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Transportation Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Term used to describe the way in which highway designers try to fit the highway to the terrain while maintaining design standards fro safety and performance






2. 2.5






3. Multiple curves connected directly together go from large radii to smaller radii (similar to spiral curves)






4. Mobility & Access






5. The distance required to react and brake -- does not impact geometric design until it is applied to the characteristics of design such as vertical curve length






6. Roadways: AASHTO Green Book & TxDOT Roadway Design Manual Rail: American Railway Eng. Ass.






7. Grades - length






8. Interstate - Principal Arterial - Minor Arterial - Major & Minor Collector - Local






9. Rate per million entering vehicles






10. Superelevation - side friction - radius






11. Two curves with different radii connected back to back in the same direction






12. Curves - curves with spirals - broken back - compound curves - reverse curves






13. Asphalt: alligator - longitudinal - reflection - pothole - rutting - pumping --- Concrete: corner breaks - durability cracks - longitudinal crack - joint seal failure - scaling/spalling - blowup






14. Must be able to see far enough to stop before the intersection






15. Uses circular curves for constant radius; curves require superelevation; the length is measured along the curve between its beginning and ending point






16. Average speed of drivers (SMS)






17. Uses parabolic curve for variable radius; length is determined by the rate of change; length along the curve is the projected horizontal distance






18. Must be able to see far enough to be able to cross the road from a stop






19. Distance required to permit control of the vehicle to avoid collisions






20. Design for function NOT volume; (Ex. Roads designed only on volume: Briarcrest Drive and Rock Prairie Rd)






21. Selected speed used to determine the various geometric design features of the roadway (controls your horizontal adn vertical curves)






22. Interstate + Freeway/Expressway - Principal Arterial - Minor Arterial - Collector - Local






23. Interchanges or intersections with unexpected or unusal maneuvers; changes in cross sectionl areas of concentrated demand






24. Speed without any impacts of delay (TMS)






25. Rate per hundred million vehicle miles of travel






26. Provide lateral guidance and support vehicles






27. Sight distance - horizontal alignment - vertical alignment - combo of vert. and horiz. alignment - minimum cross slope - edge radii - ISD - freeway ramp junctions - horiz. and vert. clearances






28. Vertical point of tangency; PVT = PVI + g2^2(L)/2






29. Principal Arterial (freeway is the highest class) - Minor Arterial - Collector - Local Roads and Streets






30. 11.2 fps^2






31. Climate conditions - terrain - type of area (rural or urban); and frequency of slow moving vehicles






32. Infrastructure - vehicles - operators






33. Vertical point of curvature; PVC = PVI - g1^2(L)/2






34. Flexible: asphalt concrete; rigid: portland cement concrete