Undergraduate Course: Transport Engineering 3 (CIVE10033)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course will provide selected elements of transportation engineering: long term strategic planning; highway pavements; introduction to high-speed railway engineering.
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| Course description |
Junction Design-1: At grade - Time sharing intersections. Traffic Signal Controlled Intersections, Phase concepts; Intergreen periods; Effective green time; Optimum cycles. Worked Examples
Junction Design-2: At grade - Space sharing intersections. Headway distributions, mean speeds, flow and density; Space mean and time mean speeds. Priority Control Junctions - Roundabouts. Worked Examples.
Long - Term Transportation Planning - Survey & Modelling-1: Define objectives, define type of trip generation model, choose appropriate survey: Sample size & accuracy. Multiple Linear Regression Trip Generation Models & Category Analysis; Trip Distribution - analogous Growth Factor Methods and synthetic Gravity Models. Worked Examples.
Transportation Model Building-2: Modal split. Traffic assignment: Moore's Algorithm all-or-nothing and Multipath Proportional Assignment; Economic Evaluation.
Industry 2-hour Case Study Lecture
Transport System Infrastructure - Highways & Railways: Road Paving Materials; CBR Test; Highway Pavement Design; Railway Track Design & Earthworks; Rayleigh waves & Critical track velocity. Worked Examples
Revision and Surgeries
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Fieldwork Hours 10,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 1.5,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
54 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam %: 50
Practical Exam %: 0
Coursework %: 50 |
| Feedback |
Each student to received feedback on their transport and traffic coursework
General feedback on coursework to be provided either inperson or pre-recorded video |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 1:30 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 1:30 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Undertake analyses in transport planning;
- Undertake both time sharing & space sharing junction design;
- Calculate highway and junction capacities;
- Analyse "Critical Velocities" of railway track;
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Reading List
(1) Highway Traffic Analysis & Design, 2nd edition, RJ Salter; OR Highway Traffic Analysis & Design, 3rd edition, RJ Salter & NB Hounsell (2nd & 3rd editions almost same, word for word) - ebooks in UoE Library
(2) The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation URL: https://www.ciht.org.uk/
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Junction design,Transport planning,Transport system,Infrastructure,Highways,Railways |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Mike Forde
Tel: (0131 6)50 5720
Email: m.forde@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Jennifer Reilly
Tel: (01316) 517073
Email: jreilly4@ed.ac.uk |
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