Civil Engineering
Overview of highway planning, classification, route surveys, and the role of highway engineering in transportation systems.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for highway planning, route surveys, transportation planning, and related calculations.
Principles of designing horizontal curves, calculating required superelevation rates, and ensuring adequate sight distances for safe vehicle operation.
Principles of designing horizontal curves, calculating required superelevation rates, transition curves, widening, and ensuring adequate sight distances.
Design of crest and sag vertical curves, calculating elevations, and ensuring adequate sight distance over hills and under bridges.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for vertical curve elevations, sight distance requirements, and locating high/low points.
Design and function of highway cross-sectional elements including travel lanes, shoulders, medians, and right-of-way.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for cross-section total width calculation, drainage/camber slopes, clear zones, and Right-of-Way.
Core methodologies for collecting, analyzing, and applying traffic data to improve road networks, including volume, speed, and flow modeling.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for traffic volume, speed studies, traffic flow theory, and capacity analysis.
Design, application, and legal requirements of traffic signs, pavement markings, and traffic signals to regulate, warn, and guide road users.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for yellow change intervals, signal warrants, pavement markings, and signal controllers.
Principles of intersection capacity, signalization basics, conflict points, and the design of grade-separated interchanges.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for signal cycle lengths, roundabout capacity, conflict points, and interchange selection.
Properties, classification, and testing of subgrade soils, aggregates, asphalt, and concrete used in pavement construction.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for asphalt mix design, volumetric properties, soil classification, and material selection.
Principles of flexible pavement structure, the AASHTO 1993 design method, Structural Number (SN), and layer thickness calculations.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for Structural Number calculation, layer thickness determination, ESALs, and ESWL.
Structural design of Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) pavements, covering slab thickness, subbase support, and joint detailing.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for rigid pavement thickness, Westergaard stresses, thermal curling, and joint design.
Earthwork operations, equipment selection, quality control during construction, and common pavement distresses and rehabilitation strategies.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for earthwork volumes, compaction, mass haul diagrams, and pavement maintenance.
Fundamentals of the railway track structure, including rails, ties, ballast, subgrade, and the principles of track geometry.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for track components, tie requirements, rail sections, and geometric principles.
Train resistance, required tractive effort, signaling systems, track capacity, and high-speed rail operations.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for train resistance, hauling capacity, turnout geometry, and train control systems.
Principles of airport planning, wind rose analysis for runway orientation, and geometric design including runway length corrections.
Examples and problem-solving walkthroughs for runway length corrections, taxiway geometry, and wind rose analysis.