"POLITEHNICA" UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA

SYLLABUS

for the course:

“HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING”

(“CAI DE COMUNICATIE TERESTRE SI PODURI”)

FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

DOMAIN CIVIL ENGINEERING

Year of study: II

Semester: 2

Course coordinator: s.l.dr.ing. Cristina Otilia Voicu
Collaborators:
Number of hours / Examination / Credits
Course / Seminar / Practical works / Project / Examination / Credits
14 / - / 14 / - / D / 2
Course status / Fundamental 0 / In the domain 0 / Speciality Q / Complementary 0
Compulsory: Imposed Q Optional 0 / Facultative 0
A. Course Objectives

The course objective is to initiate the student in the domain of the overland communication ways,particulary the highways and the traffic engineering. It aims at providing general technical practical knowledges about the traffic characteristics,prognosis and analisys,also about the particularities of the highways design, construction,maintenance and exploitation .

B. COURSE TOPICS

Introduction (2 hours): General notions about highways. Traffic definition

.Particularities about the highways design,construction ,exploitation (6 hours) : Plan axis of highways;Longitudinal and cross profile; Highways traffic knots;Elaboration of the highwaysprograms; Road systems and adjacent buildings..

Characteristcs of the traffic (2 hours): Intensity,law character, repartition, variation, traffic speed.

Study of the traffic (4 hours): Organization of the traffic studies;Analisys and prognosis of the traffic;Mathematical models foranalisys and prognosis.

C. APPLICATION TOPICS

Determination of the traffic characteristics(2hours).Plan axis, curves connection,longitudinal profile,cross profile of highways. (8 hours).Traffic knots design (4hours).

D. EDUCATIONAL METHODS EMPLOYED

·  Course: lecturing, conversation, explication, demonstration

·  Practical works: explication, example, experiment, simulation, problematisation

E. Evaluation procedure

Distributive evaluation composed of two written tests after 7th week and 14th week; each test contains two theoretical subject(1hour): 60% of the final grade

Homeworks and in-class evaluations during the term: 40% of the final grade

F. REFERENCES

1. NICOARA, I., LUCACI, Ghe. “ Trafic si autostrazi “. Curs. I.P. “ T.V.” Timisoara, 1988.

2. COHEN, S. “ Ingenierie du trafic routier “. Presses de l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris, 1990.

3. *** Normele romanesti pentru proiectarea autostrazilor.

4. *** Dictionar tehnic rutier, Roman – Francez – Englez, editia a VII – a. ISBN 973 – 8572 – 13 – x

G. INTERNATIONAL COMPATIBILITY

- L’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees Paris

- Technical University Munchen

- Technical University Budapesta

Date: 02.04.2011

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT COURSE COORDINATOR

Prof.dr.ing. Ion COSTESCU S. l. dr. ing. Cristina Otilia VOICU

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