AR20521: Civil engineering infrastructure 1B: transportation
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWPG 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- International infrastructure design group project (CWPG 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- AR20521 - Coursework - individual design report (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
On successful completion of the unit, you will be able to:
- Apply engineering principles to analyse the behaviour of transport infrastructure systems and their components.(K1,K3)
- Identify civil infrastructure solutions appropriate to the needs and constraints of its direct users and wider society using knowledge from multiple disciplines. (K2, I3)
- Evaluate implications of engineering decision making on the safe and sustainable design of infrastructure systems (K4, PT2)
- Integrate your knowledge of infrastructure design and construction in an unfamiliar design context and reflect upon your design choices as a team. (PT4, I3, PT5)
- Communicate complex information effectively using a variety of methods to specialist and non-specialist audiences. (PT2)
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| Synopsis: | You will be introduced to the principles required to analyse and design transport infrastructure, including transport planning, road design, rail design and bridge design and analysis.
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| Content: | Introduction to and history of transportation infrastructure;
Integration with urban design, safety, active travel and emissions reduction targets;
Fundamentals of traffic flow;
Geometric and structural design of roads;
Railway engineering - systems, constraints and opportunities;
Bridge engineering - systems, constraints and opportunities.
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| Course availability: |
AR20521 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following courses:
Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
- UEAR-AFB11 : BEng(Hons) Civil Engineering (Year 2)
- UEAR-AKB11 : BEng(Hons) Civil Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UEAR-AFB12 : BEng(Hons) Structural and Architectural Engineering (Year 2)
- UEAR-AKB12 : BEng(Hons) Structural and Architectural Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UEAR-AFM11 : MEng(Hons) Civil Engineering (Year 2)
- UEAR-AKM11 : MEng(Hons) Civil Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UEAR-AFM12 : MEng(Hons) Structural and Architectural Engineering (Year 2)
- UEAR-AKM12 : MEng(Hons) Structural and Architectural Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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