CS3004:03
Transportation Engineering
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
39 hours lectures, 39 hours tutorials and fieldwork. Semester 2.
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:
- learn and apply some basic science and engineering fundamentals to pavement design, geometric design and traffic engineering;
- communicate effectively through design and assignment reports and class participation;
- undertake problem identification, formulation and solution;
- utilise a systems approach to complex transportation problems;
- understand the social, economic, global and environmental elements of the multidisciplinary transportation problems;
- understand the principles of sustainable design and development (energy and environmental considerations);
- understand the professional and ethical responsibilities including road safety.
Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).