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Highway Engineering,

Edition 1 Planning, Design, and Operations

Editors: By Daniel J. Findley, Bastian Schroeder, Christopher M. Cunningham and Thomas H. Brown Jr

Publication Date: 14 Sep 2015

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This book helps readers maximize effectiveness in all facets of highway engineering including planning, design, operations, safety, and geotechnical engineering. Highway Engineering: Planning, Design, and Operations features a seven part treatment, beginning with a clear and rigorous exposition of highway engineering concepts. These include project development, and the relationship between planning, operations, safety, and highway types (functional classification). Planning concepts and a four-step process overview are covered, along with trip generation, equations versus rates, trip distribution, and shortest path models equations versus rates. This is followed by parts concerning applications for horizontal and vertical alignment, highway geometric design, traffic operations, traffic safety, and civil engineering topics.

Key Features

Covers traffic flow relationships and traffic impact analysis, collision analysis, road safety audits, advisory speeds
Applications for horizontal and vertical alignment, highway geometric design, traffic operations, traffic safety, civil engineering topics
Engineering considerations for highway planning design and construction are included, such as hydraulics, geotechnical engineering, and structural engineering

About the author

By Daniel J. Findley, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Transportation Research and Education, North Carolina State University, USA; Bastian Schroeder; Christopher M. Cunningham, Institute for Transportation Research and Education, North Carolina State University, USA and Thomas H. Brown Jr, Institute for Transportation Research and Education, North Carolina State University, USA

Part 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Introduction
- References
- 1.2 Organization of the Book
- 1.3 Functional Classifications of Highway
- 1.4 Types of Intersections
Part 2. Transportation Planning
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Planning Concepts and Four-Step Process Overview
- 2.3 Trip Generation
- 2.4 Trip Distribution
- 2.5 Mode Choice
- 2.6 Traffic Assignment
- 2.7 Travel Demand Model Applications
- 2.8 Practice Problems
- References
Part 3. Horizontal and Vertical Alignment
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Corridor Selection
- References
- 3.3 Sight Distance
- 3.4 Highway Alignment
- 3.5 Practice Problems
Part 4. Highway Geometric Design
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Design Controls
- 4.3 Basic Highway Segments
- 4.4 Cross-Section Elements
- 4.5 Intersection Design
- 4.6 Interchange Design
- 4.7 Practice Problems
- References
Part 5. Traffic Operations
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Traffic Flow Fundamentals
- 5.3 Uninterrupted Flow
- 5.4 Interrupted Flow
- 5.5 Traffic Signals and Signal Timing
- 5.6 Practice Problems
- References
Part 6. Traffic Safety
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Road Safety Audits
- 6.3 Conflict Analysis
- 6.4 Collision Analysis
- 6.5 Practice Problems
Part 7. Geotechnical
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Soil Sampling and Testing Analysis
- 7.3 Soil Classification
- 7.4 Phase Relations
- 7.5 Compaction
- 7.6 Consolidation
- 7.7 Summary
- 7.8 Practice Problems
Part 8. Structures
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Components of a Bridge System
- 8.3 Steel Beam Design
- 8.4 Hammerhead Design
- 8.5 Column Design
- 8.6 Pile Footing Design
- 8.7 Summary
- 8.8 Practice Problems
Part 9. Hydraulics
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Design Preliminaries
- 9.3 Rational Method
- 9.4 Open Channel Flow
- 9.5 Inlets and Weirs
- 9.6 Flow in Pipes
- 9.7 Practice Problems
Index

ISBN: 9780128012482

Page Count: 722

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