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    Ce2255 Highway Engineering r8

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    This document is a question paper for the Civil Engineering subject "Highway Engineering" from an April/May 2010 B.E./B.Tech. degree examination. It contains 15 multiple choice and short answer questions assessing student knowledge of topics like highway alignments, transition curves, pavement design, joints in cement concrete pavement, and failures in flexible pavement. The questions cover concepts, principles, definitions, and involve some basic calculations.

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    This document is a question paper for the Civil Engineering subject "Highway Engineering" from an April/May 2010 B.E./B.Tech. degree examination. It contains 15 multiple choice and short answer questions assessing student knowledge of topics like highway alignments, transition curves, pavement design, joints in cement concrete pavement, and failures in flexible pavement. The questions cover concepts, principles, definitions, and involve some basic calculations.

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    Ce2255 Highway Engineering r8

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    Reg. No.

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    Question Paper Code: E3050

    B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2010

    Fourth Semester

    Civil Engineering

    4
    CE2255 — HIGHWAY ENGINEERING

    (Regulation 2008)

    Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 Marks


    Answer ALL Questions

    PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)

    1. State any two contributions made by Jayakar Committee for the road
    21
    development in India.

    2. Define ruling gradient and exceptional gradient.


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    3. What do you understand by non-passing sight distance?
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    4.
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    Write down the requirements of an ideal transition curve.

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    b
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    5. How do you calculate the ESWL at given depth below the pavement for a dual
    wheel assembly?
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    6. What is radius of resisting section?

    7. Define ‘flaky aggregates’.

    8. What is the purpose of applying tack coat in bituminous road construction?

    9. When is overlay needed in pavements?

    10. What is ‘unevenness index’?


    21

    PART B — (5 × 16 = 80 Marks)

    11. (a) (i) State and explain the economic factors influencing highway
    alignments. (8)
    (ii) Briefly explain the role of MORTH and IRC in highway
    4

    development. (8)

    Or
    (b) Compare the three “Twenty year road development plan” in India. Also
    discuss the merits of each one of them. (16)

    12. (a) A valley curve is formed due to two gradients +2.5% and –1.75%. If the

    21
    design speed of this highway is 80 kmph, determine the stopping sight
    distance and design the valley curve to fulfill both comfort and head light
    sight distance conditions.
    Or

    (b) What are the objectives of widening of road pavement at horizontal


    curves? Derive an expression for the extra widening.

    4
    13. (a) (i) State the limitations of CBR method of pavement design. (6)
    (ii) Using the following data, design the flexible pavements layers (10)
    CBR of the sub-grade soil = 5%
    CBR of poorly graded gravel sub-base = 15%
    CBR of WBM = 80%
    Design life = 15 years
    Annual rate of increase in the heavy vehicles = 7.5%
    No. of heavy vehicles per day during last count = 200
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    No. of years between the year of completion and year of last count =
    3 years.

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    Assume any other data found required.

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    Or

    n e
    (b) (i)
    h e
    What are the objectives of joints in cement concrete pavement?
    t
    b
    Sketch the different types of joints used in pavement construction.
    4

    r a
    Indicate the principle of design.

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    (10)

    w.
    (ii) Explain mud pumping. What are the causes for mud pumping and
    how it can be prevented? (6)

    14. (a) ww
    Describe how impact value of aggregate and specific gravity of bitumen
    are found by experiment in laboratory? (16)
    Or
    (b) Explain the construction procedure of the following types of roads.
    (i) Dense Bituminous Macadam. (8)
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    (ii) Bituminous Concrete. (8)

    15. (a) Classify the different types of failures in flexible pavement and mention
    the important causes of each. (16)
    Or
    (b) (i) Explain the principle and uses of Benkelman Beam test. (6)
    (ii) Describe the complete procedure of carrying out Benkelman Beam
    4

    test to evaluate the pavement with model calculation. (10)

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    2 E 3050

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