2. Edition - June 2008
38.90 Euro
2008. 352 Pages, Softcover
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 1-4051-6358-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-6358-3 - John Wiley & Sons








Short description
Highway Engineering provides an introduction to highway engineering for students on degree and diploma courses in civil engineering. The text sets out procedures and techniques needed for the planning, design and construction of a highway installation, while setting them in their economic and political context. Moving in a logical sequence through every aspect of highway construction, this second edition features an expanded section on the basic concepts of traffic analysis and management with worked examples, as well as detailing the development planning process and how highway engineers interact with this.

From the contents
1 The Transportation Planning Process.

2 Forecasting Future Traffic Flows .

3 Scheme Appraisal for Highway Projects.

4 Basic elements of highway traffic analysis.

5 Determining the capacity of a highway .

6 The Design of Highway Intersections.

7 Geometric Alignment and Design .

8 Highway Pavement Materials and Design.

9 Structural Design of Pavement Thickness.

10 Pavement Maintenance.

11 The highway engineer and the development process