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Transportation Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 34 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Design for function NOT volume; (Ex. Roads designed only on volume: Briarcrest Drive and Rock Prairie Rd)






2. Provide lateral guidance and support vehicles






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






4. Rate per million entering vehicles






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






7. 11.2 fps^2






8. 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






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






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






11. Superelevation - side friction - radius






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






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






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






15. Grades - length






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Speed without any impacts of delay (TMS)






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






23. 2.5






24. Rate per hundred million vehicle miles of travel






25. Infrastructure - vehicles - operators






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






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






28. Mobility & Access






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






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






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






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






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






34. Average speed of drivers (SMS)