Highway Design & Construction

Description

Highway classification & process of location selection - Geometric design (horizontal and vertical alignment) - Principles of traffic flow - Highway level of service (LOS) - Highway capacity analysis (multi-lane and two lanes) - Principles of interchanges design - Soil engineering for highway design - Bituminous Material - Traffic load transformation - Equivalent single axle load (ESAL) - Design of flexible pavements - AASHTO method of design - CBR method of design - Highway construction - Highway Maintenance.

Program

B.Sc. in Construction and Building Engineering 160 Cr.Hr.

Objectives

• The course aims at introducing the student to the fundamentals of highway Engineering and its relation to the field of transportation.