CS3004:03
Transportation Engineering
Townsville
Prerequisites: CS2005
39 lectures, 26 tutorials. First semester.
Available to civil engineering and engineering technology students.
Transportation Planning and Economics: Fundamentals of urban transportation planning; The four-step planning process; Transportation system evaluation, Transportation systems management.
Geometric Design and Traffic Engineering: Geometric design of streets and highways, intersections and interchanges; Principles of bridge design; Road stream characteristics; Traffic control techniques.
Pavement Technology: Evaluation of pavements and pavement materials; Design of flexible and rigid pavements; Airport pavements and off-shore pavements; Pavement construction; Pavement management systems.
Learning Objectives:
- develop an appreciation of engineering challenges of highway transportation;
- learn the techniques and technologies to develop and maintain the highway infrastructure and to manage ever increasing traffic flows;
- acquire the talents to provide the highest level of road safety and service within existing economic, physical, technological and behavioural constraints;
- learn the provisions of relevant codes and their application in design and planning of highway infrastructure;
- develop an understanding of the critical properties of subgrade soils and pavement materials, and familiarity with specifications and standards for pavement construction;
- acquire the ability to design a variety of pavement types using accepted codes of practice and appreciate the basis behind the mechanistic and analytical procedures used.
Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).