Highway Technology Syllabus

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You are looking for PG Highway Technology 1st semester course syllabus of Visvesvaray Technology University so here is its syllabus:

Basic road construction materials such as soils, aggregates, bitumen and Portland cement – types, source, functions, requirements, properties, tests and specifications for use in various components of road

Soil compaction for use in fill and subgrade of roads, compaction studies in laboratory and field, properties of compacted soils

Aggregates – Origin, classification, requirements, properties. Tests and specifications on road aggregates for flexible and rigid pavements. Importance of aggregate gradation problems on Rotchfutch and Critical sieve methods and Shape factor in mix design.

Bituminous binders – different types, properties and uses, physical tests on bitumen, Rheological and pavement performance related properties, Modified binders, characteristics and applications in road construction, criteria for selection of different binders.

Bituminous mixes, types, requirements, properties, tests, Marshall method of mix design, Criteria and super pave mix design, Problems on mix design.

Portland cement and cement concrete for use in road works – requirements, design of mix for CC pavement, use of additives, IRC specifications & Tests, joint filler and sealer materials.

Soil stabilization – principle, methods and tests, proportioning of materials and mix design, application of Rotchfutch method. Marginal and waste materials in road construction, properties and scope in road construction. Use of Fly-ash in road embankment and cement concrete mixes

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