Course
| code | CB574 |
| credit_hours | 3 |
| title | Highway Design and Construction |
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| prequisites | CB472 |
| credit hours | 3 |
| Description/Outcomes | Highway classification & process of location ions - Horizontal Alignment and details of geometric design - Vertical alignment and details of geometric design - Principles of traffic flow -Highway level of service (LOS) - Capacity of highway segments , multi-lane and two lanes - At grade intersection , types - Channelization - Intersection Control and traffic Signal Design - Interchanges, types, principles of design examples - Soil engineering for highway design - Bituminous Material - traffic load transformation , Equivalent Single Axle load Concept (ESAL) - Design of flexible Pavements , AASHTO method of design , B‎CBR method of design - Highway construction - Highway Maintenance. |
| arabic Description/Outcomes | |
| objectives | The course objective at introducing the student to the fundamentals of highway Engineering and its relation to the field of transportation. |
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| ref. books | Highway Engineering by C.H. Oglesby and R.G. Hicks Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, NY. Latest EditionrnStandard Handbook for Civil Engineers by F.S. Merrit Publisher: McGraw Hill book NYrnPavement Management for Airports, Roadsand Parking lots by M.Y.Shahin Publisher: Chapman & Hall, New York Latest Edition.rnEgyptian Code for Highway by Ministry of Urban Planning Publisher: Latest Edition.rnTransportation and traffic Engineering Handbook by Institute of transportation Engineers Publisher: Prentice - Hall Londan ", Latest Edition.rnHandbook of Highway Engineering by R.Baker, van Nostrand Reinforced Co Publisher: New York, Latest Edition.rnPavement Management for Airports, Roadsand Parking lots by M.Y.Shahin Publisher: Chapman & Hall, New York Latest Edition.rnEgyptian Code for Highway by Ministry of Urban Planning Publisher: Latest Edition.rnTransportation and traffic Engineering Handbook by Institute of transportation Engineers Publisher: Prentice - Hall Londan ", Latest Edition.rnHandbook of Highway Engineering by R.Baker, van Nostrand Reinforced Co Publisher: New York, Latest Edition.rn |
| arabic ref. books | |
| textbook | Highway Engineering by C.H. Oglesby and R.G. Hicks Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, NY. Latest Edition.rnStandard Handbook for Civil Engineers by F.S. Merrit Publisher: McGraw Hill book NYrn |
| arabic textbook | |
| objective set | combined |
| content set | combined |
Course Content
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Description |
| 1 |
Week No.1: Highway Classification & Process of location Selection.
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| 2 |
Week No.2: Introduction to geometric design of highways, horizontal alignment and super-elevation calculations.
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| 3 |
Week No.3: AASHTO Stopping Sight Distance, Passing Sight Distance, Vertical Alignment, Sag/Crest Vertical Curves.
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| 4 |
Week No.4: Highway Intersections (1, 2).
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| 5 |
Week No.5: Highway Intersections (1, 2). continue.
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| 6 |
Week No.6: Principles of traffic flow & level of services (LOS).
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| 7 |
Week No.7: Capacity of highway Segments I Multi-lane Highway.
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| 8 |
Week No.8: Capacity of highway Segments II Two-lane Highway.
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| 9 |
Week No.9: Capacity of at grade intersection & Design of Traffic Signals.
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| 10 |
Week No.10: Soil Engineering for Highway Design, California Bearing Ratio Test, Bituminous Material, Common tests, MCO, etc.
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| 11 |
Week No.11: Marshall Test for asphalt mixtures and design of mix. Traffic load Transformation & Concept of equivalent single Axle load (ESAL)
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| 12 |
Week No.12: Rigid vs. Flexible pavement & Design of flexible pavement, Classical Methods. Design of Flexible Pavements, AASHTO method, Pavement Management.
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| 13 |
Week No.13: Highway Linear Scheduling technique and application.
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| 14 |
Week No.14: Highway Construction & Equipment.
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| 15 |
Week No.15: Highway Pavement Common Distresses and repair.
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| 16 |
Week No.16: Final Exam.
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