HIGHWAY ENGINEERING

About the book

• This text-book deals with the design methods of construction, planning, alignment and maintenance of all types of highways; and various other topics such as traffic management, road making machineries, drainage, arboriculture and lighting, highway economics, etc. connected with the subject of Highway Engineering.

  The book is divided into sixteen well-arranged chapters: therein it contains –

  * 280 Self-explanatory and neatly drawn sketches

  * 31 Illustrative problems

  * 54 Important tables

  * 316 Typical questions at the end of each chapter. The salient features of the book are:

  * Comprehensive presentation

  * Clear exposition and brief description

  * Step-by-step treatment

  * Simple and lucid language.

  The book should prove to be extremely useful to the Civil Engineering students preparing for the Degree Examinations of all the Indian Universities, Diploma Examinations conducted by various Boards of Technical Education, Certificate Courses as well as for the A.M.I.E., U.P.S.C., G.A.T.E., I.E.S. and other similar competitive and professional examinations. It should also prove of interest to the practising professionals.

What is Included?

• 1 : INTRODUCTION

  2 : HIGHWAY planning AND ALIGNMENT

  3 : GEOMETRICAL DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS

  4 : LOW COST ROADS

  5 : BITUMINOUS ROADS

  6 : CEMENT CONCRETE ROADS

  7 : TESTS FOR HIGHWAY MATERIALS

  8 : DESIGN OF HIGHWAY PAVEMENTS

  9 : OTHER TYPES OF PAVEMENTS

  10 : HILL ROADS

  11 : HIGHWAY DRAINAGE

  12 : HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE

  13 : HIGHWAY MAKING MACHINERIES

  14 : TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

  15 : HIGHWAY ARBORICULTURE AND LIGHTING

  16 : HIGHWAY ECONOMICS

  Appendix 1 : TYPICAL TRAFFIC SIGNS

  Appendix 2 : ABBREVIATED TERMS