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Planes, Trains and Automotive Transportation in Civil Engineering

Planes, Trains and Automotive Transportation in Civil Engineering. By: Patrick Hammond Dr. Cosentino Intro to Civ. What?. The specialty area of transportation within Civil Engineering deals with all aspects of the transportation systems in use today.

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Planes, Trains and Automotive Transportation in Civil Engineering

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  1. Planes, Trains and AutomotiveTransportation in Civil Engineering By: Patrick Hammond Dr. Cosentino Intro to Civ.

  2. What? • The specialty area of transportation within Civil Engineering deals with all aspects of the transportation systems in use today. • “The safe and efficient movement of people and goods” • Areas/branches including: highways, streets, mass transit systems, ports, railroads, airfields and harbors.

  3. Highways This branch deals with the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of roads, bridges, and all infrastructure related. The designing of a new road system is a very involved process; including calculating the capacity of the roads, the pollution levels and ithas three main factors to consider: humans, vehicular, and roadways. And one more thing is location, designers must design the new system to navigate the terrain and local environment.

  4. Highways again • With the creation of a new highway system also comes the creation of pollution., like sounds and noises. So to help with this the engineers place sound walls near towns and cities. • The human factor: in the creation of a new highway the engineers must account for the average reaction times of drivers, that’s in braking and steering. Also they must place signs and other visual devices in the right places. • Vehicular factor: the size and weight of vehicles must be taken into consideration in order to accurately calculate the number of lanes and the lane sizes. • One of the biggest factors is the location where the new highway is being built. The location helps determine what type of roads will be built, whether it be lifted/bridges for wet areas or just regular flat roads. • Location also determines the shape the road will take on in its final stages.

  5. Railroads Railroad engineering is another branch of civil engineering that deals with the operation, construction, design, and maintenance of the railway systems throughout the country and world. Mechanical engineering deals with the interaction of the railways with the vehicles and people, while the better civil engineers deal with the infrastructure interaction with the railway. The standard gage, or distance between rails, is 4ft. 8.5 in. The function of the rails is to keep the wheels on the tracks and help distribute the loads and forces acting on the trains. High-speed trains require significantly different track configuration then with the slower freight trains.

  6. More Railroads Bullet Train Freight Train Steam Train Passenger Train Monorail

  7. Airports Airport engineering is the branch of civil engineering that deal with the functions of airport and their terminals. They have to plan for the massive amount of air traffic that is currently in the airs all around the world. Another big factor in the designing of an airport is the location: elevation, climate and the hazards that are present in the area These hazards could be mountains, valleys, or other buildings.

  8. Airports

  9. Work Cited • Answers.com: Wiki Q&A Combined with Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Encyclopedias. Web. 25 Aug. 2010. <http://www.answers.com/>.

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