INS 302 - Highway Engineering

Course Objectives

To Teach Basic Components of Highway
To Road Geometric Standards
To Prepare Route Surveying
To Draw Highway Design Project

Course Description

Fundamentals of Highway Engineering & Highway Transport. Characteristics of Road & Users: Vehicle-Road-Human. Fundamentals of Highway Traffic Flow. Design Controls, Elements of Design, & Design Traffic for Highways. Highway Capacity & Level of Service. Route Location and Horizontal Alignment. Vertical Alignment and Vertical Curves. Horizontal Curves, Superelevation, & Transition Spirals. Fundamentals of Earthworks. Cross-section Particulars: Properties, Area, and Volume. Mass Diagram & Balancing Cut & Fill. Particulars of Earthwork Machinary. Excavators and Dampers Outputs. Calculation of Earthwork Cost. Soil Mechanics for Highway Engineers. Drainage & Drainage Facilities. Urban Roads. Fundamentals of Intersection Design.