INSTRUCTOR: Ms. May Ann Garcia
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course presents the methods and underlying principles for the design and control of the elements of road and railroad infrastructure. Students also become familiar with transportation system terminology, flow analysis, driver, vehicle and road characteristics, and aspects of road geometrics, road construction, drainage, pavements, and maintenance.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLO): At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
CLO1. Discuss the basic concepts of highway and railroad transportation and present how to apply them in civil engineering practice
CLO2. Apply the concepts associated with the geometric and structural design of highway and railway engineering systems.
CLO3. Determining the basic service requirements of highway and detail the procedure to conduct level of service analysis.
CLO4. Develop basic traffic stream parameters and models, traffic flow models, and apply the queuing theory.
Module and Unit Topics
To ensure the accomplishment of the learning outcomes, you need to master the following topics n this course::
Module 1: Introduction to Highway and Railroad Engineering
This module introduces the basic concepts of highway and railroad transportation which focuses on highway development and planning
Module 2: Design of Highway and Railway Engineering Systems
This module is concerned with the geometric and structural design of nhighways and railways. Cross sections, horizontal and vertical alignments, super-elevation and earthworks will be discussed.
Module 3: Basic Service Requirements of Highway
This module covers the different traffic studies to conduct level of service analysis on highways.
Module 4: Analysis of Roads
This module is all about the application of queuing theory to analyze the flow of traffic.