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This detailed introduction to transportation engineering is designed to serve as a comprehensive text for undergraduate and first-year master's students in civil engineering. To keep the treatment focused, the emphasis is on roadway (highway) based transportation systems, from an Indian perspective.
Coverage includes analysis of those characteristics of vehicles and drivers which affect traffic and the design of traffic facilities; the principles of road geometry design and how to lay a road; characterization and analysis of flows on highways, unsignalized intersections, and signalized intersection; the design principles of traffic facilities; modern problems of mobility, access, and congestion in transit systems; the engineering characteristics of pavement materials; the structural analysis and design of highway pavements; maintenance strategies for highways; and highway economics.
The book includes many figures, worked-out examples, and exercises that highlight practical engineering design considerations.
Coverage includes analysis of those characteristics of vehicles and drivers which affect traffic and the design of traffic facilities; the principles of road geometry design and how to lay a road; characterization and analysis of flows on highways, unsignalized intersections, and signalized intersection; the design principles of traffic facilities; modern problems of mobility, access, and congestion in transit systems; the engineering characteristics of pavement materials; the structural analysis and design of highway pavements; maintenance strategies for highways; and highway economics.
The book includes many figures, worked-out examples, and exercises that highlight practical engineering design considerations.
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Partha Chakroborty Ph.D., is Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. His areas of specialization include optimization in transportation, traffic facilities design, uncertainty modelling in transportation, and traffic flow modelling. He has several publications to his credit in reputed international journals. Dr. Chakroborty is the recipient of various prestigious awards from international bodies for his work in the area of Traffic and Transportation Engineering.
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This detailed introduction to transportation engineering is designed to serve as acomprehensive text for undergraduate as well as first year master's students in civil engineering. In order to keep the treatment focused, the emphasis is on roadways based transportation systems, from the perspective of Indian conditions
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- PublisherPrentice-Hall of India Pvt.Ltd
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 8120320840
- ISBN 13 9788120320840
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages536
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