Highway engineering
K W Ogden
4 points * 26 lectures, 13 tutorials, 15 design classes, 8 site visits * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CIV3281
Traffic system design. Road design parameters. Geometric design of roads. Road safety. Road planning. Traffic system components.
Assessment
Examinations: 50% * Practical work: 20% * Design: 30%
Prescribed texts
Austroads Rural road design 1989
Ogden K W and Bennett D W Traffic engineering practice 4th edn, Monash U, 1989
Recommended texts
Lay M G Handbook of road technology (2 vols) Gordon and Breach, 1991
Underwood R L The geometric design of roads Macmillan 1992