Course
| code | CB575 |
| credit_hours | 3 |
| title | Special Topics in Transportation Engineering |
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| prequisites | CB474 |
| credit hours | 3 |
| Description/Outcomes | Airport classification & site ion - Wind data analysis - Airport Configuration and main components - Determination of runway basic length & corrections - Aircraft characteristics components of airport system - Overall airport site Classifications of Airport supporting soil - Design of Airport flexible pavements - Design of Airport Rigid Pavements - Airport lighting - Aircraft refueling, electrical power, navigation marking - Airport safe surfaces - Airport Air traffic, Control System - Instrument landing System - Railway engineering - Railway system - Railway alignment, track elements, Cross section, Platform, length, switching , signaling - Transportation Management System - Transportation Software. |
| arabic Description/Outcomes | |
| objectives | The course is to introducing the student to the fundamentals of Airport Railway planning and design and their relation to the field of transportation. |
| arabic objectives | |
| ref. books | Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers by F.S.Merritt Publisher: McGraw Hill book NY, Latest Edition.rnPavement Management for Airports, Roadsand Parking Lots by M.Y.Shahin Publisher: Chapman & Hall, New York Latest Edition.rnThe Planning and Design of Airports by R.Horonejeff Publisher: McGraw-Hill Co.Inc. Latest Edition.rnStandard Handbook for Civil Engineers by F.S.Merritt Publisher: McGraw Hill book NY, Latest Edition.rn"Egyptian Code for Highways by Ministry of Urban Planning Publisher: Latest Edition.rn |
| arabic ref. books | |
| textbook | The Planning and Design of Airports by R.Horonejeff Publisher: McGraw-Hill Co.Inc. Latest Edition. |
| arabic textbook | |
| objective set | combined |
| content set | combined |
Course Content
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Week No.1: Airport Classification & Site Selection, Wind Analysis & Wind Rose Construction (1, 2).
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| 2 |
Week No.2: Airport Classification & Site Selection, Wind Analysis & Wind Rose Construction (1, 2). continue
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| 3 |
Week No.3: Determination of runway basic length & corrections.
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| 4 |
Week No.4: Aircraft Classification & Characteristics, Components of Airport system & Services (1, 2).
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| 5 |
Week No.5: Aircraft Classification & Characteristics, Components of Airport system & Services (1, 2). continue
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Week No.6: Overall Airport Site I, runway, taxiway, terminal Bldg.
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Week No.7: Overall Airport Site II, Apron gate, Parking lots, strips, Runways and holding aprons configurations (1, 2).
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Week No.8: Overall Airport Site II, Apron gate, Parking lots, strips, Runways and holding aprons configurations (1, 2). continue
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Week No.9: Classification of Airport Soils.
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Week No.10: Design of Airport Flexible Pavements.
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Week No.11: Railway Engineering, Definition, components of railway systems.
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Week No.12: Railway alignment, track elements, cross section, basic of design.
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Week No.13: Railway platforms, length, switching, signaling.
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Week No.14: TMS, Transportation Management System, components, flowchart of analysis.
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| 15 |
Week No.15: Review of Commercial Transportation, Highway, Airport, Railway Software.
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Week No.16: Final Exam.
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