TREN3001

TREN3001: Transportation Engineering and Earthworks

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Which units require TREN3001?

TREN3001 is a prerequisite for 2 units.

What is TREN3001 about?

This unit provides an introduction to highway engineering, railway engineering and airport engineering. It examines principles of geometric design of highways, railways, airports and ports, including basic principles of vehicle performance for road pavement design. It introduces earthworks construction with the consideration of earthmoving types, earthwork volumes, mass haul diagrams, soil volume properties, grade and rolling resistance, and assessment of main earthwork equipment and machines with optimisation techniques.

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Unit details

Credits25

Contact Hours4 Weekly

Result TypeGrade/Mark

AreaSchool of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (1092)

Field of Education030909 Transport Engineering

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How this unit is taught

Lecture2 x 2 hours weekly

Prerequisites

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