BICOL UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Legazpi City, Albay

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BSCE – 1B
A.Y 2019- 2020
 DEFINITION
Transportation Engineering is the application of the principles of engineering, planning, analysis, and
design to the disciplines comprising transportation: its vehicles, physical infrastructure, safety in travel,
environmental impact, and energy usage. It has specializations namely: Highway Engineering, Port and
Harbour Engineering, Airport Engineering, and Railroad Engineering.

ROLES OF TRANSPORTATION
 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – every product needs transportation; availbility of rawe materials can be
provided to manufacturing units
 SOCIAL EFFECT – people from different parts of the country can reach far places with convinience in
less time
 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT – economic growth, urbanization, industrial and agricultural development
 OTHER EFFECTS – we can supply ammunition and man power fast and easily

TRANSPORTAION WAYS
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I. RAILWAYS III. ROAD TRANSPORT
II. AIR TRANSPORT IV. WATER TRANSPORT

WHAT DOES TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER DO?

 A transportation engineer is an engineer that designs or improves transportation system to allow for
safe and efficient traffic floe on roadways, airplanes, trains, ships, buses and more.
 They focus on designing new transportation system and infrastructures, including highways, airports,
trains, bridges, etc.

roadways
CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS
 Express Ways – used to connect metropolitancities; it has the highest design speed; they have at
least four lanes
 National Highway – run through the length and breadth of the country; they connect national capital
to all states capital, major cities, town and border areas; should have atleast 2 traffic lanes
 State Highway – main roads running within the state;connect towns, cities of state with the national
highway
 Major District Road – connect all the districts and production areas
 Other District Road – provide links to villages
 Village Road – connect the villages with each other and towns nearby
*ADVANTAGES – maximum flexibility for travel, constuction and maintenance is low
*DISADVANTAGES – speed is slower than air annd water way, uneconomical for long distance
 HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
Highway engineers handle the planning, design, construcktion and operation of highways, roads, and other
vehicular facilities as well as their related bicycle and pedestrian realms. They estimate trasportation needs
of the public and then secure the funding for projects. They also analyze locations of high traffic volumes
and high collisions for safety and capacity. They utilize the three design controls: the vehicle, the drivers
and the roadway itseff.

RAILROAD ENGINEERING
Railway engineers handle the design, construction, and operation of railroads and mass transit system that
use a fixed guideway. They determin horizontaland vertical alignment design, station location and design,
construction cost estimating. Railroad engineers can also move into the speialized field of train dispatching
which focuses on train movement control.

Port and harbor engineering

Port and Harbor engineers hanlde the design, construction, and operation of ports, harbors, canals, and
other maritime facilities..

RAILROAD ENGINEERING
Airport engineers design and construct airports. They must account for the impacts and demands of aircraft
in their design of airport facilities. These engineers must use the analysis of predominant wind direction to
determine runway orientation, the size of runway boarder and safety areas, different wing tip tp wing tip
clearances for all gates and must designate clear zones in the entire port.

Group members

BERIA, DAPHNE A. BITON, MICA R. MALAGA, REYMARK MORENO, IAN F.

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TYPES OF RAILWAYS
 Surface
 Underground
 Elevated
TYPES OF LOCOMOTIVES
 Diesel
 Electric
TYPES OF RAIL
RAIL – rolled steel sections laid end to end in two parallel lines over sleepers to form railway track
 DOUBLE HEADED RAIL – head and foot of same dimension
 BULL HEADED RAIL – head of more dimension than that of their foot
 FLAT FOOTED RAIL – foot rolled to a flat
*ADVANTAGES – goods carrying capacity is high, speed is high, comfortable for long distance travel
*DISADVANTAGES – not flexible, runs as per schedule, maintenance is high

waterways
TYPES OF HARBOUR
 Natural Harbour
 Seminatural Harbour
 Artificial Harbour
TYPES OF PORTS
 Major
 Intermediate
 Minor
*ADVANTAGES – no need of track construction, requires cheap mptive power
*DISADVANTAGES – it is slow, storms can cause great loss, maintainance cost is high, it has limited
connectivity

AIRWAYS
TYPES OF AIRPORTS
 International Airport
 Domestic Airport
 Military Aerodromes
*ADVANTAGES – does not require tracks, fastest mode of transportation, useful in military activities
*DISADVANTAGES – it is the most expensive, construction cost is high for aircrafts, maintainance cost is
high, causes accidents