2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

CIVE2550 Highway Engineering

10 creditsClass Size: 120

Module manager: Yue Huang
Email: Y.Huang1@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module covers Highway Engineering process including planning and route location, geometric design and structural design, construction, condition monitoring, and maintenance.

Objectives

- Establish a sound understanding of highway design process and fundamental principles such as sight distance and design speed.

- Facilitate acquisition of key knowledge in highway geometry design, vehicle performance and road
pavements.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject (contributing to the AHEP4 learning outcomes indicated between brackets):

1. Knowledge and understanding of different road types in the highway network, awareness of fundamentals of road pavements and developing technologies related to vehicles (M1);

2. Apply a knowledge of mathematics and engineering principles to analyse individual components of highways, such as horizontal and vertical alignment, and discuss the limitations of design approaches, such as land use and road safety (M2 and M3);

3. Design solutions for highway geometry considering social, environmental and economic matters following applicable industry standards and international recognised methods (M4 and M5);

4. Evaluate highway design solutions using an integrated approach and by including life-cycle considerations (M6 and M7).

Skills outcomes
Academic language
Problem solving
Systems thinking
Anticipatory / Future thinking
Core literacy

Syllabus

- Highway planning process
- Hierarchy and functionality of highways
- Principles of route location
- Design speeds and speed limits
- Road geometry including horizontal and vertical alignments
- Pavement design and materials, including maintenance
- Highways construction and maintenance

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	9	2.00	18.00
Seminar	1	2.00	2.00
Private study hours			80.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

Sufficient effort is expected for further reading after each lecture, as well as for seeking relevant literature and collating evidence across a range of sources for completing the coursework. Support to private study will be offered by face-to-face discussions, as well as by VLE forums.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students' learning progress will be monitored by in-class responses and the coursework process. Students will be fully supported during the process of completing their coursework via a variety of channels including physical discussions as well as virtual environment (e.g. VLE forums, e-mails etc). Feedback on coursework performance will be provided assisting the students to understand weakness in the submitted work and suggesting ways that work can be improved.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Project	Geometric design report	30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		30.00

Re-sit - 100% online time-limited assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	3 hr 00 mins	70.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		70.00

Re-sit - 100% exam

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 10/06/2024

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