CIV5704 Road and Street Engineering

Contents

• Staffing
• Rationale
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Reference materials
• Student workload
• Assessment details
• Important assessment information
• Assessment notes
• Production date
• PDF version

STAFFING

RATIONALE

The road system in Australia varies from single lane unformed roads carrying low traffic volumes, to multi-lane roads carrying large volumes of traffic. The road engineer must be able to plan, design, and supervise the construction, operation and maintenance of these facilities in order to provide a safe and convenient road network to the community.

SYNOPSIS

This course revises basic principles of road and street engineering introduced in undergraduate programmes. The course also continues the development of principles and techniques of road and street engineering to the post graduate level. Postgraduate development is concentrated in the areas of pavement materials, pavement design, pavement evaluation, traffic surveys and equipment, local area traffic management and intersection design; and some aspects of bituminous surfacing, road construction, traffic control measures and road design.

OBJECTIVES

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. The assessment item(s) that may be used to assess student achievement of an objective are shown in parenthesis. On completion of this course, students should be able to:

1.

design road pavement structures and surfacings (Assignment 1, Exam);

2.

select and supervise the testing of pavement materials (Exam);

3.

supervise the construction of pavements and surfacings (Exam);

4.

evaluate the requirements for road rehabilitation and maintenance (Exam);

5.

organise the execution of, and critically analyse the data from, common traffic engineering studies (Exam);

6.

select and design appropriate traffic control measures, including the design of local area traffic management schemes (Exam);

7.

conceptually design, and supervise the detailed geometric design of intersections (Assignment 1, Exam);

8.

conceptually design, and supervise the detailed geometric design of parking facilities (Exam);

9.

conceptually design, and supervise the detailed geometric design of roads, streets and bicycleways (Assignment 1, Exam);

TOPICS

TEXT and MATERIALS required to be PURCHASED or accessed

ALL textbooks and materials are available for purchase from USQ BOOKSHOP (unless otherwise stated). Orders may be placed via secure internet, free fax 1800642453, phone 07 46312742 (within Australia), or mail. Overseas students should fax +61 7 46311743, or phone +61 7 46312742. For costs, further details, and internet ordering, use the 'Textbook Search' facility at http://bookshop.usq.edu.au click 'Semester', then enter your 'Course Code' (no spaces).

As the USQ Library subscribes to the Austroads Publications Database, both of the above texts may be downloaded in electronic format by going to the USQ Library website, and then to the Austroads website [they cannot be downloaded free without going through the USQ Library website].

Austroads 2003, Rural road design: a guide to the geometric design of rural roads, 8th edn, Austroads Publications, Sydney.

Austroads 2004, Pavement design - a guide to the structural design of road pavements, 2nd edn, Austroads Publications, Sydney.
(2nd revised edition)

Institute of Transport Studies 2003, Traffic engineering and management, Monash University, vol 1&2.

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.

Road planning and design manual (Available: Library Catalogue or by going to the Qld Main Roads site at www.mainroads.qld.gov.au).