School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Transportation Engineering
  • Unit Code

    ENS5214
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Sanjay Kumar SHUKLA

Description

This unit provides an introduction to the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of highway and airport pavements. An overview of railway track engineering, and the economic and environmental aspects of transportation engineering is also included.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ENS5242, ENS6148, ENS3242

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse pavements and railway tracks incorporating geosynthetics.
  2. Describe appropriate construction and maintenance techniques for various pavement types.
  3. Describe geometries for typical highway and airport pavements and design them to meet required performance and safety standards.
  4. Interpret the appropriate design standards and codes of practice related to pavement construction.
  5. Model and analyse traffic flow models and highway capacity.
  6. Research technological developments in transportation engineering and reflect on their significance to engineering practice.
  7. Specify the technical details of railway tracks.
  8. Work with appropriate software tools to assist in the design and construction of pavements.

Unit Content

  1. Design of flexible highway and airport pavements.
  2. Design of rigid highway and airport pavements.
  3. Economic and environmental aspects of transportation engineering.
  4. Geometric design standards.
  5. Pavement construction and maintenance.
  6. Pavement drainage systems.
  7. Pavement materials and their properties.
  8. Pavements and railway tracks with geosynthetics.
  9. Railway track engineering.
  10. Soil subgrade and stabilised soil pavements.
  11. Traffic engineering elements and facilities.
  12. Traffic flow models and highway capacity analysis.
  13. Transportation development, planning and route selection.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectDesign exercise50%
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory work and reports20%
Examination ^End of semester examination30%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Transportation Engineering
  • Unit Code

    ENS5214
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Sanjay Kumar SHUKLA

Description

This unit provides an introduction to the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of highway and airport pavements. An overview of railway track engineering, and the economic and environmental aspects of transportation engineering is also included.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ENS5242, ENS6148, ENS3242

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse pavements and railway tracks incorporating geosynthetics.
  2. Describe appropriate construction and maintenance techniques for various pavement types.
  3. Describe geometries for typical highway and airport pavements and design them to meet required performance and safety standards.
  4. Interpret the appropriate design standards and codes of practice related to pavement construction.
  5. Model and analyse traffic flow models and highway capacity.
  6. Research technological developments in transportation engineering and reflect on their significance to engineering practice.
  7. Specify the technical details of railway tracks.
  8. Work with appropriate software tools to assist in the design and construction of pavements.

Unit Content

  1. Design of flexible highway and airport pavements.
  2. Design of rigid highway and airport pavements.
  3. Economic and environmental aspects of transportation engineering.
  4. Geometric design standards.
  5. Pavement construction and maintenance.
  6. Pavement drainage systems.
  7. Pavement materials and their properties.
  8. Pavements and railway tracks with geosynthetics.
  9. Railway track engineering.
  10. Soil subgrade and stabilised soil pavements.
  11. Traffic engineering elements and facilities.
  12. Traffic flow models and highway capacity analysis.
  13. Transportation development, planning and route selection.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectDesign exercise50%
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory work and reports20%
Examination ^End of semester examination30%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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