{"id":17208,"date":"2025-04-02T16:07:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T10:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civileng.helashop.lk\/?page_id=17208"},"modified":"2025-04-02T16:09:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T10:39:26","slug":"ce3180","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/ce3180\/","title":{"rendered":"CE3180"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17208\" class=\"elementor elementor-17208\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfc8cb8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cfc8cb8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a9ad74 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a9ad74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dca34f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"dca34f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n    table {\r\n        border: 1px solid black;\r\n        font-family: Verdana;\r\n        font-size: 12pt;\r\n        border-collapse: collapse;\r\n        width: 100%;\r\n    }\r\n    td, th {\r\n        border: 1px solid black;\r\n        padding: 5px;\r\n        text-align: left;\r\n    }\r\n    @media screen and (max-width: 600px) {\r\n        table {\r\n            display: block;\r\n            overflow-x: auto;\r\n            white-space: nowrap;\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n<\/style>\r\n<table style=\"border-color: black; 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Assessment hrs.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"126\">\r\n<p>38<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"124\">\r\n<p>2<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"129\">\r\n<p>15<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"213\">\r\n<p>95<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"7\" width=\"864\">\r\n<p><strong>Course Aim: <\/strong>To impart knowledge on transportation planning, traffic engineering and management, highway design methods and maintenance techniques.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Intended Learning Outcomes<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n<p>On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to;<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>describe <\/strong>transportation systems and methods of transportation planning and demand estimation.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>characterize <\/strong>and <strong>select <\/strong>appropriate materials for highway construction based on the engineering properties.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>design <\/strong>flexible pavements and highway drainage.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>select <\/strong>appropriate highway maintenance techniques.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>analyze <\/strong>and <strong>interpret <\/strong>traffic data and <strong>select <\/strong>suitable traffic management measures.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"7\" width=\"864\">\r\n<p><strong>Course Content:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Introduction to transportation engineering: <\/strong>Importance of transportation, induction to transportation system and its components, modes of transportation, effect of transportation on economic development<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Basic transportation planning and demand estimation: <\/strong>Basis for transportation planning, introduction to traditional four-stage transport planning process<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Highway construction materials: <\/strong>Introduction to subgrade materials, compaction tests, field compaction procedures, CBR test, production and testing of aggregates, production and testing of bitumen<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Highway designs: <\/strong>Introduction to geometric designs, vertical and horizontal curves, compound curves, setting out of curves, main highway pavement types, empirical methods of flexible pavement designs, design charts, mechanistic methods of flexible pavement designs, introduction to rigid pavement<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Drainage design: <\/strong>importance of drainage in highways, types of drains and culverts, design of surface drainage<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Highway maintenance: <\/strong>Introduction to highway evaluation and maintenance, basic maintenance categories and activities, economic aspects of highway maintenance<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Traffic engineering: <\/strong>Fundamentals of traffic flow, traffic flow theory, speed-flow-density relationships, highway capacity and level of service, field traffic surveys<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Traffic management: <\/strong>Introduction to traffic management and travel demand management.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"7\" width=\"864\">\r\n<p><strong>Teaching \/Learning Methods:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Classroom lectures, tutorial discussions, field surveys<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"7\" width=\"864\">\r\n<p><strong>Assessment Strategy:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr align=\"center\">\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"355\">\r\n<p>Continuous Assessment<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>40%<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"5\" width=\"509\">\r\n<p>Final Assessment<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>60%<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"355\">\r\n<p>Details: <\/p><p>Tutorials\/Fieldwork\/Quizzes &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20% <\/p><p>Mid Semester Examination&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20%<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"167\">\r\n<p>Theory (%)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>60%<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"174\">\r\n<p>Practical (%)<\/p>\r\n<p>-<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"167\">\r\n<p>Other (%)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>-<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"7\" width=\"864\">\r\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Garber, N.J., Hoel, L.A. (2014). <em>Traffic &amp; Highway Engineering<\/em>. 5th edn. Cengage Learning.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u27a2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fricker, J.D. &amp; Whitford, R.K. (2004), <em>Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering<\/em>, 1st edn, Pearson Prentice Hall.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Semester: 6 Course Code: CE3180 Course Name: Transportation and Highway Engineering Credit Value: 3 (Notional hours:150) Prerequisites: None Core\/Optional Core Hourly Breakdown Lecture hrs. Tutorial hrs. Fieldwork hrs. 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