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Highway and airport Engineering

Course Code :
SCM 524
Level :
Undergraduate
Course Hours :
3.00 Hours
Department :
Department of Structural Engineering & Construction Management

Instructor information :

Title:Assistant Lecturer
Name: Ahmed Salah Rashad Ahmed Abdelhakk
Office hours:-Hours

Title:Teaching Assistant
Name: Ahmed Taher Abdelhamed Mohamed Yousef
Office hours:-Hours

Area of Study :

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to: - Understand the basic concepts and main principles - Calculate the values of the essential terms - Apply Codes provisions Regarding highway & airport planning classification of highways geometrical design of highway flexible pavement hard pavement pavement maintenance & repair

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Highway and airport Engineering

Introduction to highway and airport planning, Classification of highways, Design controls and criteria, Design of elements in the longitudinal direction, Design of cross sections, Design of At-Grade intersections, Grade separations and interchanges, Types of pavements, Calculation of stresses in flexible and rigid pavements, Types and characteristics of paving materials and mixtures, Equivalent axel loads, Design of flexible and rigid pavement thickness, Introduction to pavement maintenance and repair.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Highway and airport Engineering

Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

1-	Describe the main concept of highway & airport planning
2-	List the main items of classification of highways

b. Intellectual Skills:

1-	Solve problems regarding geometrical design of highway
2-	Design the elements of flexible pavement
3-	Design the elements of hard pavement

c. Professional and Practical Skills:

1-	Draw neat details of geometrical design of highway
2-	Apply Code provisions regarding flexible pavement
3-	Apply Code provisions regarding hard pavement
4-	Prepare technical reports for pavement maintenance & repair

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1-	Work under stress

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Highway and airport Engineering

Course topics and contents:

Topic	No. of hours	Lecture	Tutorial/Practical
Highway & airport planning	8	6	2
Classification of highways	8	6	2
Geometrical design of highway	12	9	3
Flexible pavement	12	9	3
Hard pavement	12	9	3
Pavement maintenance & repair	4	3	1
Revision	4	3	1