Recent questions tagged transportation-engineering

Which one of the following statements is TRUE?Cant deficiency is related to train moving faster, and Cant excess is related to train moving slower.Cant deficiency is rela...

The primary purpose of the Windrose diagram is for the design oflength of a runway.orientation of a runway.width of a runway.gradient of a runway.

After applying the correction for elevation and temperature, the runway length is $700 \: \mathrm{m}$. The corrected runway length (in $\mathrm{m}$) for an effective grad...

The point where the road alignment changes from a tangent to a curve is known as $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$Point of deflectionPoint of intersectionPoint of curvePoint of tangency

Match the following in $\textbf{Column I}$ with $\textbf{Column II}$.$$ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Column I} & \textbf{Column II} \\\hline (1) \text{Vehicle Dam...

​​​​​The speed-density relation on a one-way, single lane road is shown in the figure, where speed $u$ is in km / hour and density $k$ is in vehicles / km. The maximum fl...

​​​​​In general, the outer edge is raised above the inner edge in horizontal curves forHighways, Railways, and TaxiwaysHighways and Railways onlyRailways and Taxiways onl...

A car is travelling at a speed of $60 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{hr}$ on a section of a National Highway having a downward gradient of $2 \%$. The driver of the car suddenly ...

The number of trains and their corresponding speeds for a curved Broad Gauge section with $437 \mathrm{~m}$ radius, are$20$ trains travel at a speed of $40 \mathrm{~km} /...

The figure presents the trajectories of six vehicles within a time-space domain. The number in the parentheses represents unique identification of each vehicle.The mean s...

The following data is obtained from an axle load survey at a site:Average rear axle load $=12000 \mathrm{~kg}$Number of commercial vehicles $=800$ per dayThe pavement at ...

For a horizontal curve, the radius of a circular curve is obtained as $300 \mathrm{~m}$ with the design speed as $15 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$. If the allowable jerk is $...

A plot of speed-density relationship (linear) of two roads (Road $\mathrm{A}$ and Road $\mathrm{B}$) is shown in the figure.If the capacity of Road $\mathrm{A}$ is $C_A$ ...

The base length of the runway at the mean sea level $\text{(MSL)}$ is $1500 \; \text{m}.$ If the runway is located at an altitude of $300 \; \text{m}$ above the $\text{(M...

A single-lane highway has a traffic density of $40 \; \text{vehicle/km}.$ If the time-mean speed and space-mean speed are $40 \; \text{kmph}$ and $30 \; \text{kmph},$ res...