Abstract: | Introduction to Transportation Engineering ( 4 lectures )
• Elements of Transportation Engineering (e.g.: vehicle, dr iver, way, terminal, and control) • Transportation modes • Development and transportation • Various aspects of transportation engineering (e.g., pavement design, traffic engineering, transport planning, public transportation, etc.)
Layout, Orientation, and Geometric Design (12 lectures )
• Geometric Design of highways and railways (e.g., horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, etc.) • Geometry of hill roads • Orientation of runways, and geometry of taxiways • Curve layout
Pavements and Rail Tracks (12 lectures )
• Types of pavements • Analysis and design of flexible pavements • Pavement drainage • Construction and maintenance of flexible pavements • Introduction to design of rail tracks
Traffic Engineering ( 7 lectures )
• Parameters characterizing traffic flow (e.g. density, speed, flow) • Data collection techniques for traffic parameters and delay studies • Introduction to traffic flow theory (including description of speed-density, speed-flow, and flow density relations) • Introductions to concept of capacity and level of service
Transportation and the Environment (5 lectures )
Course Outline for Transportation II
Overview of Transportation ( I3 lectures )
• Basic concepts of pavement analysis and design • Basic concepts of traffic engineering
Pavements (12 lectures )
• Cement as a pavement material • Analysis and design of rigid pavements • Design of runways, taxiways, apron, etc. • Construction of rigid pavements • Quality control in pavement construction • Comparative study of rigid versus flexible pavements • Modern materials in pavements
Traffic Engineering (12 lectures )
• Theory of uninterrupted and interrupted traffic flow • Delay analysis • Capacity and level-of-service analysis for various facilities • Design of traffic facilities (like, expressways, channelization, unsignalized and signalized intersections, airport circulation, parking facilities, etc.)
Travel demand analysis and transportation planning (10 lectures )
• The planning process • Sequential demand analysis • Models of trip generation, distribution, traffic assignment, and modal split
Transportation economics ( 3 lectures ) |