This course examines planning, design and construction of roads. You will cover a number of topic areas including: road planning, the road traffic environment, design parameters, road geometric design, storm water drainage, road construction and road safety environment. The course also examines issues related to structural design of road pavements, rehabilitation of degraded pavements, geotechnical issues related to pavement engineering, pavement drainage and road surfacing. The types of roads include unbound pavements, asphalt pavements and chemically stabilised pavements.
Course detail
- Prerequisite
- ENG104 or ENG202 or ENG206
- Antirequisite
- ENG422
- Semester of offer Subject to change
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- Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
- Moreton Bay: Semester 1
- Units
- 12.00
- Tuition fee
- 3.2:Science, Engineering, Environmental Studies
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Course outline
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