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Given the problems of congestion in built-up urban areas, maximising the efficiency with which highways are planned, analysed, designed and maintained is of particular concern to civil engineering practitioners and theoreticians. This book is designed as an introductory text which will deliver basic information in those core areas of highway engineering of central importance to practising highway engineers.
Highway Engineering is intended as a text for undergraduate students on degree and diploma courses in civil engineering. It does, however, touch on topics which may be of interest to surveyors and transport planners. The book does not see itself as a substitute for courses in these subject areas, rather it demonstrates their relevance to highway engineering.
Highway Engineering is intended as a text for undergraduate students on degree and diploma courses in civil engineering. It does, however, touch on topics which may be of interest to surveyors and transport planners. The book does not see itself as a substitute for courses in these subject areas, rather it demonstrates their relevance to highway engineering.
The book must be focused on its primary readership – first and foremost it must provide an essential text for those wishing to work in the area, covering all the necessary basic foundation material needed for practitioners at the entry level to industry. In order to maximise its effectiveness, however, it must also address the requirements of additional categories of student: those wishing to familiarise themselves with the area but intending to pursue another speciality after graduation and graduate students requiring necessary theoretical detail in certain crucial areas.
The book pays frequent reference to the Department of Transport’s Design Manual for Roads and Bridges and moves in a logical sequence from the planning and economic justification for a highway, through the geometric design and traffic analysis of highway links and intersections, to the design and maintenance of both flexible and rigid pavements. To date, texts have concentrated on either highway planning/analysis or on the pavement design and maintenance aspects of highway engineering.
The book pays frequent reference to the Department of Transport’s Design Manual for Roads and Bridges and moves in a logical sequence from the planning and economic justification for a highway, through the geometric design and traffic analysis of highway links and intersections, to the design and maintenance of both flexible and rigid pavements. To date, texts have concentrated on either highway planning/analysis or on the pavement design and maintenance aspects of highway engineering.
Content:-
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The Transportation Planning Process
Acknowledgements
1. The Transportation Planning Process
2. Forecasting Future Traffic Flows
3. Scheme Appraisal for Highway Projects
4. Basic Elements of Highway Traffic Analysis
5. The Design of Highway Intersections
6. Geometric Alignment and Design
7. Highway Pavement Materials and Design
8. Structural Design of Pavement Thickness
9. Pavement Maintenance
Index
Author Details
Martin Rogers BE, MEngSc, PhD, BA(Public Ad), CEng, MICE, MRTPI,
Chartered Engineer and Chartered Town Planner, has worked in private
practice as well as in local authorities, and was a member of the Dublin
Transport Initiative Study Team that devised the first integrated
transportation plan for the Dublin city region. He joined the permanent
staff at the Dublin Institute of Technology in 1993, was Assistant Head
of School with responsibility for first year engineering from 2010 to
2014, and is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil and
Structural Engineering.
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