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CE-864 Geometric Design of Highways & Freeways
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Campus
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SCEE (NIT)
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Programs
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PG
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Session
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Fall Semester 2016
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Course Title
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Geometric Design of Highways & Freeways
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Course Code
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CE-864
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Credit Hours
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3
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Pre-Requisutes
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Course Objectives
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Course Objectives: The Geometric Design of Highways/Freeways deals with the portioning of the physical elements of the roadway according to standards and constraints. The basic objective in geometric design is to provide a smooth-flowing, crash-free facility.
Course Outcomes: The outcomes / aims of the course are as following:
- An ability to apply to highway geometric design the knowledge that critical components of the traffic system – drivers, vehicles, roads and highways, physical environment, and traffic control devises – interact to form traffic streams.
- An ability to apply the concept of capacity and level of service to performance evaluation, design, and planning of freeways, two-lane two-way highways, urban streets and intersections.
- An ability to prepare a presentation file summarizing the tasks the team members have done in the design a highway and an intersection assigned for the term project and present it as a team.
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Detail Content
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- Highway Function. Systems and Classifications, the concept of Functional Classification and Functional System Characteristics.
- Design controls and Criteria. Design Vehicles, Drivers performance and Traffic Characteristics.
- Element of Design. Sight Distance, General Considerations, Stopping Sight Distance, Decision Sight Distance, Passing Sight Distance, Sight Distance for Multilane Highways, Horizontal and Vertical Alignment.
- Cross Section Elements. Pavement, Lane Widths, Shoulders, Horizontal Clearance, Curbs Walkways, Drainage, Traffic Barriers, Medians, and Noise Control.
- Freeways. General Design Considerations, Urban Freeways, Elevated Freeways, Ground-Level Freeways, Combination Type Freeways, Rural Freeways, and Special Freeways Designs.
- At Grade Intersections, Design Considerations and Objectives, Intersection Curves, Design for Turning Roadways, Sight Distances and Traffic Control Devices.
- Grade Separations and Interchanges. Types of Interchanges, warrants for Interchanges and Grade Separations, Adaptability of Highway Grade Separations and Interchanges, Grade Separation Structures, Interchanges Design Considerations, Weaving Sections and Ramps.
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Text/Ref Books
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- Highway Engineering by Oglesby and Hicks. Fourth Edition.
- Highway Engineering by Wright and Raquetta.
- Highways and Buildings by Khalid Hussian Siddiqui.
- Highways Engineering by Gun Charan Singh.
- A policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets - AASHTO Guide.
- Highways by C.A.O Flaherty.
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Time Schedule
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Fall Semester 2015
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Faculty/Resource Person
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Dr. Anwaar Ahmed
PhD,
Purdue University, USA
Discipline: Civil Engineering
Specialty: Transportation Engineering
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