Principles, Practice, And Design Of Highway Engineering by Dr. S. K. Sharma
Book Summary:
Highways in a country have been rightly compared to the arteries of a human being and their importance in the social and economic upliftment of India cannot be over-emphasized..
Audience of the Book :
This book is useful for Civil Engineering.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Highway Planning and Administration
3. Highway Economics and Financing
4. Traffic Engineering
PART - II
5. Highway Location and Project Preparation
6. Hill Roads
7. Drainage and Drainage Structures
8. Geometric Design of Highways
PART - II
9. Soil Classification
10. Earthwork
PART-IV
11. Low-Coast Roads
12. Soil Stabilized Roads
13. Macadam Roads
14. Bituminous Materials
15. Bituminous Surface Treatments
16. Carepet Coast, Road-mix a and Intermediate type Bituminous Plant- mix Surface
17. High-type Bituminous Pavements, Base Course and their Design
18. Portland Cement Concrete Pavements and Base Courses
PART-V
19. General Principles of Pavements Design
20. Flexible Pavements Design Methods
21. Rigid Pavements Design Methods
22. Pavements Distree
PART-VI
23. Pavements Evaluation and Strengthening
24. Highway Maintenance
Bibliography
Index