MIRPUR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MUST), MIRPUR
DEPARMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND ENGINEERING
CE-361
Course Instructor
Engr. Junaid Tariq Jarral
(LECTURER)
Date:
COURSE DESCRIPTION
• COURSE CODE: CE-361
• COURSE NAME: Transportation planning and Engineering
• CREDIT HOURS: Theory = 3
Practical = 0
Total =3
• CONTACT HOURS: Theory = 48
Practical = 0
Total = 48
• PREREQUISITES: Nil
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
• MODE OF TEACHING:
• Instruction: Three hours of lecture per week 100%
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
• To give students sufficient knowledge and understanding so that they can figure
out how scientific and technical knowledge combine to pave way for an efficient
transportation system/service.
• To provide students with detailed knowledge about various transportation
systems so that they can practically understand a problem and work ways for its
solution.
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PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
RELEVANT PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs):
The course is designed so that students achieve following PLOs:
1 Engineering Knowledge: 7 Environment and Sustainability: ☐
2 Problem Analysis: 8 Ethics: ☐
3 Design/Development of Solutions: ☐ 9 Individual and Team Work: ☐
4 Investigation: ☐ 10 Communication: ☐
5 Modern Tool Usage: ☐ 11 Project Management: ☐
6 The Engineer and Society: ☐ 12 Lifelong Learning: ☐
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs):
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
Taxonomy
[Link] CLO Domain PLO
Level
Explain concepts of Transportation Systems and its
1 Cognitive 2 1
Planning.
Compute various basic
2 Cognitive 3 2
parameters related to Airport and Railway Engineering
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COURSE SCHEDULE
Week
/Lecture Topics
.
1
Introduction to Transportation Systems and Planning
Modes of Transportation, need and scope of Comprehensive Plan, Phases of Planning
2
Principles of Planning, Communication (Road Network, Rail Road Network and Airport), Port and Harbor Facilities.
3 Introduction to Design Aspects
4 Overview of Mass Transit Systems
5
Railway Engineering
Elements of Track, Types of Gauges, Types of Rail Sections, Rail Joints, Creep and Wear of Rail, Fish Plate Bearing Plates and Check
Rails.
6 Types of Sleepers, their merits and demerits, Sleeper Density Spacing and Stiffness of Track.
7
Types of Ballast, Requirement of Good Ballast, Renewal of Ballast.
Formation of Single and Double Track.
Selection of Site for a railway Station.
8
Layout of Station and Yards
Modern Methods for Construction of Tracks
Maintenance, Tools and Organization.
Introduction to design Aspect
Points and Crossings
Signalization and Navigation.
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COURSE SCHEDULE
9
Airport Engineering
Types an Elements of Airport Planning
Factors affecting Airport Site Selection
10
Airport Classification
Airport Drainage Systems
11 Various Runway Configurations
Introduction to Design Aspect
12 Instrument Landing Systems (ILS)
13-14
Ports and Harbour Engineering
Classifications of Harbours
Ports and Harbours of Pakistan
Design Principles and Requirements of Harbours
15 Wharves and Jetti es
Breakwaters and Groynes
Channel Regulation and Demarcation
16
Types of Docks and their Construction
17 End Semester Exam
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COURSE TEXTBOOKS
• Jason C. Yu, Transportation Engineering Introduction to Planning, Design and
Operations, Elsevier Science Ltd. (June 1982).
• Gregory P. Tsinker, AirPort Engineering Planning Construction Maintenance
and Security, John Wiley, 2004.
• William Walter Hey, Railway Engineering, Wiley; 2nd Edition (June 16,1982)
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GRADING POLICY
Mid Term: [30%]
Quizzes: [10%]
Assignments: [10%]
Final Exam: [50%]
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THANKS
