CIVIL ENGINEERING (TRANSPORTATION)

Transportation Engineering Syllabus

This syllabus provides a structured learning plan for Transportation Engineering with a focus on roadway geometry, design standards, and practical use of OpenRoads Designer (ORD) software. Students will gradually progress from basic concepts and geometry to advanced design, superelevation, plan sheets, cost estimation, and final project presentation. The course blends theory with hands-on assignments to ensure practical skill development.

Week 1 – Introduction & Geometry Basics

• Introduction and Transportation Engineering
• Roadway Geometry Features
• Cross Slope, Clear Zone, Right of Way, Property Line
• Design Elements and Standards
• Design Software
• Workspace Development Overview
• Introduction about Project Seed File
• Creating a New Design File
• Tools Introductions
• Introduction to Geocoordinate System
• Define Element Attributes (Active Level, Color, Line Style, Line Weight, Priority, Transparency)
• Assignments 1 and 2

Week 2 – ORD Interface & Design Criteria

• ORD Interface introduction (ORD workflow options, search ribbon, feature definitions tool bar and feature definitions)
• 2D and 3D Embedded views (Introduction to creating 3D embedded view)
• Creating New Model
• Turning ORD Aerial Background Image
• View Attributes
• Element Selection
• Design Criteria (Learn about design standards & design manuals)
• Typical Sections
• Annotation (Place callouts and Text)
• Shade
• Assignments 3 and 4

Week 3 – Horizontal Geometry Design

• Import Existing Ground Terrain
• Geometry Overview
• Horizontal Geometry Tools (Tangents, Simple Curves with 2 or 3 points, reverse curves and compound curves)
• Defining Horizontal Geometry using simple PI points
• Defining horizontal curves between two tangents
• Creating complex geometry elements
• Editing Complex geometry elements
• Defining begin station
• Displaying Station labels and tick marks
• Offset geometry tools (Example constant offsets, variable offsets, taper ratios etc.,)
• Defining Horizontal Rules by locking or snapping to a DNC element
• Defining reverse alignments with reverse stationing
• Defining station equations
• Assignments 5 and 6

Week 4 – Vertical Geometry & Profiles

• Design Mainlines, Frontage Road, Ramp, Cross Street, Driveway, Sidewalk, ADA Ramp
• Various Profile Creation Tools
     • Profile from Surface
     • Quick Profile from Surface (Using multiple surfaces)
     • Differences between using Profile from Surface Vs Quick Profile from Surface
     • Project Profile to Element
     • Project Profile Range to Element
     • Project Extended Profile
     • Profile Intersection Points
• Vertical Geometry Tools & Using “Civil Accdraw” for Profile Design
     • Profile Line Between Points
     • Profile Line to Element
     • Profile Line between Elements
     • Profile Line from Element
     • Profile Curve Between Points
     • Profile Curve to Element
     • Profile Curve from Element
     • Profile Curve Between Elements
• Design Profile of Mainline
• Assignments 7 and 8

Week 5 – Superelevation & Plan Sheets

• Concept about Superelevation
• About Pset, MOTIF
• Sheet Cut
• Plan and Profile Sheet Creation
• Learn to Print Plans
• Generate Horizontal Report
• Assignments 9 & 10

Week 6 – Quantity & Cost Estimation

• Quantity Takeoff
• Prepared Pavement Summary
• Cost Estimate
• Assignment 11

Week 7 – Final Project Presentation

• Final Project Submittal and Presentation

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