CS3004 - Transportation Engineering
[Offered in even-numbered years]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2012 |
| 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 23-Aug-2012 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Bithin Datta |
| Lecturers: | Mr Michael Matheson, Dr Bithin Datta. |
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| 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.