CS3004 - Transportation Engineering

[Offered in even-numbered years]

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	School of Engineering

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 Outcomes

• communicate effectively through design and assignment reports and class participation;
• learn and apply some basic science and engineering fundamentals to pavement design, geometric design and traffic engineering;
• understand the principles of sustainable design and development (energy and environmental considerations);
• understand the professional and ethical responsibilities including road safety;
• understand the social, economic, global and environmental elements of the multidisciplinary transportation problems;
• undertake problem identification, formulation and solution;
• utilise a systems approach to complex transportation problems.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coord/Lect:	Dr Rabin Tuladhar.
Contact hours:	65 hours - Lectures, tutorials, demonstrations, practicals, site visits and/or seminars. Refer to Subject Outline for details.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50% - 70%); on-course assessment some of which may be invigilated (30% - 50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.