Core Module Information
Module title: Transport Engineering

SCQF level: 09:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10

Module code: CTR09126
Module leader: Adebola Olowosegun
School School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
Subject area group: Built Environment
Prerequisites

None

Description of module content:

Unit 1 Introduction to Transport Engineering – history of transport, transport professions.
Unit 2 Transport Planning – policy, modelling, appraisal.
Unit 3 Traffic – characteristics, surveys, management.
Unit 4 Intersection Design and Capacity -- priority junction design and capacity (including PICADY), roundabout design and capacity (including ARCADY), traffic signal design and grade separated junctions.
Unit 5 Highway Geometric Design using DMRB – route location, cross-sections, capacity, sight distance, horizontal alignment, vertical alignment.
Unit 6 Pavement Design using DMRB – traffic loading, foundation design, pavement construction design, surfacing.
Unit 7 Pavement Maintenance.
Unit 8 Road Safety – road safety engineering, road safety audits, speed management.
Unit 9 Intelligent Transport Systems
Unit 10 Transport Development Management – development planning, transport assessment, designing streets.

Learning Outcomes for module:

LO1: appreciate the role of transport engineering professionals.
LO2: understand the principles of design and carry out capacity analysis for road junctions.
LO3: carry out the geometric design of highway elements.
LO4: undertake the design of the road pavement layers, understand construction methods, sustainability and road maintenance requirements.
LO5: develop an understanding of road safety engineering, safety audits, and ITS applications
LO6: undertake a transport assessment for a new development.

Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2023/4, Trimester 1, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: FACE-TO-FACE
Location of delivery: MERCHISTON
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Adebola Olowosegun
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)
Face To Face Lecture 36
Face To Face Tutorial 12
Independent Learning Guided independent study 149
Face To Face Centrally Time Tabled Examination 3
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words
Practical Skills Assessment 30 2-6 1 HOURS= 00.00, WORDS= 0
Centrally Time Tabled Examination 70 1 - 6 1 HOURS= 03.00, WORDS= 0
Component 1 subtotal: 30
Component 2 subtotal: 70
Module subtotal: 100

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