TPG3700 Assignment 1 – 12/04/ 2024
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Module code: TPG3700
Module name: Transportation Engineering, Pavement and Geometric Design
Assessment no: 1 (Written assignment)
Total mark: 150 Contribution to final mark: 10%
Assignment due date: 12th of April 2024
Module lecturer: Walied A. Elsaigh
Graduate attribute assessed: None.
This Assignment consists of 22 MEMO pages, including this cover page.
Instructions:
Honor Pledge: I have neither given nor received aid on the assignment.
Plagiarism is the act of taking words, ideas and thoughts of others and
presenting it as your own. It is a form of theft which involves a number of
dishonest academic activities.
Answer all questions, type and space your work out adequately,
and read the questions carefully.
Assume any missing information and clearly state your assumption(s).
Pay careful attention to the allocated marks.
Your script must be saved with file named as student no, subject
code (For Example: 72111985_TPG3700) and uploaded on Moodle
under assessment 1.
If the information available is not complete please assume, specify
the required value, and continue with the exam paper. Give answers
to three decimal places.
Students must upload their answer scripts in a single PDF file
(answer scripts must not be password protected or uploaded as
“read only” files)
NO emailed scripts will be accepted.
Students are advised to preview submissions (answer scripts)
to ensure legibility and that the correct answer script file has
been uploaded.
Q 6: bonus question of 20 marks. However, total mark obtained by a student will not
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exceed 100% for those who attempt it.
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Question 1
1.1Provision of transportation facilities require the combined skills of various
disciplines. Do a web search to find the conceptual outlines of the
“interdisciplinary breadth of transportation engineering”.
(2)
Answer:
1.2Visit the TRH26 and provide the particulars of a U5b road class. Also provide
its closest equivalent class given in the TRH4.
(3)
Answer:
TRH26: U5b Residential local street (0.5√), carry residential traffic, refuse
vehicles, public transport and single unit delivery trucks (0.5√), traffic volume
< 5000 veh/day (0.5√), short in length of about 1.0 km (0.5√).
Refer to TRH4, page 8, class D or C (√)
1.3Given measured ADT = 10000 veh/day, k factor = 0.11, annual traffic
growth is 5%, directional distribution factor 0.5, and lane capacity
650veh/h,
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1.3.1 Det
ermine the directional design hourly volume after 15 years. (3)
1.3.2 Det
ermine the number of lanes per each direction after 15 years. (1)
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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Module code: TPG3700
Module name: Transportation Engineering, Pavement and Geometric Design
Assessment no: 1 (Written assignment)
Total mark: 150 Contribution to final mark: 10%
Assignment due date: 12th of April 2024
Module lecturer: Walied A. Elsaigh
Graduate attribute assessed: None.
This Assignment consists of 22 MEMO pages, including this cover page.
Instructions:
Honor Pledge: I have neither given nor received aid on the assignment.
Plagiarism is the act of taking words, ideas and thoughts of others and
presenting it as your own. It is a form of theft which involves a number of
dishonest academic activities.
Answer all questions, type and space your work out adequately,
and read the questions carefully.
Assume any missing information and clearly state your assumption(s).
Pay careful attention to the allocated marks.
Your script must be saved with file named as student no, subject
code (For Example: 72111985_TPG3700) and uploaded on Moodle
under assessment 1.
If the information available is not complete please assume, specify
the required value, and continue with the exam paper. Give answers
to three decimal places.
Students must upload their answer scripts in a single PDF file
(answer scripts must not be password protected or uploaded as
“read only” files)
NO emailed scripts will be accepted.
Students are advised to preview submissions (answer scripts)
to ensure legibility and that the correct answer script file has
been uploaded.
Q 6: bonus question of 20 marks. However, total mark obtained by a student will not
1 of 38
, TPG3700 Assignment 1 – 12/04/ 2024
exceed 100% for those who attempt it.
2 of 38
, TPG3700 Assignment 1 – 12/04/ 2024
Question 1
1.1Provision of transportation facilities require the combined skills of various
disciplines. Do a web search to find the conceptual outlines of the
“interdisciplinary breadth of transportation engineering”.
(2)
Answer:
1.2Visit the TRH26 and provide the particulars of a U5b road class. Also provide
its closest equivalent class given in the TRH4.
(3)
Answer:
TRH26: U5b Residential local street (0.5√), carry residential traffic, refuse
vehicles, public transport and single unit delivery trucks (0.5√), traffic volume
< 5000 veh/day (0.5√), short in length of about 1.0 km (0.5√).
Refer to TRH4, page 8, class D or C (√)
1.3Given measured ADT = 10000 veh/day, k factor = 0.11, annual traffic
growth is 5%, directional distribution factor 0.5, and lane capacity
650veh/h,
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, TPG3700 Assignment 1 – 12/04/ 2024
1.3.1 Det
ermine the directional design hourly volume after 15 years. (3)
1.3.2 Det
ermine the number of lanes per each direction after 15 years. (1)
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