ENCE 462 – Transportation Engineering II (3)

 

Required course for majors in the civil specialty.

 

Catalog Description:           

Perspectives and economics of transportation systems, rural and urban. Planning and design of highway, rail and air facilities. Spring semester.Lecture 3 hours. .

 

Prerequisites:

ENCE 361, 362 with grades of C or better.

 

Corequisites:

None

 

Textbook/References:

                Transportation Engineering Planning and Design, 4th edition by Wright and Ashford, John           Wiley and Sons, Inc.

                Portions of Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices 2000, FHWA

                Portions of A Policy on Geometric Design Of Highways and Streets, 2001, AASHTO

                Portions of The Roadside Design Guide, AASHTO

                Portions of FAA Regulations on Airport Design

 

Course Objectives: (numbers in parentheses indicate relationship to engineering program outcomes)

At the completion of the course, students will have demonstrated the ability to

·         Design horizontal and vertical alignments including superelevation design.  (4)

·         Design Guardrail length of need and decide how to eliminate obstacles within the clear zone (4)

·         Design pavement structures, both flexible and rigid (4)

·         Design concepts that go into airport planning and design based on FAA regulations (4)

·         Design railroads horizontal and vertical alignments as well as a knowledge of the railroad cross-sections (4)

·         Demonstrate an understanding of traffic flow theory and various traffic control devices (2)

·         Analyze horizontal and vertical alignments including superelevation design (2)

·         Analyze the capacity of various transportation features using the Highway Capacity Manual, 2000 edition, techniques (2)

·         Analyze roadside safety using the roadside safety concept presented in the Roadside Design Guidelines (2)

 

Class Schedule:                    

Lecture one time per week for 150 minutes per class.

 

Topics Covered:

                                 

Week              Topic                                                             

1                     Traffic Control Devices

2                     Geometric Design – Horizontal and Vertical

3-7           Capacity Analysis

8              Roadway Cross-sections

9-11         Roadside Safety

12                  Pavement Design

13                  Airport Design

14                  Railroad Design

 

 

 

Contribution to Professional Component:

Contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics as a 3 credit hour course in engineering sciences and engineering design.

 

Relationship to Program Outcomes:

This course supports engineering outcomes 2 and 4.

 

Prepared by:         Joseph Owino 04/12/03