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| Publisher | KHANNA PUBLISHERS All Civil Engineering books by KHANNA PUBLISHERS |
| ISBN | 9788193328439 |
| Author: | Dr. L. R. Kadiyali, Dr. N. B. Lal |
| Number of Pages | 861 |
| Edition | Seventh Edition |
| Available | Available in all digital devices |
Developments in highway engineering are taking place at a great speed. New materials, design concepts, and construction practices are emerging as road users demand high-quality roads. India too is modernizing its road system and is planning to Construct high-speed highway facilities. With this in the background, the present edition of the book has been revised extensively with many latest practices in design and construction followed around the world added in each chapter. While an old date has been revised and many refinements made through new chapters on Financial Analysis of Highway Projects and Road Pricing have been added in this edition.
1. TRANSPORATION IN MODERN SOCIETY
2. HISTORY OF GROWTH OF HIGHWAYS
3. HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
4. LONG-TERM HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORT PLANNING
SECTION 2 GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS
5. ROAD USER AND THE VEHICLE
6. GEOMETRIC DESIGN
SECTION 3: HIGHWAY PROJECT PREPARATION
7. SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS
8. DESIGN, DRAWINGS, ESTIMATES AND PROJECT REPORT
9. TENDERS, CONTRACTS AND SPECIFICATIONS
SECTION 4: SOIL ENGINEERING FOR HIGHWAYS
10. ELEMENTS OF SOIL ENGINEERING
11. EMBANKMENT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 5: DRAINAGE
12. HIGHWAY DRAINAGE
13. CULVERTS, CAUSEWAYS AND BRIDGES
SECTION 6: PAVEMENT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
14. TYPES OF PAVEMENTS
15. SOME FUNDAMENTALS OF PAVEMENT DESIGN
16. DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS
17. SOIL STABILISATION
18. GRANULAR SUB-BASES AND SURFACE COURSES
19. STONE AGGREGATES
20. BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
21. BRICK, STONE AND CEMENT CONCRETE BLOCK PAVEMENT
22. DESIGN OF RIGID PAVEMENTS
23. CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE ROADS
24. SEMI-RIDGE COURSES AND ROLLER COMPACTED CONCRETE
25. OVERLAY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
26. SHOULDERS
SECTION 7: HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
27. PAVEMENT EVALUATION
28. ROAD INVENTORYING
29. HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
SECTION 8: SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS
30. SKID RESISTANCE
31. PAVEMENT ROUGHNESS
SECTION 9: SPECIAL ROADS
32. EXPRESSWAYS
33. TOLL ROADS
34. URBAN ROADS
SECTION 10: ROADS IN SPECIAL AREAS
35. HILL ROADS
36. LOW VOLUME ROADS
37. DESERT ROADS
38. ROADS IN SWAMPY AND WATER-LOGGED AREAS AND IN
SECTION 11: HIGHWAY SAFTY
39. ROAD ACCOUNTS AND HIGHAYS DESIGN
40. ROAD SIGN
41. ROAD MARKETINGS
42. TRAFFIC SIGNALS
43. HIGHWAYS SAFETY APPURTENANCES
SECTION 12: HIGHWAYS ECONOMICS
44. ECONOMICS OF PAVEMENT TYPES
45. ECONOMICS EVALUATION OF HIGHWAY PROJECTS
46. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF HIGHWAY PROJECTS
47. ROAD PRICING
SECTION 13: MACHINERY AND PLANT
48. ROAD MAKING MACHINERY
SECTION 15: HIGHWAYS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
49. ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMMING AND MANAGEMENT
50. QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
SECTION 15: HIGHWAYS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
51. HIGHWAY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
SECTION 16: AIR TRANSPORATION
52. AIRPORT ENGINEERING
53. CURRE NT IN HIGHWAY ENGINEERING AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
INDEX
