units

CIV5302

Faculty of Engineering

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Engineering

Organisational Unit

Department of Civil Engineering

Coordinator(s)

Dr Alexa Delbosc

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2016 (Day)
  • First semester 2016 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit exposes the student to the fundamentals of the three components to the traffic system: the vehicle, the driver and the road environment. The emphasis is on the application of theory to practice in solving traffic related problems. The unit covers the road traffic system, traffic networks, traffic design elements, intersection design and control and advacned analytic techniques.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  • explain the interactions and role of driver, vehicle and road system
  • apply traffic theories to solve practical traffic related problems
  • analyse a variety of traffic facilities, their capactiy and level of service
  • evaluate the operational performance of each facility
  • develop methods of traffic management and control

Assessment

Continuous assessment: 50%
Examination (3 hours): 50%.
Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Workload requirements

On-campus - 2 hours lectures, 2 hours practice class and 8 hours of private study per week.
Off-campus - 150 hours study

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Chief examiner(s)

Professor Jeffrey Walker