Transportation EngineeringTransportation EngineeringCE-3603CE-3603

The University of Lahorewww.uol.edu.pk

Akhtar AbbasAssitant Professor

Transportation Engineering Transportation Engineering

Civil Engineering is a composite of many specific disciplines. – Structural – Waste Treatment – Transportation – Geotechnical – Water Management – Construction Management

TransportationTransportation

HIGHWAY

RAILWAY

AND

RUNWAY

Link: Transportation at work

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGTRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING

COURSE CONTENTS COURSE CONTENTS

• Introduction

• Elements of typical cross section of road

• Type of cross sections

• Lane capacity

• Design speed

HIGHWAYHIGHWAY ENGINEEERINGENGINEEERING

Capacity reducing factorsHorizontal and vertical curvesGrade LineSuper elevation Transition CurveCurve wideningSight distance requirements

HIGHWAY ENGINEEERING HIGHWAY ENGINEEERING

Principles of intersection design for at grade and grade separated intersections

Channelization

Highway construction materials their properties and tests

HIGHWAY ENGINEEERING HIGHWAY ENGINEEERING

Characteristics of drivers, vehicles and road ways

Traffic surveysTraffic controlling devicesHighway illuminationParkingAccident study

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEEINGTRANSPORTATION ENGINEEING

RAILWAY ENGINEERING

RAILWAY ENGINEERINGRAILWAY ENGINEERING

Element of track, Type of GaugesType of rail sections, rail joints creep

and wearing of rails.Fish plate, bearing plates and

checkrails.Types of sleepers, their merits and

demerits, sleeper density, spacing and stiffness of track

RAILWAY ENGINEERINGRAILWAY ENGINEERING

RAILWAY ENGINEERINGRAILWAY ENGINEERING

Types of ballast, requirements for good ballast, renewal of a ballast, formation of single and double track and formation failure.

Selection of site for railway station, layout of stations and yards

Points and tracks, maintenance tool and organization

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGTRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

RUNWAY ENGINEERING

RUNWAY ENGINEERINGRUNWAY ENGINEERING

Airport requirements site selectionAirport classificationAircraft characteristicsRunway length and runway

configurationRunway lightingAirport drainage system

BOOKSBOOKS

Highway 4th Edition by C.A.O Flaherty

Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis 2nd Edition by Fred I. Mannering and Walter P. kilareski

BOOKSBOOKS

Introduction to Transportation Engineering. International Edition by James H. Banks

Transportation Engineering an introduction 3rd Edition by C. jotin Khisty and B Kent Lall

BOOKSBOOKS

Highway Engineering 6th Edition by Paul H. Wright

Highway Engineering 4th Edition by Clarkson H. Oglesby

A policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets 2004

(Green Book)

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

NEXT LECTURE

TRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION

TransportationTransportation

Transportation Engineers design and analyze – Highways, – Railways, – Airports, – Urban and Suburban Road

Networks,– Parking Lots, and – Traffic Control Signal

Systems.

Link: Transportation at work

MARKS MARKS DISTRIBUTIONDISTRIBUTION

MID + FINAL = 60ASSIGNMENTS = 5QUIZES = 13POSITIVE PARTICIPATION IN

LECTURES AND

DISCUSSIONS = 2LAB =20 TOTAL =100

SHEDULE FOR QUIZES AND SHEDULE FOR QUIZES AND ASSIGNMENTSASSIGNMENTS

FIRST QUIZ 20-02-2012 FOR

SECTION A23-02-2012

FOR SECTION BSECOND QUIZ 19-03-2012

FOR SECTION A

22-03-2012

SHEDULE FOR QUIZES AND SHEDULE FOR QUIZES AND ASSIGNMENTSASSIGNMENTS

THIRD QUIZ 23-04-2012 FOR SECTION A

26-04-2012

FOR SECTION BFINAL QUIZ 14-05-2012

FOR SECTION A

17-05-2012

SHEDULE FOR QUIZES AND SHEDULE FOR QUIZES AND ASSIGNMENTSASSIGNMENTS

SUBMISSION DATE

OF FIRST ASSIGNMENT 13-03-2012

SECOND 09-04-2012

THIRD 22-05-2012