8th Semester Syllabus
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8 Semester Syllabus
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THEORY
Subject Code Subject Name Marks Credit
101802 Geometric Design of Highways 30 70 3.00
101813 Pavement Materials. 30 70 3.00
101827 Construction Engineering Materials 30 70 3.00
101838 Economic Policies in India 30 70 3.00
PRACTICAL
Subject Code Subject Name Marks Credit
100801P Project - II 50 6.00
Geometric Design of Highways: [ 3 Credit ]
Introduction: Classification of rural highways and urban roads. Objectives and requirements
of highway geometric design; Design Controls: Topography, vehicle characteristics and design
vehicle, driver characteristics, speed, traffic flow and capacity, levels of service, pedestrian
and other facilities, environmental factors; Design Elements: Sight distances, Horizontal
alignment - design considerations, stability at curves, super elevation, widening, transition
curves; curvature at intersections, vertical alignment - grades, ramps, design of summit and
valley curves, combination of vertical and horizontal alignment including design of hair pin
bends, design of expressways, IRC standards and guidelines for design problems; Cross
Section Elements: Right of way and width considerations, roadway, shoulders, kerbs traffic
barriers, medians, frontage roads; Facilities for pedestrians, bicycles, buses and trucks,
Pavement surface characteristics - types, cross slope, skid resistance, unevenness; Design
Considerations: Design considerations for rural and urban arterials, freeways, and other rural
and urban roads; Design Of Intersections: Characteristics and design considerations of at-
grade intersections;; Rotary intersections; Grade separations and interchanges -; Design of
Parking lots Prerequisite:
Pavement Materials. [ 3 Credit ]
Soil - Classification, characteristics, compaction, evaluation of soil strength; stabilized
pavement materials; Aggregates: requirements, properties and tests on road aggregates for
flexible and rigid pavements. Bitumen: Origin, preparation, properties and tests, constitution
of bituminous road binders; requirements; Criterion for selection of different binders.
Bituminous Emulsions and Cutbacks: Preparation, characteristics, uses and tests, Bituminous
Mixes: Mechanical properties: Resilient modulus, dynamic modulus and fatigue
characteristics of bituminous mixes. bituminous mix design methods and specifications.
Weathering and Durability of Bituminous Materials and Mixes. Performance based Bitumen
Specifications; Superpave mix design method: design example problems. Cement Concrete
for Pavement Construction: Requirements, and design of mix for CC pavement, IRC and IS
specifications and tests, joint filler and sealer materials. Prerequisite:
Construction Engineering Materials : [ 3 Credit ]
Design, production, application, specification, and quality control of construction materials
unique to civil engineering. Stones, bricks, mortars, Plain, Reinforced & Prestressed
Concrete, Construction Chemicals; Structural Steel, High Tensile Steel, Carbon Composites;
Plastics in Construction; 3D printing; Recycling of Construction & Demolition wastes
Prerequisite:
01838 Economic Policies in India 3 Credit
Detailed contents
Module 1
Framework of Indian Economy: National Income - Trends and Structure of National Income,
Demographic Features and Indicators of Economic Growth, Development Rural-Urban
Migration and issues related to Urbanization, Poverty debate and Inequality, Nature, Policy
and Implications, Unemployment-Nature, Central and State Government’s policies, policy
implications, Employment trends in Organized and Unorganized Sector.
Module 2
Development Strategies in India: Agricultural- Pricing, Marketing and Financing of Primary
Sector, Economic Reforms- Rationale of Economic Reforms, Liberalization, Privatization and
Globalization of the Economy, Changing structure of India’s Foreign Trade, Role of Public
Sector- Redefining the role of Public Sector, Government Policy towards Public Sector,
problems associated with Privatization, issues regarding Deregulation-Disinvestment and
future of Economic Reforms
Module 3
The Economic Policy and Infrastructure Development: Energy and Transport, Social
Infrastructure- Education, Health and Gender related issues, Social Inclusion, Issues and
policies in Financing Infrastructure Development, Indian Financial System- issues of Financial
Inclusion, Financial Sector Reforms-review of Monetary Policy of R.B.I. Capital Market in
India
Module 4
The Economic Policy and Industrial Sector: Industrial Sector in Pre-reforms period, Growth
and Pattern of Industrialization, Industrial Sector in Post-reform period- growth and pattern
of Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises s, problems of India’s Industrial Exports, Labor Market-
issues in Labor Market Reforms and approaches to Employment Generation.
Text Books
1.Dhingra, Ishwar C. [2006],’Indian Economy,’ Sultan Chand and Sons, New Delhi.
2. Datt, Ruddar and Sundaram, K.P.M. [Latest edition] ,’Indian Economy,’ S. Chand and Co,
New Delhi.
