CE 142: TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING II

Course Syllabus
1st Semester, AY 2017-2018

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Planning and design of transportation facilities; road, rail, air and water transportation. CE 142 THV / THW1
TTh 11:30AM-1PM/1-2:30PM
PREREQUISITE : CE 141, GE 12 ICE 306B
Course Credit : 3.0 units

COURSE GOALS

1) Learn the fundamental concepts of highway planning and design

2) Acquire an overview of rail and air transport planning and design

LECTURER

PALMIANO, Hilario Sean, O. ,Dr. Eng. Consultation Time/Place:

Asst. Professor Mon. to Fri. 9-11am @ ICE 204 (or as per prior arrangement with student)
ICE – Transport Engineering Group Email: hopalmiano@up.edu.ph , seanpalmy@yahoo.com
(Please put [CE142 THV, or THW1] in Subject heading of emails.)

GENERAL CLASS POLICIES

Attendance

Attendance is required and will be checked. A student who is absent for more than 6 times will be given a grade of 5.0
if he or she does not drop the course. Note: The deadline for dropping subjects is on November 14 (Tue), 2017.

Course Requirements

Students will be evaluated on the basis of class participation, long exams and a final exam.

 Class Participation (CP). Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions. Class participation
includes attendance, recitation, homework, problem sets, quizzes, and other class activities.
 Long Exam (LE). There will be THREE long exams. Students are required to submit answer sheets at least a day
before the exam. Note: Schedule of exams will be announced at least 2 weeks before the exam. Queries on
grading of exam will be entertained for a period of one week after the exam result has been returned.
 Final Exam (FE). A student is exempted from taking the Final Exam if the pre-final grade is at least 65%
(equivalent to 2.50), and all long exams have passing grades.

Learning Sources
Lecture notes shall be provided in the form of “pdf” slides/handouts and writings on the board. Below are suggested
reference materials.

References
1. Sigua, Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering
2. Khisty, Transportation Engineering: An Introduction
3. Morlok, Introduction to Transportation Engineering and Planning
4. Yu, Transportation Engineering: Introduction to Planning, Design and Operations
5. Transport Training Center (TTC) Course Notes

Note on Intellectual Dishonesty

Any form of intellectual dishonesty (i.e cheating, plagiarism) will be penalized (grade of 5.0, suspension, and/or as
prescribed by the full force of law).

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COURSE OUTLINE

Highway Transportation
1 Highway Planning CE 142 THV / THW1
1.1 Planning process
TTh 11:30AM-1PM/1-2:30PM
1.2. Route location
ICE 306B
1.3. Traffic projection
2. Geometric Design of Roads
2.1 Design controls and criteria
2.2 Horizontal Alignment (HA)
2.3 Vertical Alignment (VA)
2.4 Combination of HA and VA
2.5 Cross Section
3. Earthwork
FIRST LONG EXAM
Highway Transportation (cont.)
4. Road Pavement Design
4.1 Traffic Analysis for Pavement Design
4.2 TRL Method
4.3 AASHTO Method
5. Design of At-Grade Intersections
5.1 Principles of intersection design
5.2 Elements of at-grade intersection
5.3 Design of elements
SECOND LONG EXAM
Rail Transportation
6. Railway Design
6.1 Introduction to railway engineering / principles
6.2 Elements of railway design
6.3 Design of railways

Airport Engineering
7. Airport Design
7.1 Introduction to airport engineering/ principles
7.2 Airside and landside facilities
7.3 Design of runway orientation, length, and pavement

Other topics

THIRD LONG EXAM

FINAL EXAM

Grading System

The student’s final grade will be computed using:

Pre-Final Grade = 0.80 x (LE AVERAGE) + 0.20 x (CP)

Final Grade (if exempted*) = Pre-Final Grade
Final Grade (if not exempted)= 0.60 x (Pre-final Grade) + 0.40 x (FE)

*Condition for exemption in finals: Pre-final grade >= 65. (Additional conditions may be set by the instructor.)

Equivalent Grading Scale

Final Grade Equivalent Grade Final Grade Equivalent Grade
95 – 100 1.00 70 – below 75 2.25
90 – below 95 1.25 65 – below 70 2.50
85 – below 90 1.50 60 – below 65 2.75
80 – below 85 1.75 55 – below 60 3.00
75 – below 80 2.00 50 - below 55 4.00
below 50 5.00

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