Programme
Semester
L TU Total P TW Total L TU Total P TW Total
3TE101 Probability and Statistics 3 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE102 Advanced Traffic Engineering 3 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 60 40 100 30 20 50
3TE103 Highway Construction Materials 3 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 60 40 100 30 20 50
3TE104 Design of Urban Transportation System 3 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE105 Software Laboratory-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 60 40 100
Elective - I 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 106 Communication Skills 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
17 2 19 4 0 4 17 2 19 8 0 8 360 240 600 120 80 200
Programme
Semester
L TU Total P TW Total L TU Total P TW Total
3TE 111 Intelligent Transportation System 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 112 Airport System Planning & Design 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 113 GIS in Transportation 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 114 Environmental Impact Assesment of Transportation Projects 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 115 Techno Economic Project Evaluation 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
Hours (per week) Theory Practical
Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.)CE SEE Total
I (Stream B)
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject Code Elective-I
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
Credit
CE SEE Total
Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Civil Engineering/ Transportation Engineering
Hours (per week) Theory Practical
Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.)CE SEE Total
Subject Code Subject Name
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
Credit
CE SEE Total
Total
GANPAT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
TEACHING AND EXAMINATION SCHEME
Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Civil Engineering/ Transportation EngineeringI(Stream B)
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
GANPAT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
TEACHING AND EXAMINATION SCHEME
Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Civil Engineering/ Transportation EngineeringProgramme
Semester
L TU Total P TW Total L TU Total P TW Total
3TE 201 Economic Evaluation of Transportation Projects 3 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 202 Pavement Analysis and Design 3 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 60 40 100 30 20 50
3TE 203 Regional Transportation Planning 3 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 60 40 100 30 20 50
3TE 204 Software Laboratory-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 60 40 100
Elective - II 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
Elective - III 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
AU Audit Course 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 1 16 4 0 4 17 1 18 8 0 8 300 200 500 120 80 200
Programme
Semester
L TU Total P TW Total L TU Total P TW Total
3TE 211 Rail Transportation Planning & Design 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 212 Water Transportation Planning & Design 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 213 Public Transportation Planning & Design 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 214 Road Safety Audit 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 215 Intersection Design and Analysis 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 216 Decision Models in Management 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 217 Traffic Flow Theories 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 218 Strategic Management 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 219 Traffic Facility Design 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
3TE 220 Contract Management 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 60 40 100 0 0 0
Hours (per week) Theory Practical
Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.)CE SEE Total
II (Stream B)
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject Code Elective-II & III
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
Credit
CE SEE Total
Total
Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Civil Engineering/ Transportation Engineering
Hours (per week) Theory Practical
Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.)CE SEE Total
II (Stream B)
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject Code Subject Name
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
Credit
CE SEE Total
Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Civil Engineering/ Transportation Engineering
GANPAT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
TEACHING AND EXAMINATION SCHEME
Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Civil Engineering/ Transportation EngineeringProgramme
Semester
L TU Total P TW Total L TU Total P TW Total
3TE 301 Professional Project 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 60 40 100
3TE 302 Seminar 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 60 40 100
3TE 303 Summer Internship 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 60 40 100
3TE 304 Dissertation Phase-I 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 12 0 12 0 0 0 60 40 100
0 0 0 11 0 11 0 0 0 22 0 22 0 0 0 240 160 400
Programme
Semester
L TU Total P TW Total L TU Total P TW Total
3TE 401 Dissertation Phase II 0 0 0 14 0 14 0 0 0 28 0 28 0 0 0 40 60 100
3TE 402 Execution Training# (After IIIrd sem) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 60 40 100
0 0 0 16 0 16 0 0 0 32 0 32 0 0 0 100 100 200
Hours (per week) Theory Practical
Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.)CE SEE Total
Total
IV (Stream B)
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject Code Subject Name
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
Credit
CE SEE Total
Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Civil Engineering/ Transportation Engineering
CE SEE Total
Hours (per week) Theory Practical
Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.)CE SEE Total
Total
III (Stream B)
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject Code Subject Name
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
Credit
Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Civil Engineering/ Transportation Engineering
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec
. Transportation Engineering
Semester I Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE 101 Subject Name Probability and Statistics
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 1 0 0 4 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 1 0 0 4 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. Understand and Analyse probability distributions
2. Carry out multivariate data analysis and identify correlations
3. Develop Time Series Models
4. Estimate Parameters using appropriate techniques
5. Test hypothesis using goodness of fit measures
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Preparation and Standardization of data; measure of dispersion moments, skewness
and kurtosis; basic concept of probability; Independent and dependent events. Mutually
exclusive events Addition and Multiplication theorem, condition probability and Bayes
formula.
09
2 Random variables: discrete and continuous probability distribution; joint probability
distribution; Laws of Expectation. Main feature of Binominal, Poisson and Normal
distributions and their properties, application in engineering and industrial problems;
Exponential, Rayleigh, Weibull, Gamma, Person and log-normal distributions;
transformation of random variables, moment generating functions.
09
3 Hypothesis testing: Concepts - Hypothesis tests associated with regression and
correlation coefficients
09
4 Concept of stochastic process, processes with independent; Process furry Yale process,
Pol ya process. Homogeneous macro chain analysis; Correlation and Regression,
Multiple, partial and Rank Correlation, Analysis of Time Series data.
09
5 Element of sampling theory; large and small samples, fiducial limits for unknown mean
standard error; test of significance, T and F Test. Introduction to theory of estimation;
simple analysis of variants of one and two way classification.
09
Reference Books
1 Hoel P.G., “Introduction to Mathematical Statistics”. 2 Fisz M., “Probability and Mathematical Statistics”.
Semester I
3 Alder H.L, “Introduction to Probability and Statistics”. 4 Walpole R.E., Mayers R.H., “Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientist”. 5 Montogomery and Runger GC., “Applied statistics and probability for Engineer”, student edition,
Wiley. 6 Benjamin J. R., Cornell C. A., Probability Statistics and Decision for Civil Engineers, McGraw-Hill,
1970.
7 Kothari, C.R., Research Methodology: Method and Techniques, New Age International Publication,
2004.
8 Hines W. W., Montgomery D. C., Probability and Statistics in Engineering and Management Science,
John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1990.
9 Sharma J.K., Operation Research: Theory & Applications, MacMillan India Ltd., 2000.
10 Bhandarkar P.L., Wilkinson T.S., Methodology & Techniques of Social Research, Himalaya
Publishing House, 1991.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec
. Transportation Engineering
Semester I Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 102 Subject Name Advanced Traffic Engineering
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 1 0 4 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 2 0 5 Practical 30 20 50
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
1) Estimate basic characteristics of traffic stream.
2) Conduct traffic studies and analyse traffic data.
3) Design traffic signal systems.
4) Determine the capacity of highways.
5) Analyse road accidents.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Components of Traffic System: Introduction, Human-vehicle-environment system,
Characteristics of road users; Characteristics of vehicles; Characteristics of highways,
friction
06
2 Traffic Characteristics: Microscopic and macroscopic flow characteristics; Time
headways, temporal, spatial and flow patterns; Interrupted and un-interrupted traffic;
Microscopic and macroscopic speed characteristics; Vehicular speed trajectories; Speed
characteristics- mathematical distributions; Speed and travel time variations; travel time
and delay studies; Microscopic and macroscopic density characteristics; distance headway
characteristics; Car-following theories; Density measurement techniques; density contour
maps
06
3 Highway Capacity Analysis: Highway Capacity and Level of Service; freeway and
multi-lane analysis; freeway weaving sections 09
4 Traffic Data Analysis: Traffic study components, types of data; Volume studies; Speed
studies; Travel time and delay studies; Intersection studies, pedestrian studies; Parking
studies, accident studies
5 Traffic Accidents Analysis: Accident characteristics – road – driver – vehicle; Accident
recording and analysis; Highway safety improvement program; Safety audit 06
6 Traffic control devices: Introduction about the signs, markings, signal and warrants;
Signal phasing and development of phase plans; fixed and vehicle activated signals;
Webster method; ARRB method; Drew method; IRC method; Signal coordination; Area
traffic control
07
7 Environmental Considerations: Air pollution; kinds of pollutants, air pollution standards;
Measures of air quality, modeling and control; Measurement of sound levels, acceptable limits;
Prediction of noise levels, traffic noise control
07
Reference Books
1 Bob Williams, Intelligent Transport Systems Standards, Artech House Publishers, 2008.
2 C. Jotin Khisty (Author), B. Kent Lall, Transportation Engineering: An Introduction, Prentice Hall; 3rd
Edition, 2002.
3 Chakroborty Partha, Das Animesh, Principles of Transportation Engineering, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 1st
Edition, 2009.
4 Coleman A. O 'flaherty, Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering, Butterworth-heinemann, 2009.
5 Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn, Kilareski Walter P., Principles Of Highway Engineering And
Traffic Analysis, Wiley India Pvt Ltd., 4th Edition, 2011.
6 Institute of Transportation Engineers, Traffic Engineering Hand Book; 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 1991
7 L.R. Kadiyali, Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning, Khanna Publishers, 2011.
8 May, A.D. Traffic Flow Fundamentals, Prentice Hall, 1st Edition, 1989.
9 Mike Slinn, Paul Matthews, Peter Guest, Traffic Engineering Design: Principles and Practice,
Butterworth-heinemann, 2nd Edition, 2005.
10 Nicholas J. Garber, Lester A. Hoel, Nicholas J. Garber, Lester A. Hoel, Principles of Traffic and
Highway Engineering, Cengage Learning India, 2nd Edition, 2010.
11 Pignataro L.J., Traffic Engineering: Theory and Practice; Prentice hall, Inc., 1973
12 Roger P. Roess, Elena S. Prassas and William R. McShane, Traffic Engineering, Prentice Hall, 4th
Edition, 2010.
13 Salter R.J and N.B Hounsell, Highway Traffic Analysis and Design, 3rd Edition, Macmillan, 1996
Practical Work
1 Driver’s ability test & Vehicular characteristics
2 Classified traffic volume study with use of hand count, tape, video recorder
3 Spot speeds study with radar meter, enoscope
4 Travel time and delay study
5 Parking survey
6 Road accident studies
7 Pedestrian flow survey
8 Intersection volume study
9 Analysis of traffic survey data, presentation and interpretations.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester I Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 103 Subject Name Highway Construction Materials
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 1 0 4 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 1 0 5 Practical 30 20 50
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
1. To identify soil and aggregate characteristic.
2. To provide detail knowledge regarding different materials to use to construct road and its properties.
3. To identify different types of test carried out on the different material use in the construction of the road.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Subgrade Soil Characterization: Properties of subgrade layers; Soil classification; Index
and other basic properties of soil; Field Compaction and control
07
2 Aggregate Characterization: Types of Aggregates; Properties Test on Road aggregates.
Importance of aggregate gradation, rotchfutch methods, Proportioning and blending of aggregates
05
3 Bituminous Binders: Bituminous sources, different types, properties and uses, physical tests on
bitumen, rheological and pavement performance related properties, Modified binders, criteria for
selection of different binders. Bituminous mixes, types, requirements, properties, tests, Marshal
method of mix design, criteria and super pave mix design, Additive (warm mix additives). Stone
matrix asphalt, cold mixes, micro surfacing, mastic asphalt, porous asphalt, waste plastic.
10
4 Cement Concrete: Types cements, basic cement properties and quality tests. Concrete paving
mixes- Mix design methods, IRC, Absolute volume, Road Note No.4, IRC Specification and Tests,
joint filler and sealer materials. Rollers compacted concrete for pavement application.
07
5 Soil Stabilization: Principle, methods and tests of materials and mix design, utilization marginal
and waste materials in road construction Introduction to ground improvement techniques,
Introduction to Geo textiles and synthetics application
07
6 Application of Waste Materials: Evaluation of Selected Waste Products Rubber Tyres, Use of
Scrap Tires in Asphalt Pavements, Experience in the Use of Rubber Modified Asphalt Paving
Products, Use of Tyres in Subgrade Embankment. Waste Glass Use in Asphalt Pavements, Use of
Glass in Portland Cement/Concrete, Use of Glass in Unbound Aggregate Base Layers and
Embankment. Concrete Reclaimed Paving Materials, Recycling of Asphalt Pavements, Recycling
of Concrete Pavements Slags and Ashes Iron Blast, Furnace Slag Steel ,Slag Bottom Ash, Coal Fly
Ash, Building Rubble, Sewage Sludge, Compost and Co-Compost Incinerator.
09
Reference Books
1 MoRTH, “Specifications for Roads and Bridges Works”, Indian Roads Congress.
2 IS 73, “revised 2006, IS 2720, IS 2386, IS 1201 to 1220, IS 8887- 1995, IS 217- 1986”.
3 IRC: 51-1992, 63-1976, 74 –1979, 88-1984, Indian Roads Congress.
4 IRC SP: 53 – 2002, IRC SP: 58 – 2000, Indian Roads Congress.
5 “Guidelines for use of Geotextiles in Road Pavements and Associated works”, Indian Roads Congress,
2002.
6 Khanna and Justo, “Highway Engineering”, Nem Chand and Bros., Roorkee.
7 Khanna and Justo, “Highway Materials Testing”, Nem Chand and Bros., Roorkee.
8 https://www.elsevier.com/books/use-of-waste-materials-used-in-highway-construction/ahmed/978-0-
8155-1315-5
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester I Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 104 Subject Name Design of Urban Transportation System
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 1 0 0 4 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 1 0 0 4 Practical 0 0 0
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
1. To cover concepts of Transportation planning, various modes, transit systems and their suitability.
2. To give idea of modeling in planning, to develop the methodology of travel demand modeling for Urban
Transportation Systems.
3. To provide knowledge of Land use planning and transportation interaction
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Urban transportation problem: Urban Issues, Travel Characteristics, Evolution of
Planning Process, Supply and Demand – Systems approach
03
2 Travel demand: Trends, Overall Planning process, Long term Vs Short term planning,
Demand Function, Independent Variables, Travel Attributes, Assumptions in Demand
Estimation, Sequential, and Simultaneous Approaches, Aggregate and Disaggregate
Techniques.
03
3 Data collection and inventories: Collection of data – Organisation of surveys and
Analysis, Study Area, Zoning, Types and Sources of Data, Road Side Interviews, Home
Interview Surveys, Commercial Vehicle Surveys, Sampling Techniques, Expansion
Factors, Accuracy Checks, Use of Secondary Sources, Economic data – Income –
Population – Employment – Vehicle Owner Ship.
06
4 Four stage demand forecasting: UTPS Approach, Trip Generation Analysis: Zonal
Models, Category Analysis, Household Models, Trip Attraction models, Commercial Trip
Rates.
Trip Distribution: Growth Factor Methods, Gravity Models, Opportunity Models, Time
Function Iteration Models.
Mode Choice Analysis: Mode Choice Behaviour, Competing Modes, Mode Split Curves,
Models and Probabilistic Approaches.
Traffic Assignment: Basic Elements of Transport Networks, Coding, Route Properties,
Path Building Criteria, Skimming Tree, All-or-Nothing Assignment, Capacity Restraint
Techniques, Reallocation of Assigned Volumes, Equilibrium Assignment, Diversion
Curves.
13
5 Traffic corridors: Master plans, Selection of Corridor, Corridor Identification, Corridor
deficiency Analysis
05
6 Urban freight travel demand: Freight Characteristics, Factors influencing Freight Travel,
Freight Demand Estimation, Freight flow on the network
05
7 Plan preparation and evaluation: Travel Forecasts to Evaluate Alternative
Improvements, Impacts of New Development on Transportation Facilities. Pivot Point
Analysis, Environmental and Energy Analysis
05
8 Case studies: Brief Case studies of Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation problems
of Indian towns / cities, Introduction to Computer packages
05
Reference Books
1 Bruton, M. J., An Introduction to Transportation Planning (The Living Environment), UCL Press,
London, UK, 2000.
2 C.J. Khisty and B. Kent Lall, Transportation Engineering, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2002.
3 C.S. Papacostas and P.D. Prevedouros, Transportation Engineering and Planning, Prentice Hall of India
Pvt. Ltd., 2001.
4 Chari, S.R. UTP Lecture Notes - Regional Engg. College, Warangal, 1978.
5 Dicky J.W., Metropolitan Transportation Planning, Script Book Co., Washington, D.C., 1975.
6 Edwards, J. D., Transportation Planning Handbook, 2nd Edition, Institution of Transportation
Engineers, 1999.
7 Hutchinson, B.G., Principles of Urban Transportation System Planning, McGraw Hill, 1974.
8 John D. Edwards, Transportation Planning Handbook, Second Edition, Institution of Transportation
Engineers, 1999.
9 Mayer M and Miller E, Urban Transportation Planning: A decision oriented Approach, McGraw Hill,
2000.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester I Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE105 Subject Name Software Laboratory-I
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 0 0 2 0 2 Theory 0 0 0
Hours 0 0 4 0 4 Practical 60 40 100
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. Estimate Travel Demand using transportation planning packages like VISSIM
2. Design isolated and coordinated traffic signals using SYNCRO, TRANSIT
3. Design Flexible and Rigid Pavements using Ken layer and Ken slab software
4. Simulate traffic at mid-block as well as at Intersections using VISSIM
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Transportation Planning Packages:
Trip Generation - Multiple Linear Regression Analysis.
Trip Distribution - Growth Factor Methods, Gravity Model.
Mode Choice - Logit Model.
Trip Assignment - All or Nothing Technique.
TRIPS Package
Landuse Transportation Planning
Link Volume Forecasting
20
2 Traffic Engineering Packages:
Signal Design
Transit
Syncro
Accident analysis Package
Time series Package
20
3 Pavement Evaluation & Economic Analysis packages:
Dama Package
Ken layer & Ken slab
Economic Analysis Package
HDM - IV
20
Reference Books
1 User Manuals of various packages
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester I Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE 106 Subject Name Communication Skills
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 2 0 0 0 2 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 2 0 0 0 2 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
To provide exposure and knowledge to the students in developing communication skills useful for daily
professional practice.
Unit Content Hrs
1 Concepts of Communications: Definition, Form of Communication, Objectives of
Communication, Characteristics of Communication, Process of Communication,
Communication, Roadblocks, Role of Verbal and Non-verbal Symbolism Communication,
Barriers of Effective Communication, Overcoming Communication Barriers
20
2 Nonverbal Communication: Body Language, Gestures, Postures, Facial Expressions, Dress
codes; the Cross Cultural Dimensions of Business Communication; Listening and
Speaking, techniques of electing response, probing questions, Observation. Business and
social etiquettes; Listening Skills: Definition, Anatomy of poor Listening, Features of a
good Listener, Role Play, Group Discussion and Interviews, Meetings: Ways and Means of
conducting meetings effectively, Mock Meetings and Interviews
20
3 Reading and Language Skills: The reading process, purpose, different kinds of texts,
reference material, scientific and technical texts, active and passive reading, strategies -
vocabulary skills, eye reading and visual, perception, prediction techniques, scanning skills,
distinguishing facts and opinions, drawing inferences and conclusions, comprehension of
technical material - scientific and technical texts, instructions and technical manuals,
graphic information. Forms of Communication in Written mode: Basics Body
language of Business Letters and Memos, Tone of writing, enquiries, orders and replying
to them, sales letters, Job applications and resume, E-mail: How to make smart e-mail,
Writing Business Reports and Proposals, Practice for Writing
20
4 Referencing and Writing Skills: Business letters: Enquiries, Circulars, Quotations, Orders,
Acknowledgments, Executions, Complaints, Claims and adjustments, Collection letter, Banking
correspondence, Agency correspondence, Bad news and persuading letters, Sales letters, Job
application letters - Bio- data, Covering Letter, Interview Letters, Letter of Reference, Memos,
minutes, Circulars & notices Types of Business Reports - Format, Choice of vocabulary, coherence
and cohesion, paragraph writing, organization reports by individual, Report by committee.
5 Technical Writing : Technical Proposal writing: Definition, Purpose, types, characteristics,
Elements of structure, style and appearance, evaluation, exercises, Research report writing,
Proposal writing, referencing, forms of reports, bibliography, etc. Research paper, Dissertation, and
Thesis, Instruction Manuals, Type of instructions, Writing Instructions, Technical Descriptions,
Process descriptions, Guidelines for Writing Good Descriptions.
Reference Books
1 Thill J. V., Bovee G. L., Excellence in Business Communication, McGraw Hill,
2 M Ashraf Rizvi, Effective Technical Communication, Tata McGraw Hill.
3 E. H. McGrath, Basic Managerial Skills for all Practice, hall India.
4 Meera Banerji, Developing Communication Skills, McMillan India Ltd.
5 Whigham, David, Business Data Analysis Using Excel, Oxford.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester I Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 111 Subject Name Intelligent Transportation System
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 3 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. Differentiate different ITS user services
2. Select appropriate ITS technology depending upon site specific conditions.
3. Design and implement ITS components
4. Understand ITS architecture and standards
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Introduction to ITS: Definition Objectives, Historical Background, Benefits of ITS –
Introduction to Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), Automatic Vehicle Identification
(AVI), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Traffic control and monitoring aspects.
03
2 Intelligent supporting technologies: Wireless communications, Standards and Cellular
Technology, ITS Data acquisition and processing, Hardware and Software--Micro-
Controllers, PLC, Embedded systems, Ubiquitous Computing, Sensing Technologies,
Detectors/Detection Techniques—Triangulation Technique, Inductive loop detection,
Video vehicle detection, Microwave detection etc. Global Positioning System (GPS)
18
3 Components of ITS: Theories of elastic and plastic behavior of soils. Function: Stability of
embankment, Reinforcing embankment and fibers, Methods of reducing settlement due to
consolidation in foundations of road embankment. Vertical Sand Drains: Design criteria,
constriction and uses.
05
4 Traveller Information Systems: Traffic density, Variable message signs, Parking guidance,
Weather information.
02
5 Vehicle Monitoring Systems: Security CCTV systems, Wireless Sensor Network and RFID 04
Elective Subjects- I
6 Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO): Emergency vehicle notification systems,
Automatic road enforcement, Variable speed limits, Collision avoidance systems, Dynamic
Traffic Light Sequence, Cooperative systems on the road, Automatic number plate
recognition by Image processing.
04
7 ITS Applications: Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) Advanced Vehicle
Control Systems (AVCS), Public Transportation Systems (APTS), Advanced Rural
Transportation Systems (ARTS), Automated Highway Systems.
05
8 ITS Programs in the World: Overview of ITS implementations in developed countries, ITS
in developing countries.
04
Reference Books
1 Sumit Ghos and Tony Lee, Intelligent Transportation Systems, CRC Press, ISBN: 0849300673.
2 Chris Drane andC. R. Drane, Positioning Systems in Intelligent Transportation Systems, Artech House
Publishers, ISBN: 0890065365.
3 Judy Mc Queen and Bob Mc Queen, Intelligent Transportation System and Architecture, Artech House
Publishers, ISBN: 089006525X
4 Asad J. Khattak , Intelligent Transportation Systems: Planning, Operations, and Evaluation, CRC Press
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester I Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE 112 Subject Name Airport System Planning and Design
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 3 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. Analyze the effects of atmospheric variables on aircraft performance.
2. Fix the orientation of the runways.
3. Design the geometrics of the airport infrastructure.
4. Prepare structural designs of runway, taxiway, and apron-gate area.
5. Prepare a master plan for an airport.
6. Prepare a plan of the airport terminal area.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Aircraft Characteristics: Landing gear configurations, aircraft weight, engine types.
Atmospheric conditions affecting aircraft performance: air pressure, temperature, wind
speed and direction. Aircraft performance characteristics: speed, payload and range,
runway performance, declared distances, wingtip vortices.
05
2 Air Traffic Management: Air traffic separation rules: vertical separation, flight altitudes,
longitudinal separation, and lateral separation. Navigational aids: ground based systems,
satellite based systems.
05
3 Airport Planning and Forecasting: Airport planning studies: airport system plan, airport site
selection, airport master plan, airport project plan. Forecasting methods: time series method, market
share method, econometric modelling. Forecasting requirements and applications: airport system
plan, airport master plan.
05
4 Geometric Design of the Airfield: Airport classification: utility airports, transport airports.
Runways: runway configurations, runway orientation, wind rose, estimating runway length,
sight distance and longitudinal profile, transverse gradient, airfield separation requirements,
obstacle clearance requirements. Air traffic control system
Taxiways and taxi lanes: widths and slopes, taxiway and taxilane separation requirements,
sight distance and longitudinal profile, exit taxiway geometry, location of exit taxiways,
design of taxiway curves and intersections, end-around taxiways.
Aprons: holding aprons, terminal aprons and ramps, terminal apron surface gradients.
Control tower visibility requirements.
10
5 Structural Design of Airport Pavements: Soil investigation and evaluation: CBR, plate
bearing test, Young’s modulus, effect of frost on soil strength, subgrade stabilization.
FAA pavement design methods: equivalent aircraft method, cumulative damage failure
method.
Design of flexible pavements: CBR method, layered elastic design.
Design of rigid pavements: Westergaard’s analysis, finite element theory, joints and joint
spacing, continuously reinforced concrete pavements.
Design of pavement overlays.
10
6 Airport Lighting, Marking, and Signage: Requirements of visual aids, approach lighting
system configurations, visual approach slope aids, threshold lighting. Runway lighting,
taxiway lighting. Runway and taxiway marking, airfield signage.
05
7 Planning and Design of the Terminal Area: Passenger terminal system and its components.
Design considerations: terminal demand parameters, facility classification, level of service
criteria.
Terminal planning process: overall space requirements, concept development, horizontal
distribution concepts, vertical distribution concepts.
Apron gate system: number of gates, ramp charts, gate size, aircraft parking type, apron
layout, apron circulation, passenger conveyance to aircraft, apron utility requirements.
05
Reference Books
1 Ashford, N. J., Mumayiz, S. A., and Wright, P. H. Airport Engineering: Planning, Design and Development
of 21st Century Airports, Fourth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, USA, 2011.
2 Horonjeff, R., McKelvey, F. X., Sproule, W. J., and Young, S. B. Planning and Design of Airports,
Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, USA, 2010.
3 Kazda, A., and Caves, R. E. Airport Design and Operation, Second Edition, Elsevier, Oxford, U.K.,
2007.
4 Khanna, S. K., Arora, M. G., and Jain, S. S. Airport planning and Design, Sixth Edition, Nem Chand
and Bros, Roorkee, India, 2012.
5 Kumar, V., and Chandra, S. Air Transportation Planning and Design, Galgotia Publications Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi, India, 1999.
6 Neufville, R. D., and Odoni, A. Airport Systems: Planning, Design, and Management, McGraw-Hill,
New York, USA, 2003.
7 Young, S. B., and Wells, A. T. Airport Planning and Management, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill, New
York, USA, 2011.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester I Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 113 Subject Name GIS in Transportation
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 3 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. Develop GIS-T Data Models
2. Represent Transportation Data in GIS Environment
3. Analyse Transport Networks
4. Analyse and model spatial and transportation facilities in GIS
5. Integrate ITS with GIS
6. Map transportation related environmental pollutants, accidents in GIS platform
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 GIS-T Data Models: Data Domains and Data Modelling in GIS – T; Data Modelling
Techniques; Data Modelling and Design Issues; Graph Theory and Network Analysis;
Network representation of a Transportation System; Linear referencing methods and
systems; Transportation Data Models for ITS and related Applications.
06
2 Transportation data sources and Integration: Basic Mapping Concepts; Transportation
Data Capture and Data Products; Transportation Data Integration; Spatial Data Quality;
Spatial and Network aggregation
06
3 Shortest Paths and Routing: Fundamental Network Properties; Fundamental Properties
of Algorithms; Shortest Path Algorithms; Routing Vehicles with in Networks
06
4 Network flows and facility location: Flow through Uncongested Networks; Flow through
Congested Network; Facility location within Networks; Spatial Aggregation in Network
Routing and location problems.
06
5 GIS Based spatial analysis and modelling: GIS and spatial Analysis; Urban sprawl; GIS
Analytical functions; Coupling Transportation Analysis and Modelling with GIS;
Customising GIS; Supporting Advanced Transportation Analysis in GIS
06
6 Transportation Planning: Transportation Analysis Zone Design; Travel demand
Analysis; Landuse – Transportation Modelling; Route Planning; Decision support for
Transportation Planning
05
7 Intelligent Transportation Systems: ITS Applications; ITS Architectures and Geographic
Information; Integrating GIS and ITS
05
8 Transportation, Environment and Hazards: Mapping sensitive Environmental features;
GIS and Transportation related Air Quality; Accidents and Safety Analysis; Transportation
of hazardous Materials.
05
Reference Books
1 Alan Paul Vonderohe, Alan Travis, and Robert Smith. Implementation of Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) in State DOTs: An NCHRP Digest of the Essential Findings from the Interim Report on NCHRP
Project 20-27 'Adaptation of Geographic Information Systems for Transportation', Issue 180 of Research
results digest, TRB, 1991.
2 C.P.Lo, Albert K. W.Yeung - Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems, Prentice Hall
India Pvt.Ltd, New Delhi.
3 Henk J. Scholten and John Stillwell, Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning,
Springer, 2010.
4 Miller HJ and Shaw SL, Geographic Information Systems for Transportation (GIS –T): Principles and
Applications, Oxford University Press, 2001
5 NCHRP Report 359. Adaptation of Geographic Information Systems for Transportation, TRB, 1990
6 NCHRP Synthesis 446. Use of Advanced Geospatial Data, Tools, Technologies, and Information in
Department of Transportation Projects: A Synthesis of Highway Practice, TRB 2013.
7 Simlowitz HJ. GIS Support Transportation System Planning, International GIS Sources Book 8 TCRP Synthesis 55. Geographic Information Systems Applications in Transit: A Synthesis of Transit
Practice, TRB, 2004. 9 Thill JC, GIS in Transportation, Transportation Research Part C, 2000.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester I Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE 114 Subject Name Environmental Impact System of Transportation
Projects
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 3 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. To provide the basic understanding of environmental impact analysis.
1. To make the students conversant with techniques of prediction and assessment on air, noise and social
environment due to transportation projects.
2. To give the concept of decision methods for evaluation of alternative proposals.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Introduction: Environment and its interaction with human activities – Air and Noise Pollution
due to Transportation, Environmental imbalances - Attributes, Impacts, Indicators and
Measurements - Concept of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental Impact
Statement,
06
2 Estimation of Air Pollution: Factors affecting air pollution from road traffic - Vehicle
characterstics, Engine types, Vehicle age and maintenance, Driving conditions, Average speed,
Temperature, Meteroogical conditions; Emission inventory; Dispersion of pollutants; Inverse air
quality models; Emission and dispersion models;Driving cycles; Macroscopic and Microscopic
modeling at the microscopic level of air pollution from road traffic.
09
3 Estimation of Noise Pollution: Road traffic noise model (RTNM), Calixto model, Accoustical
assessment.
06
4 Environmental Impact Assessment and Statement: Objectives of EIA, Advantages and
Limitations of EIA
06
5 Methodologies for Carrying Environmental Impact Assessment: Overview of Methodologies
Adhoc, Checklist, Matrix, Network, Overlays, Benefit Cost Analysis, Choosing A Methodology,
Review Criteria.
06
6 Air Pollution Mitigation Measures: Cleaner fuels, Vehicle technology and replacement strategies,
Improving fuel efficiency, Encouraging non-motorised and public transport, Taxation on emissions.
06
7 Noise Pollution Mitigation Measures: Noise barriers, Land use planning, Resurfacing roads with
low-noise materials, Managing traffic flows, Advanced construction methods.
06
Reference Books
1 Canter, L.W., "Environmental Impact Assessment", McGraw Hill Pub. Co., New York, 1997
2 Jain, R.K., Urban, L.V., Stracy, G.S., "Environmental Impact Analysis", Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New
York, 1991
3 Keith W. Little, Environmental Fate and Transport Analysis with Compartment Modeling, CRC Press,
Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.
4 Louis Franklin Cohen and Gary Richard McVoy, Environmental Analysis of Transportation Systems,
John Wiley & Sons, 1982
5 NCHRP Report 541. Consideration of Environmental Factors in Transportation Systems Planning, TRB,
2005.
6 NCHRP Synthesis 272, Best Management Practices for Environmental Issues Related to Highway and Street
Maintenance: A Synthesis of Highway Practice, National Research Council, TRB, 1999.
7 Peter Morris and Riki Therivel, Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment (Natural and Built
Environment Series), 3rd Edition, Routledge, 2009
8 Rau, J.G. and Wooten, D.C., "Environmental Impact Assessment", McGraw Hill Pub. Co., New York, 1996
9 TRB Special Report 268. Surface Transportation Environmental Research: A Long-Term Strategy, National
Academies Press, 2005 (http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10354.html)
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester I Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE 115 Subject Name Techno Economic Project Evaluation
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 3 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
To provide exposure and knowledge to the students to the concepts of value engineering, life cycle costs and apply
this knowledge to enhance value of construction projects. Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Fundamental of Value Engineering: Basic terms and definitions. Overview of the systematic
approach, general phase, information phase, function phase, creative phase, valuation phase,
investigation and recommendation phase.
18
2 Value Engineering: Job Plan Project selection, phases. Function – cost – worth, FAST
diagramming, VE versus quality, performance and other parameters. Cost control theory, life
cycle cost theory. Environmental impact assessment with value engineering approach. Case
studies, applications of value engineering, for a building project and waste-water treatment
plant.
18
Reference Books
1 Larry W. Zimmerman & Others, Value Engineering: A Practical Approach for Owners, Designers &
Contractors, CBS Publication.
2 Arthur E. Mudge, Value Engineering: A Systematic Approach, McGraw Hill.
3 Donald E. Parker, Value Engineering: Theory, Soundaram Publishers.
4 O’ Brien, J.J., Value Analysis in Design and Construction, McGraw Hill.
5 S. S. Iyer, Value Engineering, Laxmi publications.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 201 Subject Name Economic Evaluation of Transportation Projects
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 1 0 0 4 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 1 0 0 4 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. Estimate road user cost.
2. Perform economic analysis of a transportation project.
3. Evaluate alternate transportation project proposals.
4. Carryout life-cycle cost analysis of transportation projects.
5. Prepare total quality management plans.
6. Perform environment audit for highway projects.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Principles of Engineering Economics: Supply and demand models - Consumer’s surplus and
social surplus criteria - Framework for social accounting: Price – Demand - Supply loss - Elasticity
applications - Growth demand nodal
09
2 Transport Costs and Benefits: Fixed and variable cost - Cost of improvement - Maintenance cost
- Cost estimating methods - Pavement cost analysis - Direct benefits - Reduced vehicle operation
costs - Value of travel time savings - Value of increased comfort and convenience - Cost of accident
reduction - Reduction in maintenance cost
09
3 Economic Evaluation Techniques: Generation and screening of project alternatives - Different
methods of economic analysis: - Discounting and Non discounting criteria methods – NPV - IRR,
Benefit/Cost analysis - Analysis of public projects - replacement analysis - Application economic
theory in traffic assignment problem - Break even analysis
09
4 Depreciation and Inflation: Modified accelerated cost recovery system - Basic methods of
computing depreciation charges - Evaluation of depreciation methods - Tax concepts - Corporate
income taxes - Effects of inflation - Measuring inflation - Impact of inflation on economic
evaluations
09
5 Risk Analysis: Probability concepts for economic analysis - Application of probability and
simulation concepts in economic analysis - Decisions under uncertainty - Sensitivity analysis - Role
of financial institutions
09
Semester II
Reference Books
1 Winfrey R., Highway Economic Analysis, International Textbook Company.
2 David A. Hensher, Ann M. Brewer., Transport: An Economics and Management Perspective, Oxford
University Press
3 Emile Quinet, Roger Vickerman., Principles of Transport Economics, Edward Elgar Pub
4 Ian G. Heggie., Transportation Engineering Economics, McGraw Hill.
5 James L.Riggs, David D.Bedworth, and Sabah U. Randhawa. Engineering Economics, Tata McGraw Hill,
Delhi,2009.
6 Sasmita Mishra., Engineering Economics and Costing, PHI, New Delhi.
7 IRC: SP: 30-1993., Manual on Economic Evaluation of Highway Projects in India.
8 Sarkar P K., Maitri V.,Economics in Highway and Transportation Planning, Standard Publisher, New Delhi,
2010.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 202 Subject Name Pavement Analysis and Design
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 1 0 4 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 2 0 5 Practical 30 20 50
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. Analyze the stresses and strains in a flexible pavement using multi-layered elastic theory
2. Analyze stresses and strains in a rigid pavement using Westergaard’s theory
3. Design a flexible pavement using IRC, Asphalt Institute, and AASHTO methods.
4. Design a rigid pavement using IRC, and AASHTO methods.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Fundamental Material Behaviour: Elasticity – Plasticity and Viscosity of Granular or
unbound materials - Cemented materials, Bituminous materials - Material characterization: -
Resilient modulus of materials - Dynamic Modulus of Bituminous Mixtures - Fatigue
Characteristics - Permanent Deformation Parameters
06
2 Pavement Basics: Types & comparison of vehicular loading pattern - Effect of Tire pressure
and total load - Equivalent wheel and axle loads - Climatic and environmental factors - Modulus
of resilience or California Bearing Ratio (CBR) for different layers - Loading pattern on airport
pavement - factors affecting design and performance of pavements - Airport pavement -
Environmental impact on pavements - Sub grade requirements - Functions of sub grade - Sub-
base - Base course and wearing course
09
3 Stresses and Strains in Pavements: Homogeneous Mass - Layered Systems - Viscoelastic
Solutions - Material Characterization and creep-compliance curve - Stresses due to
Curling/bending - Stresses and Deflections due to Loading - Stresses due to Friction
06
4 Flexible Pavement Design: CBR approach - IRC method - U.S. navy method - Boussinesq’s
and Burmister’s analysis and design method - Triaxial & McLeod method - Calibrated
Mechanistic Design Procedure - Asphalt Institute Method - AASHTO Method - Design of
Shoulders.
09
5 Rigid Pavement Design: Wheel load stresses - Liquid and elastic soil subgrade - Westergaard’s
analysis - Bradbury’s approach - Arlington test - Pickett’s corner load theory and related charts
- Calibrated Mechanistic Design Procedure – IRC Method - Portland Cement Association
Method - AASHTO Method - Continuous Reinforced Concrete Pavements - Design of
Shoulders - Design of joints - Dowel bar and tie bars
09
6 Reliability in Design of Flexible and Rigid Pavement: Statistical Concepts - Probabilistic
Methods – Variability - Rosenblueth Method
06
Reference Books
1 Yoder, E.J. and Witczak, M.W., Principles of Pavement Design, John Wiley and sons,1975
2 Yang H. Huang, Design of functional pavements, Pearson Prentice Hall,2004
3 Gary N. Durham, W. Allen Marr, and Willard L. De Groff, Resilient Modulus Testing for Pavement
Components ASTM Stock Number: STPl437, USA,2003
4 Andrew R. Dawson, Pavements Unbound Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, UK, 2004
5 Khanna S.K., Justo C.E.G., Highway Engineering, Nem Chand & Bros., Roorkee, 2001
6 Kadiyali L.R., Principles & Practice of Highway Engineering, Khanna Publishers, 2003
7 IRC: 37-2001, Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements
8 IRC: 58-2011, Guidelines for the Design of Plain Jointed Rigid Pavements,2001
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 203 Subject Name Regional Transportation Planning
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 1 0 4 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 2 0 5 Practical 30 20 50
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. To enhance the idea of transportation planning at the regional level.
2. To impart the techniques of developing models for the regional transportation planning.
3. To make the students conversant with Urban Mass Transit Planning and Freight Transportation Planning
procedure.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Regional Planning: Classification of regions - Transport systems functions - Regional
delineation - Regional growth - Concepts of GDP and GNP - Regional economic analysis,
factors of production, regional income, location quotient, multiplier effects
07
2 Demographic and Employment forecasting models: Population forecast, Linear &
Exponential models, Logistic models, Cohort – survival models – Employment classification,
economic base mechanism, input and output analysis.
08
3 Direct Demand Models: Importance & Types – SARC model – Mc-Lynn model - Sketch
planning methods – UMOT - Incremental demand models – Abstract models.
07
4 Regional Transportation: Regional passenger and goods travel demand – Aggregate freight
demand modelling - Network planning and hierarchy - Multimodal transportation system -
Intercity transport planning, various Traffic Forecasting Models.
08
5 Rural Road Network Planning: Principles: Methodology – Diversion analysis - Network
development approach.
07
6 Transport Terminal Planning: Demand assessment – Location aspects -Passenger terminals,
types, facilities, layout - Freight terminals, types, facilities, lay out - Logistics.
08
Reference Books
1 Chand Mahesh, Puri U.K., Regional Planning in India, Allied Publishers, New Delhi,1983.
2 Glassion John, Introduction to Regional Planning, Hutchinson & MIT press, Cambridge, 1996
3 Kanafani, Adib, K., Transportation demand Analysis, Mc Graw Hill, New York,1983.
4 Morlok, K. E., Introduction to Transportation Engineering, McGraw-Hill,New York,1978.
5 Oppenheim, N., Applied Models in Urban and Regional Analysis, Prentice-Hall, NJ.,1980.
6 Ortuzar, J. D., Willumsen, L.G., Modeling Transport, John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 204 Subject Name Software Laboratory-2
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 0 0 2 0 2 Theory 00 00 00
Hours 0 0 4 0 4 Practical 60 40 100
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. To learn Alignment design in MX-ROADS
2. To learn Roadway design in MX-ROADS
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Data Interoperability: Seamless integration between AEC platforms—in both DGN and DWG
environments, Ability to import data from almost any source, Available as a standalone Windows
version
09
2 Alignment Design: Dynamic, advanced tools for interactive alignment creation, Variety of
transition types to international standards, Comprehensive geometric reporting, including on-the-
fly volumetrics allowing optimization of cut/fill percentages, Ability to snap to existing terrain
features with clearance checking, Parallel alignment creation
09
3 Roadway Design: Library of standard roadway styles, Ability to widen roadways using linear or
reverse curves, controlling gradients throughout, Built-in rules for fast and effective application
of superelevation while maintaining your ability to apply control, Intersection design in 3D with
the ability to dynamically re-grade curb return, Storage of different styles and modeling of
pavement construction
09
4 Interactive Design Editing: 3D design data editing via sections at individual or over a range of
stations ,Ability to edit section elements by slope or push out points, updating cross section and
plan views simultaneously, Rapid design through the ability to restrict design to predefined
boundaries (e.g. right-of-way limits)
09
5 Reports: Access to a wide range of reporting options from an expanding toolbar, User-definable
Horizontal and Vertical Alignment Geometry reports, Ability to create reports from Volumetric,
Analysis tool for calculating cut/fill areas and volumes
09
6 Earthworks: Drag and drop styles to define cut/fill strategies, Library of simple, multiple, and
combination slopes, Generation of single interface string, regardless of the cut/fill condition or
separate strings for cut and fill, Creation of custom earthworks styles specific to current design or
local design rules, Creation from any string, such as a curb return, edge of retention pond or
retaining wall
09
7 LandXML Support: Support of industry–standard, LandXML, Importing and exporting of
alignments, surfaces, and other pertinent design information to other systems via XML
08
Reference Books
1 https://www.in.gov/indot/upload/V8i%20Version%20Downloads/Documents/INDOT%20Survey.pd
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GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE 211 Subject Name Rail Transportation Planning and Design
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 0 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. Understand the importance of railway infrastructure planning and design.
2. Identify the factors governing design of railway infrastructures.
3. Apply track design principles, components and design criteria
4. Design and analyse the railway track system and signal system with the available methods.
5. Maintain the railway track and apply remedial measures
6. Execute the minor and major projects related to railway infrastructure.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Alignment of Railway Lines: Modes of transportation, developments in railways, classification of
railway lines, rail transportation in India, railway track gauges, choice of gauge, uni-gauge policy,
ideal alignment, need for construction of new railway lines, traffic survey, reconnaissance survey,
preliminary surveys, and engineering surveys, geometric design, gradients, grade compensation,
speeds of trains, curves and superelevation, extra clearance on curves, widening of gauge on curves,
cutting rails on curves.
05
2 Permanent Way: Requirements, capacity, cross-sections, forces acting on the track, coning of
wheels, tilting of rails, function of rails, types of rails, rail wear, defects in rails, creep of rails, rail
fixtures and fastenings, ballast, functions, types, sizes, physical properties, subgrade and formation,
slopes of formation, switches, tongue rails, crossing, angle of crossing, turnouts, inspection and
maintenance, track junctions and track layouts, symmetrical split, three-throw switch, double
turnout, diamond crossing, scissors crossover, gauntleted track, gathering line, triangle, double
junctions.
05
3 Track maintenance and Rehabilitation: Maintenance tools, maintenance of rail surface, track
drainage, maintenance in track circuited lengths, track tolerances, mechanized method of track
maintenance, off-track tampers, shovel packing, directed track maintenance, classification of
renewal works, through sleeper renewals, mechanized relaying, track renewal trains.
05
4 Railway accidents: Train accidents, derailments and its causes, restoration of traffic, safety
measures, disaster management, classification of level crossings, accidents at level crossings,
remedial measures, and maintenance of level crossings.
05
Elective subjects- II & III
5 Railway sections and yards: Purpose, site selection, facilities, requirements, classification,
platforms, building areas, types of yards, catch sidings, ship sidings, foot over bridges, subways,
cranes, weigh bridge, loading gauge, end loading ramps, locomotive sheds, ash-pits, water columns,
turntable, triangles, traverser, carriage washing platforms, buffer stop, scotch block, derailing
switch, sand hump, fouling mark.
05
6 Design of tracks for high speeds: Modernization of railways, effect of high speed track, vehicle
performance on track, high speed ground transportation system, ballast less track, elevated railways,
underground and tube railways.
05
7 Rail Transportation System: Importance of Railway for regional development, Railway Track
system & sub-structures, Railway infrastructure, Modernization in track, safety in railways, under-
ground railways.
07
8 Demand analysis and forecasting for passenger and freight traffic costing and pricing principles,
project analysis and design; project interdependencies and programming techniques; systems
analysis and systems planning; planning strategies for regional context, macroeconomic
transportation simulator; case studies and implementation strategies. Environmental and other
impacts.
08
Reference Books
1 1. Agarwal, M.M. Indian Railway Track, Prabha & Co., New Delhi, India, 1988.
2 Chandra S. and M.M. Agarwal Railway Engineering, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, 2007.
3 Gupta, B.L. Text Book of Railway Engineering, Standard Publishers, New Delhi, India, 1982.
4 Rangwala, S.C. Principles of Railway Engineering, Charotar Publishing House, Anand, India, 1988.
5 S.C. Saxena and S.P. Arora, A text book of Railway engineering, Dhanpat Rai, 2001.
6 Satish Chandra and M. Agrawal, Railway Engineering, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2013.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE 212 Subject Name Water Transportation Planning and Design
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 0 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. Plan and design harbour facilities
2. Estimate Traffic demand for harbour planning
3. Discriminate harbour works, berthing structures and transit sheds
4. Understand repair facilities, port facilities and cargo handling facilities required
5. Design coastal protection facilities
6. Understand navigational aids and inland navigation for safe operations.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Harbour Planning: Types of water transportation, water transportation in India, requirements of
ports and harbours, classification of harbours, selection of site and planning of harbours, location
of harbour, traffic estimation, master plan, ship characteristics, harbour design, turning basin,
harbour entrances, type of docks, its location and number, Site investigations – hydrographic
survey, topographic survey, soil investigations, current observations, tidal observations.
07
2 Harbour Works: Design and construction of breakwaters, berthing structures - jetties, fenders,
piers, wharves, dolphins, trestle, moles, navigational aids, requirements of signals, fixed navigation
structures, necessity of navigational aids, light houses, beacon lights, floating navigational aids,
light ships, buoys, radar.
08
3 Docks and Repair Facilities: Harbor docks, use of wet docks, design of wet docks, repair docks,
lift docks, dry docks, keel and bilge blocking, construction of dry docks, gates for dry docks,
pumping plant, floating docks, slipways, locks, size of lock, lock gates, types of gates.
07
4 Port facilities: Port development, port planning, port building facilities, transit sheds, warehouses,
cargo handling facilities, container handling terminal facilities, shipping terminals, inland port
facilities.
08
5 Dredging and Coastal Protection: Classification, types of dredgers, choice of dredger, uses of
dredged materials, coastal erosion and protection, sea wall, revetment, bulkhead, coastal zone and
beach profile.
08
6 Inland Navigation: Inland waterways, Inland water transportation in India, classification of
waterways, economics of inland waterways transportation, national waterways
07
Reference Books
1 IS: 4651 (Part 5 Layout and Functional Requirements)-1980 Code of practice for planning and design of
ports and harbours
2 IS: 4651 (Part 3 Loading)-1974 Code of practice for planning and design of ports and harbours
3 Bindra, S.P. A Course in Docks and Harbour Engineering, Dhanpat Rai & Sons, New Delhi, India, 1992.
4 Seetharaman, S. Dock and Harbour Engineering, Umesh Publications, New Delhi, India, 1999.
5 Srinivasan, R., Harbour, Dock and Tunnel Engineering, Charotar Publishing House, Anand, India, 2009.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 213 Subject Name Public Transportation Planning and Design
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 0 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. Basic understanding of what transportation planning is, its theoretical backgrounds and applications
2. Skill for collecting data about travel behaviour and analyzing the data for use in transport planning
3. Ability to understand the important concepts about public transport system
4. Ability to work in team and communicate with others effectively for transport related topics
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Development of Public Transit System: Growth history – Urban growth & transit evolution
- Modes of public transport and comparison - Public transport travel characteristics -
Technology of bus, rail, rapid transit systems, and basic operating elements.
06
2 Para Transit: Definition & Classification – Operational characteristics – Role in multi modal
transport system – Evaluation of para transit systems
06
3 Transit Network Planning: Objectives & principles – Network configurations - Intercity and
Regional transit system considerations - Transit lines, types, geometry and characteristics -
Transit routes and their characteristics - Timed transfer networks - Prediction of transit usage -
Network evaluation - Accessibility considerations.
08
4 Transit Design: Passenger demand assessment – Design data requirements & collection –
Frequency & headway determination – Rail operation design – Bus operation design –
Uninterrupted flow – Way capacity & Station capacity –Transit level of service
08
5 Transit Scheduling: Components - Determination of service requirements – Time table
development - Scheduling procedure - Marginal ridership – Vehicle & Crew scheduling.
07
6 Transit Infrastructure Facilities: Location of bus stops - Design of terminals, principles of
good layout - Types of layout - Depot location - Twin depot concept - Crew facilities and
amenities.
05
7 Transit organization: Organisational structure of transit agency - Management and personnel
- Transit system statistics - Performance and economic measures – Operations & fare structures
- Alternative analysis.
05
Reference Books
1 Black, Alan, Urban Mass Transportation Planning, McGraw- Hill,Inc., New York,1995.
2 Ceder, A.,Public Transit Planning and Operation: Theory, Modeling and Practice, B-H Elsevier Ltd., MA,
2007.
3 Khisty C J., Lall B.Kent, Transportation Engineering – An Introduction, Prentice-Hall, NJ, 2005
4 Papacostas C.S. and Prevedouros, P.D., Transportation Engineering & Planning, PHI, New Delhi,2002
5 Vukan, R. Vuchic, Urban Public Transportation: Systems & Technology, John –Wiley & Sons, New Jersey,
2007.
6 Vukan, R. Vuchic, Urban Transit: Operations, Planning and Economics, John –Wiley & Sons, New Jersey,
2005.
7 Vukan,R. Vuchic et. al, Timed Transfer System Planning, Design and Operation: Final Report, The
Program,1983.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE 214 Subject Name Road Safety Audit
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 0 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. To make the students aware of importance of road safety aspects and environmental impacts for
commissioning the highway project.
2. The students should know about Road Safety Audit requirements/guidelines of World Bank and India for
Highway projects.
3. To give the idea for mitigation measures for improving traffic safety and environment.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Introduction to safety: Road accidents, Trends, causes, Collision and Condition diagrams,
Highway safety, human factors, Vehicle factors 06
2 Road Safety Management System: Multi-causal dynamic systems approach to safety, crash vs
accident, road safety improvement strategies, elements of a road safety plan, Safety Data Needs.
08
3 Statistical Interpretation and Analysis of Crash Data: Before-after methods in crash analysis,
Advanced statistical methods, Black Spot Identification & Investigations, Case Studies.
07
4 Road Safety Audits: Key elements of a road safety audit, Road Safety Audits & Investigations,
Crash investigation and analysis, Describe methods for identifying hazardous road locations, Case
Studies.
07
5 Crash Reconstruction: Describe the basic information that can be obtained from the roadway
surface, Understand basic physics related to crash reconstruction, speed for various skid, friction,
drag, and acceleration scenarios, variables involved in jump and flip crashes, variables involved in
pedestrian crashes, Case Studies.
09
6 Mitigation Measures: Accident prevention by better planning, Accident prevention by better
design of roads, Crash Countermeasures, Highway operation and accident control measures,
Highway Safety Measures during construction, Highway geometry and safety.
08
Reference Books
1 Ezra Hauer, Observational Before-After Studies in Road Safety, Pergamon Press, 1997 (reprinted 2002).
2 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), The Traffic Safety Toolbox: A Primer on Traffic Safety, ITE,
1999.
3 J. Stannard Baker, Traffic Collision Investigation, Northwestern University Center for Public Safety, 2002
4 Leonard Evans, Traffic Safety, Science Serving Society, 2004
5 Lynn B. Fricke, Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Northwestern University Center for Public Safety, 1990.
6 Ogden, K.W. Safer Roads: A Guide to Road Safety Engineering. Avebury Technical, 1996.
7 Popkess C.A, Traffic Control and Road Accident Prevention, Chapman and Hall, 1997
8 Rune Elvik and Truls Vaa, The Handbook of Road Safety Measures, Elsevier, 2004.
9 Simon Washington, Matthew Karlaftis, and Fred Mannering, Statistical and Econometric Methods for
Transportation Data Analysis, Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 2003
10 Towards Safe Roads in Developing country, TRL – ODA, 2004
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE 215 Subject Name Intersection Design and Analysis
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 0 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. To learn the concepts of Capacity and LOS.
2. To learn the design of Rotary Intersections.
3. To learn the design control measures for safety on Intersections.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Introduction: General consideration for location of various types of intersection, Principle
of design, Types of manoeuvres, Relative speed, Conflict points and areas, Intersection
geometrics.
09
2 Capacity and LOS: Capacity and LOS concepts, Operational analysis of signalized
Intersections by HCM method, Swedish Method, British Method, Delay and its evaluation.
Priority control and no control intersections, Capacity and level of service of uncontrolled
Intersections.
09
3 Rotary Design and other intersection: Rotary Intersections, Justification, Design factors,
design and capacity, Mini-roundabouts. Weaving Sections, Types, One sided and two sided
weaving sections, Operational evaluation.
09
4 Grade Separated Intersections: Types, Suitability and economic justification, design of
grade separation, Interchange ramps, Capacity of grade separated intersections. Warrants
for signal, Design of signal by HCM, Webster, and IRC method.
09
5 Traffic Signal Design: Warrants for signal design, Design of Signal by H.C.M, Webster
and IRC method, Infrastructure required for installation of signals on two way in area
network level, ITS for smart signals, Pedestrian actuated signals.
05
6 Design Control for safety: Turn control by islands, Pedestrian control, Design of speed
change lanes and median lanes, Intersections signs, Marking and lighting.
04
Reference Books
1 Khisty C.J., “Transportation Engineering, an Introduction”, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1990.
2 McShane W. R. and Roes R.P, “Traffic Engineering”, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1990.
3 Institute of Transportation Engineers, “Transportation and Traffic Engineering Hand Book”, ITE Prentice
Hall, New Jersey, 1976.
4 Hamburger W.S., and Kell J.H., “Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering”, 11thEdition, ITS, California, 1984.
5 Transportation Research Board, “Highway Capacity Manual”, SR-209, TRB, 1985, 1994.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE 216 Subject Name Decision Models in Management
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 0 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. To give the concepts of quantitative methods for management decision and subsequently their applications
in transportation engineering.
2. To provide the basic understanding of simulation process and its applications in transportation
engineering.
3. To make students conversant with shortest path method.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Decision Theory and Management: Concepts, Role of knowledge, Operations Research,
Decision making processes, Deterministic and probabilistic situation, Single and multiple
person decision making.
03
2 Linear Programming: Advanced Methods- Heuristics, Simplex method, duality, Sensitivity
analysis.
07
3 Integer Programming: Gomory’s cutting plane algorithm, Gomory’s mixed integer problem
algorithm, A branch and bound algorithm
03
4 Goal Programming: Introduction, Difference between LP and GP approach, Concept of
Goal Programming, Graphical solution-method of Goal Programming.
02
5 Dynamic Programming: Introduction, Nature of dynamic programming, Deterministic
processes, Non-Sequential discrete optimization, Application of Dynamic Programming in
production scheduling and routing problems.
04
6 Non Linear Programming: Unconstrained and constrained optimization, Kuhn-Tucker
theory, Quadratic programming applications.
04
7 Transportation Problems: Mathematical Model for Transportation Problem, North-West
Corner Method, Least Cost Method, Vogel’s Approximation Method, Test for optimality,
Degeneracy in Transportation Problem, Variations in Transportation Problem.
04
8 Assignment Problems: Mathematical Model for Assignment Problem, Solution Method for
Assignment Problem, Variations in Assignment Problem.
03
9 Queuing Theoury: Basic Structures of queuing models, Poisson queues –M/M/1, M/M/C
for finite and infinite queue length, Non-Poisson queue -M/G/1.
05
10 Simulation: Discrete event simulation; Generation of random variables, simulation processes
and languages.
04
11 Network Models: Shortest path method, maximum flow. Minimum spanning tree problem. 05
Reference Books
1 A. Ravindran, D.T.Philips and J.J.Solberg, Operations Research: Principles and Practice, John Wiley, 2nd
Edition, 1987 2 W. L. Winston, Operations Research: Application and Algorithms, Brooks/Cole, 4th Ed., 1998.
3 H. A.Taha, Operations Research: An Introduction, MacMillan, 5th Ed.,1982.
4 Neylor, T.H., Computer Simulation Techniques, John Wiley, 1st Ed., 1966.
5 N.D.Vora, Quantititative Techniques in management, Tata McGrawhill, 1990.
6 P C Tulsian and V. Pandey, Quantitative Techniques: Theory & Problems, 1ST Ed., Pearson, 2002
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE 217 Subject Name Traffic Flow Theories
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 0 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. To provide the detailed knowledge of traffic flow theories and its procedure.
2. To make the students familiar with analysis of traffic stream using different traffic flow models.
3. To make the students conversant with computer simulation for generating the traffic flow conditions,
which may be useful for dissertation work and for evaluation of traffic improvement measures.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Traffic stream characteristics: Measurement, microscopic and macroscopic Study of
Traffic Stream Characteristics - Flow, Speed and Concentration; Use of Counting, Interval and
Translated Distributions for Describing Vehicle Arrivals, Headways, Speeds, Gaps and Lags;
Fitting of Distributions, Goodness of Fit Tests, gap acceptance.
09
2 Traffic stream models: Fundamental Equation of Traffic Flow, Speed-Flow-Concentration
Relationships, Normalised Relationship, Fluid Flow Analogy Approach, Shock Wave Theory,
Platoon Diffusion and Boltzman Like Behaviour of Traffic Flow, Car-Following Theory,
Linear and Non-Linear Car-Following Models, Acceleration Noise
09
3 Queuing Analysis: Fundamentals of Queuing Theory, Demand Service Characteristics,
Deterministic Queuing Models, Stochastic Queuing Models, Multiple Service Channels,
Models of Delay at Intersections and Pedestrian Crossings.
09
4 Highway Capacity and Level of Service studies : Concepts, Factors Affecting Capacity &
Level-Of Service, Capacity Analysis of Different Highway Facilities, Passenger Car Units, and
Problems in Mixed Traffic Flow.
09
5 Traffic Simulation: System Simulation, Simulation Languages, Generation of Random
Numbers, Generation of Inputs – Vehicle Arrivals, Vehicle Characteristics, Road Geometrics,
Design of Computer Simulation Experiments.
09
Reference Books
1 TRB - SR No.165 - Traffic Flow Theory, Transportation Research Board, Washington - D.C. 2 May, A D., Traffic Flow Fundamentals, Prentice-Hall, NJ
3 Drew, D.R., Traffic Flow Theory and Control, McGraw-Hill, New York.
4 TRB Special Report 209: Highway Capacity Manual, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, 1985.
5 Wohl M. and Martin, B V., Traffic System Analysis for Engineers and Planners, McGraw-Hill, New York.
6 McShane W R & Roess R P, Traffic Engineering, Prentice-Hall, NJ
7 Neylor, T.H. et al., Computer Simulation Techniques, John Wiley.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 218 Subject Name Strategic Management
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 0 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Construction Economics and Finance
Learning Outcome:
After completing the course, students shall be able to:
1. identify various strategies to manage projects
2. Analyse various strategical requirements to execute a projects
3. Maximize profits of a project by adopting optimized strategies according to project scenerio and market
condition.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Strategy and Process: Conceptual framework for strategic management, The concept of
strategy and strategy formation process, stakeholders in business, vision, mission and
purpose, Business definition, Objectives and goals, Corporate governance and social
responsibility
07
2 Competitive advantage: External environment, Porter’s five process model, strategic
group competitive, globalization and industry structure, National context and competitive
advantage resources, capabilities and competencies, core competencies, generic building
blocks of competitive advantage, distinctive competencies, resources and capabilities
durability of competitive advantage, avoiding failures and sustaining competitive
advantage, Case study
12
3 Strategies: The generic strategic alternatives, stability, expansion, Retrenchment and
combination strategies, Business level strategy, strategy in the global environment,
corporate strategy and vertical integration, diversification and strategic alliances, building
and restructuring the corporation, strategic analysis and choice, Environment threat and
opportunity profile, Organizational capability profile, strategic advantage profile,
Corporate portfolio analysis, SWOT analysis, GAP analysis, Mc Kinsey;s 7s framework,
GE 9 cell model, distinctive competitiveness, selection of matrix, balance score card, case
study
14
4 Financial strategies: Growth strategy, stabilization strategy and retrenchment strategy.
Portfolio strategies G.E, B.C.G & Arthur D.Little’s model.
05
5 Strategic implementation and evaluation: The implementation process, Resource
allocation, Designing organizational structure, Designing Strategic Control Systems,
07
Matching structure and control to strategy, Implementing Strategic change, Politics, Power
and Conflict, Techniques of strategic evaluation & control, Case study.
Reference Books
1 William F Glueck, L. R. Jauch, Business policy & strategy, McGraw Hill.
2 Steiner G. & J. Miner, Management policy & strategy. Macmillan New York.
3 Dasgupta A, Sen Guha Government and Business in India, Allied publishers, Calcutta.
4 Mles R. & C, Snow Organization Strategy structure & processes, McGraw Hill.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 219 Subject Name Traffic Facility Design
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 0 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. Design the longitudinal and cross sectional elements of a highway.
2. Design the intersections, interchanges, and parking facilities.
3. Design the facilities for bicyclists and pedestrians.
4. Design parking facilities.
5. Design street lighting systems.
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Geometric design of highways: Design controls and criteria; Design Elements; Cross section
Elements; Geometric standards for Mobility and Accessibility; Landscaping; Optical Design;
Express ways Requirements – Weaving areas, Deceleration and Acceleration Lanes, Ramp
configurations.
10
2 Geometric design of atgrade intersections: Types and their Suitability, Factors Affecting
Design – Design Principles – Data Requirements, Parameters of Intersection Design, Principles of
Channelisation, Functional Classification of Channelising Islands, Island Designs, Delineation and
Approach-end Treatment, Design of Orthogonal, Skewed, Rotary Intersections, Mini Roundabouts
and New Types of Intersections, Location of Bus Stops and Parking Controls, Use of Templates
and Flexi Curves.
10
3 Geometric design of grade separated intersections: Types of grade separations; warrants;
Spacing; Ramps; Control of Access; Design of Merging and Diverging lanes; Design of weaving
sections, Over and Under structures; Vertical clearances; Multiple interchanges.
08
4 Design of bicycle and pedestrian facilities: Bikeways Facilities – Bikeway Design
Specifications – Bikeway Level of Service – Junction Treatments – Bicycle Parking Facilities –
Cycle Network Planning – Pedestrian Facilities – Pedestrian q-k-v Relationships – Walkway
Widths – LOS for Walkways – Subways and Over Bridges – Pedestrian Precincts – Passenger
Conveyors.
07
5 Parking layout and design: Parking Demand Analysis; Design of On – Street and Off – Street
Facilities; Parking lots; Garage Design; Operational Design elements; Entry and Exits; Traffic
Circulation Layout; Design elements for Large Parking generators
06
6 Street lighting: Traffic Criteria and Warranting Conditions; Light Sources, Luminaire Design and
Placement; Design of Lighting Systems. 04
Reference Books
1 L.R. Kadiyali, Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning, Khanna Publishers, 2011.
2 Chakroborty Partha, Das Animesh, Principles of Transportation Engineering, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 1st
Edition, 2009.
3 Roger P. Roess, Elena S. Prassas and William R. McShane, Traffic Engineering, Prentice Hall, 4th Edition,
2010.
http://www.amazon.com/Traffic-Engineering-4th-Roger
Roess/dp/0136135730/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338960921&sr=1-1
4 May, A.D. Traffic Flow Fundamentals, Prentice Hall, 1st Edition, 1989.
5 Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn, Kilareski Walter P., Principles Of Highway Engineering And Traffic
Analysis, Wiley India Pvt Ltd., 4th Edition, 2011.
6 Mike Slinn, Paul Matthews, Peter Guest, Traffic Engineering Design: Principles and Practice, Butterworth-
heinemann, 2nd Edition, 2005.
7 Institute of Transportation Engineers, Traffic Engineering Hand Book; 4th Edition, Prentice Hall., 1991
8 Salter R.J and N.B Hounsell, Highway Traffic Analysis and Design, 3rd Edition, Macmillan.
9 Pignataro L.J., Traffic Engineering: Theory and Practice; Prentice hall, Inc.
10 Bob Williams, Intelligent Transport Systems Standards, Artech House Publishers, 2008.
11 Nicholas J. Garber, Lester A. Hoel, Nicholas J. Garber, Lester A. Hoel, Principles of Traffic and Highway
Engineering, Cengage Learning India, 2nd Edition, 2010.
12 Coleman A. O 'flaherty, Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering, Butterworth-heinemann, 2009.
13 C. Jotin Khisty, B. Kent Lall, Transportation Engineering: An Introduction, Prentice Hall; 3rd Edition, 2002.
http://www.amazon.com/Transportation-Engineering-Introduction-3rd
Edition/dp/0130335606/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339240659&sr=1-1 (Author)
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester II Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 220 Subject Name Contract Management
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 3 0 0 0 3 Theory 60 40 100
Hours 3 0 0 0 0 Practical 00 00 00
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
To provide exposure and knowledge to the students of legal aspects of construction projects, of construction
contract, of issues related to contract administration. To expose students of various disputes resolution techniques
including arbitration. Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Stages in contracting: Preparation of tender documents estimating, pre-qualification, bid
evaluation, award of contract, project financing and contract payments, contracts close out and
completion. Need for documents, present stage of national and international contract documents,
types of construction contracts, roles and functions of parties to the contract.
Contract conditions:
Interpretation by parties to contract, obligations and responsibilities of the parties, protection and
indemnification, bonds and insurance, laws and liens, subsurface conditions, inspection of work,
change of work, rejected work and deficiencies.
18
2 Office Engineering: Proper record keeping in contract administering, establishment of standard
procedures, coordination between various agencies involved, providing data for interpretation of
contract clauses.
Special aspects of contract management.
14
3 Arbitration :
Comparison of Actions and Laws-Agreements, subject matter-Violations-Appointment of
Arbitrators-Conditions of Arbitrations-Powers and duties of Arbitrator-Rules of Evidence
Enforcement of Award-costs. Causes and resolution of disputes, settlement of claims and extra
items, arbitration. Indian Contract Act-1872, Arbitration& conciliation act-1996.
13
Reference Books
1 Mulla, Sanjeeva Rao, B. D. Virmani, B. T. Gajaria, Explanation of Indian Contract Act.
2 Hudson, Handbook of Contracts.
3 Clough Rich arch1986, Construction Contracting, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
4 Prakash V. A., Construction Contract Management, NICMAR, BOMBAY.
5 Keith Collier, Construction Contracts, Prentice-Hall India
6 Glen M Hardley, Contracts & Specifications.
7 Neil Tweedley, Winning the Bid, Pitman Publishing.
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester III Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 301 Subject Name Professional Project
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 0 0 2 0 2 Theory 00 00 00
Hours 0 0 4 0 4 Practical 60 40 100
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
1. Identify and chose appropriate topic of relevance
2. Assimilate literature on technical articles of specified topic and develop comprehension
3. Write technical report
4. Design and develop presentation on a given technical topic
5. Deliver technical presentation on a specified topic
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 There is no specific syllabus for this course. However, student can choose any topic, of his choice,
pertaining to Transportation Engineering. Topic should be a relevant and currently researched one.
Students are advised to refer articles published in current journals in the area of Transportation
Engineering for choosing their project. Student should review minimum of 15 to 20 research papers
relevant to the topic chosen, in addition to standard textbooks, handbooks, etc. Students are required
to prepare a project report, in the standard format and give presentation to the Project Assessment
Committee in the presence of their classmates. It is mandatory for all the students to attend the
presentations of their classmates.
Reference Books
1 Guidelines for the Preparation and Delivery of a Seminar Presentation:
http://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hilder/cs499-900/Presentation%20Guidelines.pdf
2 Guidelines on Seminar Presentation: http://foodsci.rutgers.edu/gsa/SeminarGaudelines.pdf
3 Instructor Resources: Seminar Proposal Guidelines, SAE International;
http://www.sae.org/training/seminars/instructorzone/proposalguidelines.pdf
4 Research Articles / Reports available on Internet
5 Transportation Engineering Journals
6 Transportation Engineering Textbooks and Handbooks
Semester III
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester III Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 302 Subject Name Seminar
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 0 0 1 0 1 Theory 00 00 00
Hours 0 0 2 0 2 Practical 60 40 100
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
1. Identify and chose appropriate topic of relevance
2. Assimilate literature on technical articles of specified topic and develop comprehension
3. Write technical report
4. Design and develop presentation on a given technical topic
5. Deliver technical presentation on a specified topic
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 There is no specific syllabus for this course. However, student can choose any topic, of his choice,
pertaining to Transportation Engineering. Topic should be a relevant and currently researched one.
Topic of seminar should be different than dissertation topic and subjects chosen in the current
semester. Students are advised to refer articles published in current journals in the area of
Transportation Engineering for choosing their seminar topics. Student should review minimum of
5 to 6 research papers relevant to the topic chosen, in addition to standard textbooks, handbooks,
etc. Students are required to prepare a seminar report, in the standard format and give presentation
to the Seminar Assessment Committee in the presence of their classmates. It is mandatory for all
the students to attend the presentations of their classmates.
Reference Books
1 Guidelines for the Preparation and Delivery of a Seminar Presentation:
http://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hilder/cs499-900/Presentation%20Guidelines.pdf
2 Guidelines on Seminar Presentation: http://foodsci.rutgers.edu/gsa/SeminarGaudelines.pdf
3 Instructor Resources: Seminar Proposal Guidelines, SAE International;
http://www.sae.org/training/seminars/instructorzone/proposalguidelines.pdf
4 Research Articles / Reports available on Internet
5 Transportation Engineering Journals
6 Transportation Engineering Textbooks and Handbooks
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester III Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 303 Subject Name Summer Internship
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 0 0 2 0 1 Theory 00 00 00
Hours 0 0 4 0 0 Practical 60 40 100
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
After completing the course, students shall be able to:
1. Define Research Problem Statement
2. Critically evaluate literature in chosen area of research & Establish Scope of work
3. Develop Study Methodology
4. Conduct Laboratory / Field Studies
5. Analyse Data, develop models and offer solutions
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 Six/Eight week summer training on major Transportation or Traffic project, is to be carried at
National/State/Local Government Project level after the Second Semester Examination and
prior to opening of Third Semester and project report on the same is to be prepared & submitted
duly certified by the Project Organization.
Reference Books
1 Conference / Seminar Proceedings
2 Handbooks / Research Digests
3 Journal Publications
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester III Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3 TE 304 Subject Name Dissertation Phase- I
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 0 0 1 0 1 Theory 00 00 00
Hours 0 0 2 0 2 Practical 60 40 100
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
After completing the course, students shall be able to:
1. Define Research Problem Statement
2. Critically evaluate literature in chosen area of research & Establish Scope of work
3. Develop Study Methodology
4. Conduct Laboratory / Field Studies
Theory syllabus
Unit Content Hrs
1 The preliminary dissertation work initiated in Third semester is further extended over fourth
semester to cover up the field studies, data analysis, modeling , if any and research finding
followed by conclusion etc.
The main objective of the dissertation work is to provide scope for original & independent
research to express the ability of using analytical approach or technical investigation.
Thesis is to be prepared by each student under the guidance of faculty supervisor and finally
submitted in six typed bound sets as per the specified time.
The assessment of the dissertation work will be carried out in two stages, first during the
semester for continuous evaluation 60 marks, and final viva-voce exam for 40 marks at the end
of the semester.
Reference Books
1 Conference / Seminar Proceedings
2 Handbooks / Research Digests
3 Journal Publications
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester IV Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 401 Subject Name Dissertation Phase- II
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 0 0 14 0 14 Theory 00 00 00
Hours 0 0 28 0 28 Practical 60 40 100
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
1. Define Research Problem Statement
2. Critically evaluate literature in chosen area of research & Establish Scope of work
3. Develop Study Methodology
4. Conduct Laboratory / Field Studies
5. Analyse Data, develop models and offer solutions
Unit Content Hrs
1 There is no prescribed syllabus. Students are required to search, collect and review various research
articles published in chosen area of research. A student has to select a topic for his dissertation,
based on his/her interest and the available facilities at the commencement of dissertation work. A
student shall be required to submit a dissertation report on the research work carried out by him/her.
Reference Books
1 Conference / Seminar Proceedings
2 Handbooks / Research Digests
3 Journal Publications
Elective subjects-IV
Semester IV
GANPAT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Programme Master of Technology Branch/Spec. Transportation Engineering
Semester IV Version 2.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2018-19 Effective for the batch Admitted in 2018-19
Subject code 3TE 402 Subject Name Execution Training
Teaching scheme Examination scheme (Marks)
(Per week) Lecture(DT) Practical(Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
L TU P TW
Credit 0 0 2 0 2 Theory 00 00 00
Hours 0 0 4 0 4 Practical 60 40 100
Pre-requisites:
Learning Outcome:
Unit Content Hrs
1 Six/Eight week summer training on major Transportation or Traffic project, is to be carried at
National/State/Local Government Project level after the Second Semester Examination and
prior to opening of Third Semester and project report on the same is to be prepared & submitted
duly certified by the Project Organization.
Reference Books
1 Conference / Seminar Proceedings
2 Handbooks / Research Digests
3 Journal Publications