COURSE OUTLINE
Faculty / Department: Civil Engineering
Course Title: Geometric design of roads and highways Number of Credits: 2
Pre-Requisites : Surveying and soil mechanics
Course Description: The subject will focus on the basic principles of highway design, road geometry and alignment, cross-section design, climatic and environmental factors, aesthetics and adaptation to surroundings.
Course Learning Outcomes : Introducing the basics and principles of road construction and their application in the design and construction of roads.
Class Times : Mondays 14-16 P.M.
Classroom : ۱۰۹ H
Assessment Components (%) :
Exercise: ۱۰% Mid-term exam: 30%
Final exam: ۶۰% Seminar: +
Resources :
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, “Policy on the geometric design of highways and streets” Washington, 2011
- “HIGHWAY ENGINEERING”, Martin Rogers Department of Civil and Structural Engineering Dublin Institute of Technology Ireland, 2003
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Course Title: Geometric design project Number of Credits: 2
Pre-Requisites : Geometric design of roads and Highways
Course Description : The subject will focus on the implementing a geometric design project using the basic principles of highway design, road geometry and alignment, cross-section design, climatic and environmental factors, aesthetics and adaptation to surroundings.
Course Learning Outcomes : Implementing a geometric design project using the basic principles of highway design
Class Times : Sundays 16-18 P.M., Wednesdays 8-10 A.M.
Classroom : office
Assessment Components (%) : Final project: ۱۰۰%
Resources :
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, “Policy on the geometric design of highways and streets” Washington, 2011
- “HIGHWAY ENGINEERING”, Martin Rogers Department of Civil and Structural Engineering Dublin Institute of Technology Ireland, 2003
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Course Title: Iranian National Building Codes Number of Credits: 2
Pre-Requisites : ۷th semester
Course Description : Introduction of Iran Construction Engineering Organization law and Iranian National Building Code, Part 1-22.
Course Learning Outcomes : Introducing the principles of Iran Construction Engineering Organization law and Iranian National Building Code, Part 1-22 to the students.
Class Times : Mondays, 10-12 A.M.
Classroom : ۲۱۳H
Assessment Components (%) :
Exercise: ۱۵%
Final exam: ۵۵% Seminar: 35%
Resources :
- Iran Construction Engineering Organization law.
- Iranian National Building Code, Part 1-22.
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Course Title: Pavement Engineering Number of Credits: 2
Pre-Requisites : Building Materials, Geometric design of road and highways
Course Description: A highway pavement is a structure consisting of superimposed layers of processed materials above the natural soil sub-grade, whose primary function is to distribute the applied vehicle loads to the sub-grade. The pavement structure should be able to provide a surface of acceptable riding quality, adequate skid resistance, favorable light reflecting characteristics, and low noise pollution. The ultimate aim is to ensure that the transmitted stresses due to wheel load are sufficiently reduced, so that they will not exceed bearing capacity of the sub-grade. Two types of pavements are generally recognized as serving this purpose, namely flexible pavements and rigid pavements. This chapter gives an overview of pavement types, layers, and their functions, and pavement failures. Improper design of pavements leads to early failure of pavements affecting the riding quality.
Course Learning Outcomes : Introducing the principles of pavement analysis and design and investigating issues related to maintenance, repair and strengthening of pavements
Class Times : Saturdays 10-12 A.M.
Classroom : ۱۰۴A
Assessment Components (%) :
Exercise: ۱۵% Mid-term exam: 30%
Final exam: ۵۵% Seminar: +
Resources :
۱- “Pavement Analysis and Design”, Yang H. Huang, 2004
۲- “Pavement Engineering, Principle and practice”, Rajib B. Mallick & Tahar El-Korchi, 2009.
۳- “Pavement Design and Materials”, A.T. Papagiannakis & E.A. Masad, 2008.
۴- “Principle of Pavement Engineering”, Nick Thom, 2008.
۵- “Mechanics of Asphalt, Microstructure and Micromechanics”, Lingbing Wang, 2011.
۶- “Hot Mix Asphalt Materials, Mixture Design and construction”, NCAT, 1996.
۷- “Asphalt Pavement”, Patrick G. Lavin, 2003.
۸- “AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures”, ۱۹۹۳٫
۹- “Modeling of Asphalt concrete”, Y. Richard Kim, 2009.
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Course Title: Traffic Engineering Number of Credits: 2
Pre-Requisites : Statistics and Probability, Geometric design of road and highways
Course Description : Traffic engineering is a branch of civil engineering that uses engineering techniques to achieve the safe and efficient movement of people and goods on roadways. It focuses mainly on research for safe and efficient traffic flow, such as road geometry, sidewalks and crosswalks, cycling infrastructure, traffic signs, road surface markings and traffic lights. Traffic engineering deals with the functional part of transportation system, except the infrastructures provided.
Course Learning Outcomes : Introducing the basic principles of Traffic Engineering
Class Times : Saturdays 14-16 P.M.
Classroom : ۲۱۳ H
Assessment Components (%) :
Exercise: ۱۰% Mid-term exam: 25%
Final exam: ۵۰% project: 15% Seminar: +
Resources :
- Roess, Prassas, and McShane, Traffic Engineering, Pearson Prentice Hall, Fifth Edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2019.
- Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2009, http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/kno_2009.htm.
- ۲۰۱۰ Highway Capacity Manual, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2010.
- Gazis, Denos C., Traffic Theory, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, 2002.