Highway engineering (Unit-2) Geometric design

The unit covers following points - Site Distance: Understand the visibility requirements for safe driving conditions on highways and roads. - Horizontal Alignment: Explore the design principles governing the horizontal curvature of roads to ensure smooth and safe vehicle movement. - Vertical Alignment: Learn about the design considerations for the vertical profile of roads, including grades and vertical curves. - Transition Curve: Understand the purpose and design principles of transition curves, which facilitate smooth transitions between straight and curved sections of roads. - Super Elevation: Explore the concept of super elevation and its design principles for providing additional banking on curved sections of roads. - Setback Distance: Gain insights into setback distance requirements for ensuring safety and maintaining proper clearances between roads and adjacent structures or features.