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This document contains 16 questions related to highway engineering assignment for a civil engineering course. The questions cover topics like factors controlling highway alignment, camber, kerbs, equations for stopping sight distance and effect of gradient, calculation of overtaking sight distance, derivation of the equation for super-elevation, calculation of cant, coefficient of friction and equilibrium super-elevation given design parameters, methods of attaining super-elevation, widening of pavement on horizontal curves, purpose of transition curves, definitions of ruling gradient, limiting gradient and exceptional gradient, calculation of grade compensation, categories of vertical curves and equation for summit vertical curve.

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Assignment No. 02

This document contains 16 questions related to highway engineering assignment for a civil engineering course. The questions cover topics like factors controlling highway alignment, camber, kerbs, equations for stopping sight distance and effect of gradient, calculation of overtaking sight distance, derivation of the equation for super-elevation, calculation of cant, coefficient of friction and equilibrium super-elevation given design parameters, methods of attaining super-elevation, widening of pavement on horizontal curves, purpose of transition curves, definitions of ruling gradient, limiting gradient and exceptional gradient, calculation of grade compensation, categories of vertical curves and equation for summit vertical curve.

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Sandip University

School of Engineering & Technology


Department of Civil Engineering
Trimbak Road, A/P - Mahiravani, Tal. & Dist. – Nashik, Pin – 422 213

Highway Engineering
Assignment No. 2

1. Explain the factors controlling Highway Alignment.


2. Define Camber, explain why it is provided.
3. Define Kerbs, give its type.
4. Derive the equation stopping sight distance, and explain the effect of gradient
on same.
5. Calculate the SSD on a highway at descending gradient of 1.5 % for a design
speed of 75 kmph. Assume total reaction time =2.5 sec and Coefficient of
friction = 0.35
6. Do the analysis of overtaking sight distance (OSD)
7. The speed of overtaking and overtaken vehicles are 80 Kmph and 50 Kmph
resp. on two way traffic road. If the acceleration of overtaking vehicle is0.99
m/s2, calculate the safe overtaking sight distance.
8. Explain and derive the equation for Super-elevation.
9. The radius of horizontal curve is 150m. The design speed is 60 Kmph. The
coefficient of lateral friction is 0.15. Calculate- 1. Cant if full friction is
allowed 2. The coefficient of friction if cant is avoided. 3. Equilibrium super-
elevation.
10. Explain any one method of Attainment of Super elevation.
11. Explain widening of pavement on horizontal curves.
12.Explain the objective of providing Transition Curves.
13.Define: 1) Ruling Gradient 2) Limiting Gradient 3) Exceptional Gradient.
Sandip University
School of Engineering & Technology
Department of Civil Engineering
Trimbak Road, A/P - Mahiravani, Tal. & Dist. – Nashik, Pin – 422 213
14.Determine the grade compensation for 60m radius for a limiting gradient of
8.0%
15. Give the categories of vertical curve and give the equation for summit curve
for SSD (any 2 cases)
16. A vertical Summit curve is formed at intersection of two gradient + 3 % and –
5.0 % Design the length of summit curve to provide a SSD for a design speed
of 80 Kmph.

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