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CA4685 - Traffic and Highway Engineering

Offering Academic Unit
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One Semester
Pre-cursor(s)
Equivalent Course(s)
CA4710 or BC4685
Course Offering Term*:
Not offering in current academic year

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

The course provides some advance information on solving traffic modeling and highway engineering problems. The course content is intended to equip students advance knowledge of traffic modeling and highway design methods. The course covers detailed demand modeling procedures using the four-step models, pavement material testing methods and data, empirical design method for flexible and rigid pavement structure, detailed design procedures for signal-controlled and roundabout junctions. Simple transport economics for analyzing traffic demand and supply.

Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)

Continuous Assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%
Examination Duration: 3 hours
To pass a course, a student must obtain minimum marks of 30% in both coursework and examination components, and an overall mark of at least 40%.
 
Detailed Course Information

CA4685.pdf

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Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering