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    Course Syllabus CE-306: Transportation Planning and Engineering Semester: Spring

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    CE-306 is a 3 credit, core course on Transportation Planning and Engineering offered in the spring semester. The course will provide an understanding of various transportation modes and the planning and engineering principles behind railway, airport, harbor, and road transportation systems. Students will learn to analyze relevant characteristics of railway and airport engineering and complete design problems from their textbook. Evaluation will include assignments, quizzes, a class project, midterm exam, and final exam.

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    CE-306 is a 3 credit, core course on Transportation Planning and Engineering offered in the spring semester. The course will provide an understanding of various transportation modes and the planning and engineering principles behind railway, airport, harbor, and road transportation systems. Students will learn to analyze relevant characteristics of railway and airport engineering and complete design problems from their textbook. Evaluation will include assignments, quizzes, a class project, midterm exam, and final exam.

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    CE-306 is a 3 credit, core course on Transportation Planning and Engineering offered in the spring semester. The course will provide an understanding of various transportation modes and the planning and engineering principles behind railway, airport, harbor, and road transportation systems. Students will learn to analyze relevant characteristics of railway and airport engineering and complete design problems from their textbook. Evaluation will include assignments, quizzes, a class project, midterm exam, and final exam.

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    Course Syllabus CE-306: Transportation Planning and Engineering Semester: Spring

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    Course Syllabus

    CE-306: Transportation Planning and Engineering


    Semester: Spring

    Instructor: Dr. M. Tahir Masood


    Room: Power Lab
    Phone: 03236622342
    E-mail: [email protected]

    Office Hours: 1000hrs to 1200hrs

    Course TA: NA

    Course Description: To provide background knowledge of transportation planning and


    engineering with detailed and thorough understanding of framework of
    various transportation modes.

    Catalog Data: Course Code: CE-306


    Course Title: Transportation Planning and Engineering
    Credit Hours: 3-0
    Course Designation: Core
    No of Sessions per week: 2 (Total 32 sessions)
    Session Duration: 90 minutes

    Course Description: CE-306: Transportation Planning and Engineering, Credits (3-1-4)


    Modes of transportation; Need and scope of comprehensive plan; Phases
    of planning, Principles of planning; Transportation modes; Paratransit.
    Communication (rail-road network & airport), port and harbor facilities,
    street traffic and design; Elements of road;
    Elements of track. Types of gauges; Types of rail sections. Rail joints.
    Creep and wear of rail; Fish Plate, bearing plates and check rails; Types of
    sleepers, their merits and demerits.
    Sleeper density, spacing and stiffness of track; Types of ballast.
    Requirements for a good ballast, Renewal of a ballast. Formation of single
    and double track. Formation failures; Selection of site for a railway
    station. Layout of stations and yards; Modern methods for construction of
    tracks. Maintenance, tools and organization.
    Type & elements of Airport planning, Factors affecting Airport Site
    Selection; Airport Classification; Airport Drainage Systems; Various
    runway configurations.
    Classification of harbours; Ports and harbours of Pakistan; Design
    principles and requirements of harbours; Wharves and jetties;
    Breakwaters and groynes; Channel regulation and demarcation;
    Classification of docks and their construction; Transit sheds and
    warehouses.
    Prerequisite: NIL

    Prerequisites by
    Topics: NIL
    Co-requisite: NIL
    Textbook: Chandola, SP. A Textbook of Transportation Engineering, S. Chand and
    Company, New Dehli.

    References: 1. Horon Jeff, R. Planning and Design of Airports, McGraw Hill, Latest
    Edition. Gregory P. Tsinker, Port Engineering Planning Construction
    Maintenance and Security, John Wiley, 2004.
    2. Per Bruun, Port Engineering, Gulf Publishing, Latest Edition.
    Program Learning
    Outcome: This course is designed in conjunction with the following PLOs.
    PLO 1. Engineering Knowledge: An ability to apply knowledge of
    mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals and an engineering
    specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
    PLO 2. Problem Analysis: An ability to identify, formulate, research
    literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching
    substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural
    sciences and engineering sciences.
    Course Learning
    Outcome (CLO): Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
    CLO 1: To understand the fundamentals of Transportation Engineering
    planning.
    CLO 2: To analyze the principles of railway and airport engineering for
    evaluation of relevant characteristics.
    Mapping of CLOs to
    PLOs and Learning
    Domains:
    Course Program Learning Domain
    Learning Learning
    Outcome Outcome
    CLO-1 PLO-1 Cognitive 2
    CLO-2 PLO-2 Cognitive 4

    Computer Usage: Text book is provided with a MATLAB-based software that is used to
    solve various control system problems.
    Projects /
    Design Activities: The textbook contains various design oriented problems. Students solve
    these problems in exercises and assignments

    Evaluation Criteria: 1. Assignments 10%


    2. Quizzes 10%
    3. Class Project 10%
    4. Mid-Semester Exam 25%
    5. Semester-End Exam 45%

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