CE 361 – Transportation Engineering

 

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Instructor: Fred Mannering, Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907; (765) 496-7913;e-mail: flm@ecn.purdue.edu; links: personal homepage.

Course Summary: The purpose of this course is to provide students with a solid introduction to the principles of transportation engineering with a focus on highway engineering and traffic analysis. The material learned will provide the basic skill set that will allow students to solve transportation problems that are likely to appear in professional practice and on the Fundamentals of Engineering exam (FE) and the Principles and Practice of Engineering exam (PE). The material also serves as foundation for future coursework in transportation should students wish to pursue further coursework in the field.

Time and Location: Spring Semester, Tuesdays/Thursdays 12:00pm-1:15pm, in room Armstrong 1010.

Textbook: Mannering, F., W. Kilareski and S. Washburn (2009) Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, fourth edition, 420 pages. Online price, search inside

Assignments:
Assignment #1 (due Tuesday January 24)
Assignment #2 (due Tuesday February 7)
Assignment #3 (due Thursday February 16)
Assignment #4 (due Tuesday February 28)
Assignment #5 (due Tuesday March 27)
Assignment #6 (due Tuesday April 10)
Assignment #7 (due Tuesday April 24)

In-class design problems:
ICDP-1
ICDP-2
ICDP-3
ICDP-3 solution
ICDP-4
ICDP-4 solution
ICDP-5
ICDP-5 solution
ICDP-6
ICDP-6 solution
ICDP-7
ICDP-7 solution
ICDP-8 with solution and class-modified example 7.9

Exam Schedule and Study Aids:
Final Exam, Thursday May 3, 2012, Physics 114; 3:20pm to 5:20pm; Open Book and Open notes
Solutions to 2012 Final Exam; Average = 63.35%, s.d. = 11.51%
Sample Final Exam from 2011
Final Exam Review Questions

Mid-Term Exam #2, Tuesday April 17, 2012, Armstrong 1010; 12noon to 1:15pm; Open Book and Open notes
Solutions to 2012 Exam #2
Sample Exam #2 from 2011
Exam #2 review questions
In-class solution given to Problem 4.15
In-class solution given to Problem 4.24

Mid-Term Exam #1, Tuesday March 6, 2012, Armstrong 1010; 12noon to 1:15pm; Open Book and Open notes
Solutions to 2012 Exam #1
Exam #1 review questions
Solutions to exam review questions
Sample Exam #1 from 2011
Example Test Problem - Chapter 2
Solution to example Test Problem - Chapter 2
Answers to Chapter 2 & 3 problems
Answers to Chapter 4 & 5 problems

Term Project:
Project overview and format
Due 11am Friday May 4, 2011 in CIVL G175D

Other downloads (password protected):
Solutions - Assignment #1
Solutions - Assignment #2
Solutions - Assignment #3
Solutions - Assignment #4
Solutions - Assignment #5
Solutions - Assignment #6
Solutions - Assignment #7
Problem 3.15 - solution
Problem 3.17 - solution
Problem 5.35 - solution

General downloads:
Course syllabus

Course notes:
Lectures, chapters 1 and 2 (class notes)
Lectures, chapter 3 (class notes)
Lectures, chapter 4 (class notes)
Lectures, chapter 5 (class notes)
Lectures, chapter 6 (class notes)
Lectures, chapter 7 (class notes)

Relevant web links:
Traffic-Signal Video
Need for 16.5ft of overpass height
Reaction time test
Reaction time test II
Mercedes SLS AMG upside down tunnel

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