Transportation Engineering
| Title | Συγκοινωνιακή τεχνική / Transportation Engineering |
| Code | 05YC030 |
| Faculty | Engineering |
| School | Rural and Surveying Engineering |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Sokratis Basbas |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600025749 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Agronómōn kai Topográfōn Mīchanikṓn (2025-sīmera)
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | Core Courses | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Class ID | 600292875
|
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
- General Knowledge
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600292875
- At the Website of the School: http://e-topo.web.auth.gr
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Learning basic concepts of the urban transportation system. Understanding characteristic traffic elements and their fundamental interrelation. Understanding the concept of traffic capacity, the parameters affecting capacity and the calculation of the capacity. Understanding the concept of signalized isolated intersection. Learning calculation of signal timing for isolated intersection.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Transportation studies. Definition of a transportation system. Transport organization in Greece and abroad. Traffic and trip characteristics. Vehicles, road networks, terminals. Traffic flow theory. Traffic counts techniques. Fundamental elements of traffic and their interrelation. Determination of traffic capacity. Techniques for traffic control: signing, traffic signals.
Keywords
transportation engineering, traffic capacity, traffic lights, traffic flow
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 52 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 20 | ✓ | |||
| Project | 25 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 13.5 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 110.5 |
Student Assessment
Description
Written examination (80% of the total grading) and examination of the essay (20% of the total grading).
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
«Σχεδιασμός των Μεταφορών και Κυκλοφοριακή Τεχνική - Τόμος 1» των Ι. Μ. Φραντζεσκάκη, Γ. Α. Γιαννόπουλου, ISBN: 978-960-6647-20-8, 1η έκδοση, έτος έκδοσης 2005, εκδόσεις Επίκεντρο Α.Ε.
«Κυκλοφοριακή Τεχνική» των Φραντζεσκάκη Ιωάννη Μ., Γκόλια Ιωάννη Κ., Πιτσιάβα - Λατινοπούλου Μαγδαληνής Χ., ISBN: 978-960-7182-42-5, 1η έκδοση, έτος έκδοσης 2009, Εκδόσεις Παπασωτηρίου
Additional bibliography for study
Highway Capacity Manual 2010 (HCM2010)
Last Update
20-11-2024
