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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%).