B.TechSemester 62022-23Transporation EngineeringKCE-602

Transporation Engineering (KCE-602) - AKTU Question Paper 2022-23

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This is the official AKTU Transporation Engineering Previous Year Question Paper for B.Tech Semester 6, academic session 2022-23. Published by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU/UPTU), Lucknow. Free PDF download — no login required.

Course:B.Tech
Semester:Semester 6
Session:2022-23
University:AKTU / UPTU

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Transporation Engineering (KCE-602) — complete question paper

Section AAttempt all questions in brief. 2 x 10 = 20
  • a
    Which are alignments controlling factors?
  • b
    Write the modes of transportation their utilize medium
  • c
    Which features affect the geometrics of highway?
  • d
    Draw neat sketch of shapes of camber
  • e
    Write the modified definition of ‘Traffic Engineering’
  • f
    Why traffic surveys are taken to help of geometric design?
  • g
    Which type stresses developed in concrete pavements?
  • h
    Why in India give the preference of design of flexible pavement? (i) What is the difference between Bitumen and road tar? (j) Where is prime coat provided?
Section BAttempt any three of the following: 10x3=30
  • a
    Explain the essential requirements which are considered as guiding principles for an ideal highway alignment
  • b
    For ruling design speed and minimum design speed va lues of 100 km/hr. and 80 km/hr.respectively. Calculate the values of ruling minimum and absolute maximum radius of a horizontal curve of a NH in plain terrain
  • c
    There are two vehicles A and B of weighs 4 tonne an d 5 tonne respectively, approaching each other collide at right angles, A f rom South . After the collision A skids in the direction N 40 0 W and B in the direction N 60 0 E. The skid distances of A and B before collision are 36 m and 22 m, respectively, and after collision 16 m and 35m, respectively. If the averag e skid resistance of the pavement is 0.52, calculate the original speeds of the vehicle
  • d
    Define the specific gravity of bitumen and discuss the two methods of its determination
  • e
    What are the methods of construction of cement conc rete roads? Which one is the most popular and why?
Section CAttempt any one part of the following: 10x1=10
  • b
    What are the objects of re -alignment? Write the general principles of re - alignment
  • a
    Give the sketches of the following (i) Cross section of road cutting (ii) Cross-section of divided highway in urban area
  • b
    A descending grade of 1 in 30 meets an ascending gr ade of 1 in 35. Identify the vertical curve and design length of the curve for h ead light sight distance and comfort requirements. Take the design speed as 80 k m/hr. and the allowable rate of change of centrifugal acceleration is 0.65 m/sec3
  • a
    Calculate the spacing between the lighting units fr om the following data to produce average lux of 5.5. Street width= 16 m , Mo unting height =8 m , Lamp size 5000 lumen, Luminaire type =H, Maintenance factor =80 %, Cu =0.44
  • b
    What are the factors which are considered to determ ine the PCU value for a particular class of vehicles?
  • a
    A highway concrete pavements 25 cm thick with trans verse joints at 12 m interval and longitudinal joints at 3.6m interval. The modulus of subgrade reaction is 2.8 kg/cm
  • 3
    Determine the warping stress at interior, edge an d corner regions taking the following data: Temperature diff erential for day conditions =0.5 0 C/cm slab thickness, Radius of loaded area =15 cm, Thermal coefficient of concrete =10 x 10 -6 /o C, Modulus of elasticity of concrete = 3 x 10 5 kg/cm 2, Poisson’s Ratio=0.15
  • b
    Briefly describe the three tests which are carried out in Hveen method. How the Hveen method of bituminous mix design is different from the Marshall method?
  • a
    Differentiate between joint filler and sealing comp ound. Name the few sealing compounds and their characteristics
  • b
    How will you conduct the arrangement of transverse joint? Explain with neat sketch

Question text is extracted from the official AKTU question paper PDF above. Hindi translations are omitted — every question is printed in English in the original paper. Last verified: 2026-08-23.

Repeated Questions — KCE-602

Questions that appeared in more than one session, found by comparing 3 years of Transporation Engineering papers (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)

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Write the modes of transportation their utilize medium

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