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CE 362

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING I

Dr. Indrajit Ghosh

Assistant Professor

Transportation Engineering Group

Department of Civil EngineeringIIT Roorkee

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INTRODUCTION

Belong to West Bengal

Hometown Barddhaman

Other name: Burdwan

Approx. 125 km from Kolkata

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EDUCATION

B.E. Civil Engineering (2003)

Bengal Engineering College (a Deemed

University), Shibpur

M.E.

Highway and Traffic Engineering

(2005)

Bengal Engineering and Science University,

Shibpur IIEST

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EDUCATION

M.S. Transportation Engineering (2008)

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Ph.D. Transportation Engineering (2010)

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

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POST PHD EXPERIENCE

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COURSE

Transportation Engineering I

Books Highway Engineering

Justo & Khanna

Principles of Transportation Engineering Chakroborty & Das

Traffic Engineering & Transport Planning Kadiyali

Traffic Engineering Roess, Prassas, McShane

NPTEL National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning

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TRANSPORTATION

Move from one place to another

People, animals and goods

Modes

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TRANSPORTATION

Population mobility

Basic human needFood

LeisureNatural resources

Industry

ProductionDistribution

Retail marketing

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TRANSPORTATION

Development of human civilization

Human settlement & Transport facilities

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RIBBON DEVELOPMENT??

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TRANSPORTATION

Basic infrastructure for development Others

Communication

Power

Water

Adequate & Efficient transportation Indictor of economic prosperity

Developed countries Growth in Transport & Economy

India itself!

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IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION

Industrial development

Enhance living standard

Fresh food

Not exhausted

Suburban residence

Emergency and natural calamities

Employment creation

BRTS, Metro

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IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION

Labour mobility

Workers from distant places

IT/Software company buses

Bring nation together

Exchange of culture, views, practices

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ROAD TRANSPORTATION

On road

Mode of travel

Man driven

Animal driven

Motor driven

Vital to economic development and social

integration of a country

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ADVANTAGES OF ROAD TRANSPORT

Requires lower investment & maintenance Better for short distance

Lighter loads

Unique flexibility Location, direction, speed, and timing of travel Loading and unloading at any place

Door-to-door service

ROW can be used by anybody Only feasible option in places

Steep gradient, sharp curve

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LIMITATIONS OF ROAD TRANSPORT

Not economical for long distance

High cost for materials in bulk

Greater pollutionHigher propensity towards accidents

Flexibility of movements offered to the road-

users

Easily affected by inclement weather

conditions

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M JOR FIELDS OF TR NSPORT TION Transportation Planning

Geometric Design

Pavement Design Traffic Engineering

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M JOR FIELDS OF TR NSPORT TION Transportation Planning

Development of transport models representingcurrent and future transportation system

Terms Trip generation

Trip distribution

Traffic assignment

Mode choice

Recent termsActivity based travel demand model

Multimodal transportation

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M JOR FIELDS OF TR NSPORT TIONGeometric Design

Physical proportioning of transportation facilitiesSeparate from structural design

TermsSuper-elevation

Camber

Kerbs

Sight distanceHorizontal curve

Vertical curve

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M JOR FIELDS OF TR NSPORT TION Pavement Design

Structural design of roadsBituminous vs. Concrete

Terms Thickness

Subgrade

Base

Subbase

Drainage

Axle load

Stress and Strain

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M JOR FIELDS OF TR NSPORT TION Traffic Engineering

Mobility

Safety

Proper use of resources

Terms Traffic flow behaviour and analysis

Intersections

Midblock

Pedestrians Capacity

Accidents

Parking

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MY PHD DISSERTATION

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