Geol.638         Highway Engineering        (2C.H)

Course Contents: Introduction to Geometric design of Highways, Road Pavements, components of Pavements, Design procedures for the flexible pavements, Tests on Subgrade, Subbase and base layers, CBR test procedure, Highway signs.
 
Recommended books:

  1. Principles, Practice, and Design of Highway Engineering by Sharma, S. K. (2014). S. Chand Publishing.
  2. Highway Engineering by Rogers, M., & Enright, B. (2016). John Wiley & Sons.
  3. Geotechnics of Roads: Fundamentals by Caicedo, B. (2018). CRC Press.
  4. Transportation Engineering: A Practical Approach to Highway Design, Traffic Analysis, and Systems Operation by Kuhn, B. T. (2019). McGraw Hill.
  5. Highway Planning, Survey, and Design by Al-Khateeb, G. G. (2022). CRC Press.
  6. An Introduction to Recycled Concrete Aggregate in Concrete Pavement for Professional Engineers (Street and Highway Engineering) by Guyer, P. (2023). Independently published.