Introduction
Given the problems of
congestion in built-up urban areas, maximizing the efficiency with which
highways are planned, analyzed, designed and maintained is of particular
concern to civil engineering practitioners and theoreticians. This book is
designed as an introductory text which will deliver basic information in those
core areas of highway engineering of central importance to practicing highway
engineers.
Highway Engineering is intended as a text
for undergraduate students on degree and diploma courses in civil engineering.
It does, however, touch on topics which may be of interest to surveyors and
transport planners. The book does not see itself as a substitute for courses in
these subject areas, rather it demonstrates their relevance to highway
engineering.
The book must be
focused on its primary readership – first and foremost it must provide an
essential text for those wishing to work in the area, covering all the
necessary basic foundation material needed for practitioners at the entry level
to industry. In order to maximize its effectiveness, however, it must also address
the requirements of additional categories of student: those wishing to familiarize
themselves with the area but intending to pursue another specialty after
graduation and graduate students requiring necessary theoretical detail in certain
crucial areas.
The aim of the text is
to cover the basic theory and practice in sufficient depth to promote basic
understanding while also ensuring as wide a coverage as possible of all topics
deemed essential to students and trainee practitioners. The text seeks to place
the topic in context by introducing the economic, political, social and
administrative dimensions of the subject. In line with its main task, it covers
central topics such as geometric, junction and pavement design while ensuring
an adequate grasp of theoretical concepts such as traffic analysis and economic
appraisal.
The book pays frequent
reference to the Department of Transport’s Design Manual for Roads and
Bridges and moves in a logical sequence from the planning and economic
justification for a highway, through the geometric design and traffic analysis
of highway links and intersections, to the design and maintenance of both
flexible and rigid pavements. To date, texts have concentrated on either highway
planning/analysis or on the pavement design and maintenance aspects of highway
engineering. As a result, they tend to be advanced in nature rather than
introductory texts for the student entering the field of study for the first
time.
This text aims to be
the first UK textbook that meaningfully addresses both traffic planning/analysis
and pavement design/maintenance areas within one basic introductory format. It
can thus form a platform from which the student can move into more detailed
treatments of the different areas of highway engineering dealt with more
comprehensively within the more focused textbooks.
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