away with permission.
Evaluation
Criteria Marking Percentage
Attendance 5%
Term Test 10%
Class Performance/Assignment/Spot Test 5%
Final Exam 30%
Total 50%
Another Teacher 50%
Grand Total 100%
Recall (Transportation Engineering-I)
1. Road Transport Systems
2. Transport Planning
3. Traffic study, speed and delay study
4. Highway/traffic related surveys
5. Traffic characteristics & Traffic flow characteristics
6. Geometric Design of Highway
7. Intersection and Traffic signal design
8. Parking
9. Street Lighting
What we will Learn
SN Basic Topics Contents Probable class
a) Basic properties of subgrade soil, aggregate, bituminous
1 Highway materials materials, cement concrete. 2+1(Introduction)
b) Various methods of testing the highway materials.
a) FP design by AASHTO, CBR & RHD methods
Fundamentals of
2 b) Mix Designs 3
flexible pavement (FP) c) Factors affecting design and performance of FP
a) Basic components and types of RP
Fundamentals of rigid b) Stresses in concrete pavement
3 3
pavement (RP) c) Different types of joints
d) RP design by AASHTO method
a) Construction of Natural roads, Stabilized soil roads,
4 Highway construction Gravel roads, Macadam roads, Water-bound macadam 2
roads, Bituminous macadam roads.
Highway maintenance a) Pavement failures and their maintenance
5 2
and Drainage b) Highway drainage
• Accident and Traffic Congestion Ananya Soheli Chowdhury
6 • Transportation modeling Lecturer
• Transport system management CEE, SUST
Course Content
1. Highway materials
2. Fundamentals of flexible pavement (FP)
3. Fundamentals of rigid pavement (RP)
4. Various Highway constructions
5. Highway maintenance and Drainage
Books
1. Highway Engineering - P.H. Wright, K.K. Dixon
2. Highway Engineering - R.J. Paquette P.H. Wright
3. Transportation Engineering - Dr. L.R. Kadiyali
4. Highway Engineering - S. K. Khanna K.G. Just
INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING-II
Ø Definition of transportation.
Transportation is the movement of people, goods, and services from one location to another using various modes such as
road, rail, air, or water.
Ø Definition of transportation system.
The transportation system consists of fixed facilities (roads), flow entitles (Vehicles), and control systems (lighting,
marking, signals, signs, etc.) that permit people and goods to overcome the function of geographical space efficiently to
participate in time in desired activities.
A robust transportation system is crucial for the economic prosperity of a nation, as blood circulation through arteries is
essential to the well-being of the human body.
Ø Components of transportation system
Five major components-
ü Vehicles: Car, Aircrafts, etc.
ü Motive power: Electricity, gasoline, etc.
ü Roadways / Surface of transport: Road, rail, river.
ü Terminals.
ü Control systems: Signals, Sign & marking, parking.
INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING-II
Ø General cross section of a road and its various components
Different Layers Different Elements
INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING-II
Ø Transportation system related Construction Materials
ü Aggregate
ü Bitumen, Asphalt, Tar
ü Cement
ü Reinforcement
ü Soil
ü Water
Ø Various types of constructed roads
ü Flexible pavement roads
ü Rigid pavement roads
ü WBM (Water Bound Macadam) roads
ü Bituminous roads
ü Concrete roads
ü Composite pavement roads
ü Gravel roads
ü Earthen roads
ROADS VS PAVEMENTS
vs
Road Pavement
q A road is a general term for a pathway or route q A pavement is the engineered, layered
designed for the movement of vehicles, pedestrians structure of the road that directly supports
or even animals. It includes the entire structure, vehicle loads. It typically includes:
such as:
q Surface course, Base course, Sub-base, Subgrade
q Pavement, Shoulders, Medians, Sidewalks,
Drainage systems, Subgrade layers q There are two main types:
• Flexible pavement (asphalt-based)
q It is the complete infrastructure built to support • Rigid pavement (concrete-based)
transportation.
In short: All pavements are part of roads, but not all parts of a road are pavement.
TYPES OF PAVEMENTS .
q Function of Pavement:
One of the primary function of pavement is load distribution. It can be characterized by tire load, tire configurations,
repetition of loads and distribution of traffic across the pavement and vehicle speed.
q Depending on some significant variation including the way of load distribution, pavements are majorly divided into to
categories.
Flexible Rigid
TYPES OF PAVEMENTS .
q Cross Section of Flexible and Rigid Pavements
(Natural Layers) (Natural Layers)
TYPES OF PAVEMENTS .
q Basic properties of Flexible and Rigid Pavements
Property Flexible Pavement Rigid Pavement
Surface Material Bituminous/Asphalt Cement Concrete
Layered system (load distributed Slab action (load spread over wide
Load Distribution
gradually) area)
Flexibility Flexible, conforms to subgrade Rigid, resists deformation
Initial Construction Cost Lower Higher
Maintenance Cost Higher (frequent) Lower (less frequent, more durable)
Temperature Susceptibility Affected significantly Less affected
Expansion Joints Not required Required to control cracking
Better? Flexible? Rigid?
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