Engineering

CIV3283
Road Engineering
Dr Nirajan Shiwakoti
Building 60, Room 111
Tel: 99055580
E-mail: nirajan.shiwakoti@monash.edu

Welcome to CIV3283!!
Overview of Course Structure
Resources, Teaching & Assessment
Unit Objectives
Overview of Course Contents
Topic 1

Overview of Course Structure

Overview of Course Structure

Course Schedule 12 Weeks covering 10 topics
focused on road design; Guest lecturer in
between
Tutorial/Quiz Problems: 10 % ( 3 individual
assignments)
Preliminary Road Design Report : 40 % (Group)
Final Examination: 50%
YOU MUST PASS THE PROJECTS AND EXAM TO PASS THE COURSE
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Class Courtesies
Questions welcomed at any stage
remember no question is a silly question!
Large class size please have
consideration for me and your fellow
students.

SETU Evaluation
Taught by me

3.9
3.8
3.7Score (Out of 5)
Median
3.6
3.5
3.4
3.3
3.2
3.1
3
2.9

2009

2010

2011
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SETU Feedback (2011)

Positive aspects:
I find the material very interesting and I thought the major project was
interesting!
Good quality of teaching overall. The lecturer is highly approachable so
after class support is available throughout the semester
The Road Design Project was the most challenging project I've ever did
in my whole life
The lecture series helped with learning the several aspects for the
major assignment. Guidelines about how to proceed with the major
project were well executed
Like the positive vibe
The practice classes were very helpful
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SETU Feedback (2011)

Suggestions:
The major project seemed to be too much work at times, especially if
design components would not work...
For a piece of assessment worth under 30% of the unit mark, a report
requiring 200 pages is just too much to ask. It's fine if it were worth in
excess of 50%, but this was not the case
The uses of road engineering software would be more interesting than
using excel to do the major road project
Tutors need to be more prepared

Resources, Teaching & Assessment

Learning Style
Virtual
Online
discussion
forums

Email
Moodle

Static

Dynamic
Lectures
Tutorials
-Projects
-Exercises

Notes
Text books
Handouts

Face-to-Face
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Learning Resources (Moodle)

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Learning Resources
Study Guide
contains all necessary subject info and readings
learning activities and examples
review questions & worked solutions
Lectures ( Every Thursday at S5: 2 to 4 pm)
Tutorial Class (Every Friday)
11 1pm (G29 &33, Building 72)
2 4pm (G37, Building 72)

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Learning Resources - Lectures

Introduce concepts.
Provide worked examples
/ Practice Questions.
Road Project updates.
Review problems from the previous
weeks class.
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Learning Resources Tutorials

Primary opportunity for clarification/more
depth on material presented in lectures.
Some traditional textbook problems to
ensure concepts understood.
Large group-based road design project in
teams of 3 to 4 to learn application of
principles and procedures.

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Tutors: (PG students)

Amir Sobhani (located at Room 126, Building 69 )
Babak Jordehi (located at Room 125, Building 69 )
Hassan Sabzehali (located at Room 125, Building 69)
Kayvan Aghabayk (located at Room 125, Building 69 )
Shelley (Xiaoying Cao) (located at Room 126, Building 69 )

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Availability
1) For the convenience of students I have an open
door policy and as well set aside 2 hours per
week for students to get additional advice.
Consulting time: Monday, 2-4 pm
2) Please try to attend every CIV3283 sessions!!

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Learning Resources

Required Texts:

Austroads (2010) Guide to Road Design Part 3

Geometric Design. Austroads, Sydney.
(GRD - 3)

Recommended Texts:

Ogden KW and Taylor SY (2003). Traffic Engineering and

Management. Department of Civil Engineering, Monash
University, Melbourne.
Underwood RT (1995) Road Engineering Practice.
Macmillan Sth Melbourne.
Underwood RT (1991). The Geometric Design of Roads.
Macmillan Sth Melbourne.
Garber, NJ and Hoel, LA (2002). Traffic & Highway
Engineering. Brooks/Cole

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Assessment (see handouts for details

Tutorial Exercises (10%) (Starts next week)- Individual
submission
Preliminary Design Report (40%) (Starts 5th week) Group
Submission
TOTAL FOR ASSIGNMENTS (50%)
FINAL EXAMINATION (50%)

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Group-work
Group-work accounts for majority of assessment in road
design module.
Form groups of 3 OR 4 by 3rd week the choice is yours!
Email by 3rd Week to Kayvan (kayvan.aghabayk@monash.edu):
Provide with your group member details:
(Name, Surname, and Student ID)
And CC to
nirajan.shiwakoti@monash.edu
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Group Processes for Road Project

Formation
Select teams of three or four - pick members carefully.
Work Distribution
The road project must be accompanied by a work
distribution form detailing contribution of each member.
Good practice to keep notes of meetings for conflict
resolution.

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Unit Objectives

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Unit Objective:
Demonstrate knowledge of the process and
requirements of road planning and design, including
environmental, traffic and safety aspects.
Demonstrate an ability to work professionally and
productively in a workplace environment both
individually and in a team..

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Overview of Course Contents

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Course Overview
Topic_1: Road Engineering in Context.

Topic_2: Road Planning

Topic_3: Road traffic system

Topic_4: Design parameters and standards

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Geometric Design
Topic _5: Horizontal Alignment how we use geometry
for the horizontal layout of a road.

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Geometric Design
Topic _6: Vertical Alignment how we lay out sag and
crest curves to facilitate the smooth
transition between changes in the road
grade

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Geometric Design
Topic_7: Design Form integrating horizontal and
vertical alignment

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Geometric Design
Topic_8: Road Cross-Sections how we establish
acceptable cross-sections; what elements
are involved

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Topic_9 : Road Earthwork To introduce a

systematic way to calculate the amount
of Earthwork

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Topic_10: Road Safety - provision of safe roads

Roadside
Hazards?

Adequate sight
distance?

Provision for
utilities?

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Engineering

QUESTIONS ?

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Engineering

TOPIC _1
ROAD ENGINEERING IN
CONTEXT
Dr Nirajan Shiwakoti
Building 60, Room 111
Tel: 99055580
E-mail: nirajan.shiwakoti@monash.edu

What are the benefits of a good road

network?
Economic growth, access to opportunities.

.

..

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BUTUser Costs Road Fatalities in

Australia
Road crashes cost the Australian community about $27 billion.

Figure: Annual number of Australian road deaths (Source: National Road Safety Strategy)
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Where does Geometric Design Fit in to

Transportation Engineering?
Planning
Design

GEOMETRIC

Pavement
Drainage
Structural

Research &
Experience

Construction

Maintenance

Traffic Operations
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Road traffic as a system

Topic 1

Topic 1 & 2

1) Roadway Functional
Classification

2) Road Design Context

Constraints &
Opportunities

3) System Inputs

Constraints &
Opportunities

&
Design Process

Human (Topic_3)

Design Objectives

Vehicle (Topic_3)

Design Stages

Road System
(Topic_4)

Topic 1
Topic 2

Output
Design Elements
(Topic 5-10)
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1) Roadway functional classification

Roadways multipurpose
Roadways defined in terms of their movement and access
functions.
Facilitates systematic development of highways (e.g.,
Melbourne hierarchy of roads).
Under well-designed systems, road should be hierarchical:
local collector arterial freeway arterial collector
local.
Not a design classification or volume classification
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High Design Standards - Citylink

Higher the functional classification, stricter
the design standards and higher the cost.

citylink here?

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Low Design Standards

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2) Road Design Context

Key considerations of:
how much is spent,
what gets done, and where,
who designs and builds ...
are determined by:
political process (massive expenditure of tax revenue)
institutional factors
planning process

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3) System Inputs to the Design Process

Road Design
Process

Traffic System
Components
(Human-Vehicle-Road)

Inputs
(Research & Experience)
We will discuss this in detail in Topic _3 , here we will focus on
two critical issues:
Range of characteristics
The operating (traffic) environment
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Range of Characteristics
Standard input values
Driver eye height
Vehicle performance
Speed
Reaction time
Etc.

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Operating environment
Physical Environment

Traffic Environment

Social Environment
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Design Process
What are the objectives of design?
SEA
Safety
Efficiency
Amenity
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Design Stages
Conceptual design (phase 0)

Preliminary design (phase 1)

Detailed/Final design (phase 2)

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Design Elements
Horizontal & Vertical Geometry
Carriageway
Roadside/kerb
Road furniture
Intersections
Pavement
Drainage

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Question
Which of the following is TRUE regarding
Roadway functional classification:
(A) Roadway functional classification facilitates
systematic development of highways.
(B) Usually higher the functional classification, stricter
the design standards and higher the cost.
(C) Roadway functional classification is essentially
same as design classification or volume
classification
(D) All of the above.
(E) A, and B
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Practice Questions
a) Why the knowledge of range of characteristics
and operating environment is important in road
design process?

b) What is the purpose of roadway functional

classification?

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By 3rd Week.
Pick 3 or 4 team members.
Email to Kayvan at : kayvan.aghabayk@monash.edu
And CC to
nirajan.shiwakoti@monash.edu

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Summary
Placed the role of the road designer in a
broader context.

Identified the road traffic as a system

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Engineering

QUESTIONS??

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