Hobart
This unit has been discontinued.
Introduction
This unit introduces civil engineering students to transportation engineering and its role in modern society, including aspects of the following topics: transport modes and planning; economics of transport; traffic and highway engineering including vehicle characteristics, collection of traffic data, parametric and non-parametric tests applied to traffic engineering problems, headway distributions, gap and delay models, speed and flow relationships, roadway capacity - uninterrupted and interrupted flow, isolated traffic signals, coordinated traffic signals, traffic accidents; environmental problems associated with roads, road design standards, geometric design of roads, pavement materials, design and evaluation of road pavements, maintenance strategies. The aim of this unit is to allow students to develop an understanding of the role of the traffic engineer in traffic planning and operations, designing modern road pavements, and ensuring traffic safety.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Transportation Engineering |
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| Unit code | ENG322 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering School of Engineering |
| Discipline | Engineering |
| Coordinator | Dr Hong Y Liu |
| Teaching staff | Mr Keith Midson |
| Level | Advanced |
| Available as student elective? | No |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
1. Explain model splits between the various transport modes and shockwaves in traffic flow.
2. Design transportation system including intersections and signals using traffic flow concepts, theories and principles including the four step modelling techniques.
3. Design and evaluate road pavements including maintenance strategies to ensure road safety and address the legal, economic and social implications of transportation systems and environmental issues associated roads and road design.
4. Apply road design standards, statistics, and probability concepts to analyse traffic flow data and transportation design especially those at the various types of intersections.
Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
ENG221
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | TBA |
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| Assessment | 4 major assessments: tutorials (10%), Pavement design project (25%), Traffic analysis and design project (25%) and end of semester exam (40$) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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