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Highway Engineering Course Outline (CoTM) - 3rd Yr

This document outlines a course on highway engineering. The course will focus on developing fundamentals of rural and urban highway design, criteria for highway alignment, and drainage design and construction methods. Topics covered include transportation planning, highway alignment and route surveys, horizontal and vertical geometric design, earthwork quantities, drainage design, and references. Student assessment will consist of attendance, assignments, a term project, midterm exam on horizontal alignment, and a final exam on vertical alignment through drainage design. The instructor is Eyob Mekonnen.

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Highway Engineering Course Outline (CoTM) - 3rd Yr

This document outlines a course on highway engineering. The course will focus on developing fundamentals of rural and urban highway design, criteria for highway alignment, and drainage design and construction methods. Topics covered include transportation planning, highway alignment and route surveys, horizontal and vertical geometric design, earthwork quantities, drainage design, and references. Student assessment will consist of attendance, assignments, a term project, midterm exam on horizontal alignment, and a final exam on vertical alignment through drainage design. The instructor is Eyob Mekonnen.

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AMBO UNIVERSITY
Institute of Technology
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Construction Technology and Management
Course Outline of Highway Engineering

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: ---------------------------HIGHWAY ENGINEERING


COURSE CODE: --------------------------------CEng3201
PRE-REQUISITE: --------------------------------CEng1031
CREDIT/CLASS SCHEDULE: -------------------3- Credit Units/5ECTS

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will focus on developing
 The fundamentals of design and also helps to evaluate various types of rural and urban
highways
 Knowledge of criteria for determining highway alignment
 Knowledge of Drainage Design and method of Construction

1. Introduction to Transportation Planning


1.1. Overview of the highway planning and development process.

2. Highway Alignment and Route Surveys


 Requirements of alignment
 Factors Controlling Alignment
 Engineering Surveys for Highway Location
 Map Study, Reconnaissance
 Preliminary Survey, Final location and detailed survey
 Highway Drawings and Report Profile
 Steps in a new highway projects
 Consideration in Geometric Design of Roads
3. Highway Geometric design
3.1. Horizontal Alignment
 Tangents
 Circular curves
 Transition curves
 Super elevation
 Sight distance
.

 Roads widening
 Friction factors
3.2. Vertical alignment
3.2.1. Vertical curve design
 Sag vertical curve
 Crest vertical curve
3.2.2. Gradients

4. Earthwork Quantity and Mass Haul Diagram


5. Drainage Design and Construction

REFERENCES:

 Wright, P. H. and Karen, D. (2003), Highway Engineering, 7th edition, Wiley.


 Rogers, M. (2003), Highway Engineering, Blackwell Science Ltd.
 Mannering, F. L., Kilareski, W. P., & Washburn, S. . S. (2004), Principles of Highway
Engineering and Traffic Analysis, 3rd edition, Wiley.
 ERA (Ethiopian Roads Authority) (2002), Geometric design Manual.

ASSESSMENT:
 Attendance, Assignment & Project ---------10%
 Term Project------------------------------------20%
 Mid exam --------------------------------------30% (Chap 1-Chap 3 /Horizontal Alignment/)
 Final Exam--------------------------------------40% (Chap 3/Vertical Alignment- Chapter 5/

COURSE INSTRUCTOR:
 Eyob Mekonnen (MSc.),
 Email address: [email protected]
 Phone no. 0912797248

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