Geometric Design of Highways and Airports Lesson Contents

★ Design Controls for Geometric Elements:

✦ Evolution of Transportation

✦ Highway Engineering: Highway Planning

✦ Functional classification of roads

✦ Introduction to Design controls

✦ Design vehicle and Design Driver

✦ Design speed

✦ Design Volume

✦ Sight Distances

✦ Cross section elements

✦ Airport Engineering: Introduction

✦Airport Classification

✦ Factors affecting airport site selection

★ Design of Geometric Elements:

✦ Horizontal Alignments

✦ Horizontal curves

✦ Transition curve

✦ Super-elevation

✦ Vertical Alignments

✦ Grades

✦ Vertical curves

✦ Airport Design

✦ Runway Configuration

✦ Geometric Design of Runway

✦ Airport Drainage System