Highway engineering
K W Ogden
4 points * 26 lectures, 13 tutorials, 15 design classes, 8 site visits * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CIV3281
Objectives The student is expected to gain a knowledge of the process and requirements of road planning and design, including environmental and safety effects.
Synopsis 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 Taylor S Y Traffic engineering and management Monash U, 1996
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
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