DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-DASMARIÑAS

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE CODE: T-CEET312

COURSE TITLE: Highway and Railroad Engineering
COURSE TYPE: Lecture
COURSE CREDIT: 3
PRE-REQUISITES: T-CEET223, T-CEET223LA
CO-REQUISITES: None

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The course prepares the students in acquiring basic knowledge and strong foundation in highway and
railway planning, elements of traffic system, theory of traffic flow, highway alignments, road earthworks,
and introduction to railroad engineering. The course is also an entry –level specialized course for
transportation engineering track.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course, students are expected to:

CLO1. Describe the history of highway and railway planning in the Philippines.
CLO2. Demonstrate key components affecting the traffic system.
CLO3. Apply the fundamentals of traffic flow to traffic stream related problems and their traffic
simulation models.
CLO4. Analyze the requirements for highway alignments and road earthworks.
CLO5. Discuss basic requirements for railway lines, geometric design of railroad tracks and facilities at
train stations and train yards.

LEARNING PLAN

Learning Outcomes for Midterm Period

Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1. Describe the history of highway and
railway planning in the Philippines.
Topic Learning Outcomes
TLO1. Discuss Philippine history of highways and
railways in the pre and post war era
TLO2. Discuss the history, importance, and
application of planning, engineering and enforcement
in the development and design of highways and
railways.

CLO2. Demonstrate key components affecting TLO3. Solve related problems in PIEV under driver’s
the traffic stream. characteristics.
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. TLO4. Discuss related problems in pedestrian traffic,
vehicle design, size/dimension, weight, axle
configuration, turning radius/path and visibility under
pedestrian and vehicle characteristics.
TLO5. Discuss the general classes of vehicles by
AASHTO and physical component of highways as to
lane width, shoulder width, pavement depth, length
of vertical curve and length and width of parking
bays under static characteristics.
TLO6. Solve related problems in kinematic equations
and banking on highway curves under kinematic
characteristics.
TLO7. Solve related problems in air, rolling, grade,
curve resistances, power, breaking distance under
dynamic characteristics.

TLO8. . Solve related problems in macroscopic

traffic flow under Greenshield’s Model
TLO9. . Solve related problems in macroscopic
CLO3. Apply the fundamentals and theory of
traffic flow under Greenberg’s Model
traffic flow to traffic stream related problems.
TLO10. . Solve related problems in microscopic
traffic flow using selected Probability Distribution
and Queuing Models.

Onsite Activities

Allotted Hours
Asynchronous
Synchronous

Teaching-Learning Activities /

Assessment
Summative
Module Assessment Strategy
No and Offline/Printed
Learning Module Online Module Technology
Outcomes Date Activities Activities Enabler
 Syllabus
 Printed course
uploaded
syllabus
 Presentation of
 Course Schoolbook
course
overview MS Teams
Sep 7 introduction / 1.5
 Course PowerPoint
 Course
requirement
Module 1 requirement
details
details
CLO 1
TLO1
 Gospel
TLO2  Lessons on
reflection
highway and Schoolbook
 Lessons on
railway MS Teams
Sep 9 highway and / 1.5
planning PowerPoint
railway
 Diagnosis Test
planning
with answer
 Diagnosis Test
key

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  Gospel
reflection
 Lessons on  Lessons on
traffic system traffic system
and its elements and its elements Schoolbook
Sep  Lessons on  Lessons on MS Teams
/ 1.5
14 drivers drivers PowerPoint
characteristics characteristics
Module 2
 Problem  Problem
solving solving
CLO2
exercises exercises
TLO3
TLO4
TLO5  Gospel
TLO6  Lessons on reflection
TLO7 vehicle and  Lessons on
static vehicle and
characteristics static
Schoolbook
 Lessons on characteristics
Sep MS Teams
kinematic and  Lessons on / 3.0
16,21 PowerPoint
dynamic kinematic and
characteristics dynamic
 Problem characteristics
solving  Problem
exercises solving
exercises
 Enabling  Enabling
assessment: assessment:
Quiz on traffic Quiz on traffic
system-part 1 system-part 1
Schoolbook
Sep  Enabling  Enabling MS Teams
Module 2 / 1.5
23 assessment: assessment: PowerPoint
Quiz on traffic Quiz on traffic
CLO2
system-part 2 system-part 2
TLO3
TLO4
TLO5
TLO6
TLO7  Summative  Summative
assessment 1: assessment 1:
Schoolbook
Sep Highway/railwa Highway/railwa
MS Teams
28 y planning and y planning and / 1.5
PowerPoint
traffic system ( traffic system (
Major Exam) Major Exam)

Sep
SELF-CARE / ME-TIME 1.5
30

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  Lessons on
 Gospel
theory of traffic
reflection
flow
 Lessons on
 Lessons on
macroscopic
macroscopic
and
and
microscopic
microscopic
traffic models
traffic models Schoolbook
 Overview of
 Overview of MS Teams
Oct 5 probability / 1.5
probability PowerPoint
distribution and
distribution and
queueing
queueing
models in
models in
traffic
traffic
engineering
engineering
 Problem
 Problem
solving
solving
exercises
exercises
 Gospel
 Lessons on reflection
Greenshield’s  Lessons on
model Greenshield’s
Schoolbook
 Lessons on model
MS Teams
Oct 7 Greenberg’s  Lessons on / 1.5
Module 3 PowerPoint
model Greenberg’s
 Problem model
CLO3
solving  Problem
TLO8
exercises solving
TLO9
exercises
TLO10
 Gospel
 Lessons on reflection
Poisson,  Lessons on
Binomial, Poisson,
Exponential/Ne Binomial,
Schoolbook
gative Exponential/Ne
Oct MS Teams
Exponential gative / 1.5
12 PowerPoint
Distribution Exponential
Models Distribution
 Problem Models
solving  Problem
exercises solving
exercises
 Gospel
 Lessons on reflection
M/M/1, M/D/1  Lessons on
and M/M/N M/M/1, M/D/1
Schoolbook
Queueing and M/M/N
Oct MS Teams
models in Queueing / 1.5
14 PowerPoint
traffic analysis models in
 Problem traffic analysis
solving  Problem
exercises solving
exercises

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  Gospel
 Lessons on reflection
traffic  Lessons on Schoolbook
Oct simulation traffic MS Teams
/ 1.5
19 models simulation PowerPoint
 Lesson models
exercises  Lesson
exercises
 Enabling  Enabling
assessment: assessment:
Quiz on traffic Quiz on traffic
macroscopic macroscopic
models models
Schoolbook
Oct  Enabling  Enabling MS Teams
assessment: assessment: / 1.5
21 PowerPoint
Quiz on traffic Quiz on traffic
microscopic microscopic
models models

 Preparation  Preparation
Oct Schoolbook
time time
26 MS Teams
 Consultation (if  Consultation (if / 3.0
and PowerPoint
able and able and
28
willing) willing)
Nov
SELF-CARE / ME-TIME 1.5
4
 Summative  Summative
assessment 2: assessment 2: Schoolbook
Nov Theory of Theory of MS Teams
/ 1.5
9 traffic flow ( traffic flow ( PowerPoint
Major Exam) Major Exam)

TOTAL 4.5 13.5 3.0 3.0 27.0

Learning Outcomes for Final Period

Course Learning Outcomes
CLO4. Analyze the requirements for
highway alignments and road earthworks
Topic Learning Outcomes
 TLO11. Solve related problems in horizontal highway
curves
 TLO12. Solve related problems in vertical highway curves
 TLO13. Solve related problems in road earthworks on
HMDs and road volume computations

 TLO14. Explain components of railroad tracks, types of

railroad gauges.
CLO5. Discuss basic requirements for
 TLO15. Discuss requirements of an ideal rail alignment.
railway lines, geometric design of railroad
 TLO16. Discuss standard rail sections.
tracks and facilities at train stations and
 TLO17. Explain causes and effects of creep and measure to
yards.
address the reduction of creep.
 TLO18. Explain fittings and fastenings and their
requirements.
 TLO19. Describe forces acting on track and coning of
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 wheels.
 TLO20. Describe function and requirements of sleepers.
 TLO21. Explain methods of installing rails with pre-
stressed and wooden sleepers.
 TLO22. Explain necessity and details of geometric design
and track gradients.
 TLO23. Discuss resistance to traction points, crossings and
turnouts
 TLO24. Discuss purposes and facilities at railway stations
and yards.
 TLO25. Describe objectives of interlocking and modern
signaling system.

Asynchronous
Synchronous
Teaching-Learning Activities /

Assessment
Summative

Activities
Module Assessment Strategy

Allotted
Onsite

Hours
No and
Learning Printed Module Online Module Technology
Outcomes Date Activities Activities Enabler
Nov
SELF-CARE / ME-TIME 1.5
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 Gospel
reflection essay
 Lessons on
 Lessons on
horizontal
highway
alignments and
alignments and
highway curves
highway curves
 Lessons on
 Lessons on Schoolbook
circular and
Nov circular and MS Teams
compound / 1.5
16 compound PowerPoint
curves and their
curves and their
applications to
application
highway design
applications to
 Problem
Module 4 highway design
solving
 Problem
exercises
CLO4 solving
TLO 11 exercises
TLO 12  Gospel
TLO 13  Lessons on reflection
reverse and  Lessons on
spiral curves reverse and
Schoolbook
and their spiral curves
Nov MS Teams
applications to and their / 1.5
18 PowerPoint
highway design applications to
 Problem highway design
solving  Problem
exercises solving
exercises

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  Gospel
 Lessons on reflection
vertical  Lessons on
alignments and vertical
highway alignments and
parabolic highway
curves parabolic
Schoolbook
 Lessons on curves
Nov MS Teams
symmetrical  Lessons on / 1.5
23 PowerPoint
parabolic symmetrical
curves and their parabolic
applications to curves and their
highway design applications to
 Problem highway design
solving  Problem
exercises solving
exercises
 Gospel
 Lessons on reflection
unsymmetrical  Lessons on
parabolic unsymmetrical
curves and their parabolic
applications to curves and their
highway design applications to Schoolbook
Nov  Lessons on highway design MS Teams
/ 1.5
25 sight distances  Lessons on PowerPoint
and their sight distances
applications to and their
highway design applications to
 Problem highway design
solving  Problem
exercises solving
exercises
 Gospel
 Lessons on road reflection
earthworks and  Lessons on road
its application earthworks and
to haul and its application
mass diagrams to haul and
(HMD) on mass diagrams
highway design (HMD) on Schoolbook
 Lessons on road highway design MS Teams
Dec 2 / 1.5
volume  Lessons on road PowerPoint
computations volume
along road computations
segments and along road
curvature segments and
 Problem curvature
solving  Problem
exercises solving
exercises

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  Enabling
assessment:  Enabling
Quiz on assessment:
highway Quiz on
curves/alignme highway Schoolbook
nts curves/alignme MS Teams
Dec 7 / 1.5
 Enabling nts PowerPoint
assessment:  Enabling
Quiz on road assessment:
earthworks Quiz on road
earthworks

Module 4  Summative  Summative

assessment 3: assessment 3: Schoolbook
CLO4 Highway Highway MS Teams
Dec 9 / 1.5
TLO 11 alignments and alignments and PowerPoint
TLO 12 road earthworks road earthworks
TLO 13 (Major Exam) (Major Exam)
Module 5  Gospel
 Lessons on reflection
CLO5 railroad tracks,  Lessons on
TLO 14 types of railroad tracks,
TLO 15 railroad types of
TLO 16 gauges. railroad
TLO 17  Lessons on gauges. Schoolbook
TLO 18 Dec requirements of  Lessons on MS Teams
/ 1.5
TLO 19 14 an ideal rail requirements of PowerPoint
TLO 20 alignment. an ideal rail
TLO 21  Lessons on alignment.
TLO 22 standard rail  Lessons on
TLO 23 sections standard rail
TLO 24  Lesson sections
TLO 25 exercises  Lesson
exercises
Dec
SELF-CARE / ME-TIME 1.5
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  Gospel
 Lessons on reflection
causes and  Lessons on
effects of creep causes and
and measure to effects of creep
address the and measure to
reduction of address the
creep gauges. reduction of
 Lessons on creep gauges.
Schoolbook
fittings and  Lessons on
Jan MS Teams
fastenings and fittings and / 1.5
18 PowerPoint
their fastenings and
requirements. their
 Lessons on requirements.
forces acting  Lessons on
on track and forces acting
coning of on track and
wheels. coning of
 Lesson wheels.
exercises  Lesson
exercises
 Gospel
 Lessons on reflection
function and  Lessons on
requirements functions and
of sleepers. requirements Schoolbook
 Lessons on of sleepers. MS Teams
Jan
methods of  Lessons on PowerPoint
installing rails methods of oolbook / 1.5
18
with pre- installing rails MS Teams
stressed and with pre- PowerPoint
wooden stressed and
sleepers. wooden
 Lesson sleepers
exercises  Lesson
exercises
 Gospel
 Lessons on reflection
necessity and
 Lessons on
details of
necessity and
geometric
details of
design and
geometric
track Schoolbook
design and
Jan gradients.. MS Teams
track. / 1.5
21  Lessons on PowerPoint
resistance to
 Lessons on
resistance to
traction points,
traction points,
crossings and
crossings and
turnouts
turnouts
 Lesson
 Lesson
exercises
exercises

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  Gospel
 Lessons on reflection
purposes and  Lessons on
facilities at purposes and
railway facilities at
stations and railway
yards. stations and Schoolbook
Jan  Lessons on yards. MS Teams
/ 1.5
25 objectives of  Lessons on PowerPoint
interlocking objectives of
and modern interlocking
signaling and modern
system. signaling
 Lesson system.
exercises  Lesson
exercises
 Preparation  Preparation
Schoolbook
Jan time time
MS Teams
27,  Consultation (if  Consultation (if / 3.0
PowerPoint
Feb 1 able and able and
willing) willing)
 Enabling  Enabling
assessment: assessment:
Quiz on railway Quiz on railway
lines, rails, lines, rails,
track fittings track fittings
and track and track
stresses stresses
 Enabling  Enabling Schoolbook
assessment: assessment: MS Teams
Feb 3 / 1.5
Quiz on Quiz on PowerPoint
sleepers, sleepers,
resistance to resistance to
traction points, traction points,
crossings, crossings,
turnouts and turnouts and
railway railway
stations/yards stations/yards

 Summative  Summative
assessment 4: assessment 4:
Railway lines Railway lines Schoolbook
and geometric and geometric MS Teams
Feb 8 / 1.5
design of design of PowerPoint
railroad tracks ( railroad tracks (
Major Exam) Major Exam)

TOTAL 4.5 13.5 3.0 3.0 27.0

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GRADING SYSTEM

Midterm
Enabling Assessments - 50%
Summative Assessments - 50%
100%

Finals
Enabling Assessments - 50%
Summative Assessments - 50%
100%

Overall Final Grade = Midterm + Final

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COURSE POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS

1. Enrollment in an E-Class. Your teacher shall enroll you in the e-class. This will be based on the
class list provided by the Office of the University Registrar and at the portal. For those who opted
for printed modules, you will only be given the module if you are officially enrolled.

2. Communication and Feedback

a. Online Synchronous Communication shall happen as indicated in the learning plan
section of the syllabus.
b. Online Asynchronous Communication shall happen when the faculty utilizes at least one
of the recommended asynchronous communication. The minimum response time for
asynchronous communication is 24 hours, excluding Sundays and holidays. All
communication platforms must be explicitly indicated in the syllabus. Below are the
recommended asynchronous communication platforms:
i. Forum – at the Forum Tab at Schoolbook, students can post their general
concerns. The forum is public and any post can be seen by the class.
ii. Messaging – at Schoolbook. Any private or confidential matters must may be
messaged through Schoolbook messaging feature.
iii. Email – you may email your professor at mbpineda@dlsud.edu.ph
c. Offline Communication are only for students who opted for printed modules. Text
messaging subject to strict confidentiality agreement between the student and the
professor maybe used. This mode of communication is exclusive only for the specified
type of student. Calls may be entertained within working hours (8AM to 5PM), while text
messages may be responded to within 24 hours, excluding Sundays and holidays.
d. No using of foul, curse, and other bad words, whether in written or verbal. No shouting.
No flooding of chat and messages. No selling.

3. Attendance Policy
a. Attendance Policy for Online Classes is scheduled based on the learning plan.
Attendance, especially in synchronous classes, shall not be a basis for receiving a failing
grade. It will not comprise any grade in the class standing.
b. RSVP as part of an ethical process of conducting online meetings, the following will be
observed:
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 i. The synchronous meeting will be made by the teacher at least 14 calendar days
before its schedule.
ii. The student must RSVP at least three days before the scheduled synchronous
meeting.
iii. The faculty will announce two days before the calendared synchronous meeting
if it will push through or if it will be cancelled. If cancelled, the faculty will
announce a replacement asynchronous activity and the new schedule of the
synchronous meeting.
c. The minimum required attendees in synchronous class shall be 50 percent of the entire
class. It is the faculty’s prerogative whether to continue or discontinue the session if it
does not reach 50 percent. However, if the attendees are less than 20 percent of the total
class, the synchronous session will be rescheduled; an asynchronous learning activity will
take the place of the supposed synchronous meeting.
d. All synchronous meetings will be recorded and embedded into a schoolbook page
section. It will also be accessed by students at MS Teams and other institutionally
subscribed video hosting platform.
e. The synchronous meeting will only be held at the schedule indicated in the registration
form.

4. Intellectual Property Policy

a. Policy and copyright infringement will not be tolerated. Any violation of such will earn
students a grade of zero in the assessment.
b. Using of any illegally obtained software is strictly prohibited.
c. Students are encouraged to use their original photos, videos, and other resources.
Otherwise, students can use royalty-free resources or embed the sources in their
submissions to avoid copyright infringement and/or plagiarism.
d. Inviting people that are not part of the class, in synchronous meetings is strictly
prohibited, unless approved by the subject teacher. Posing as another person during a
synchronous activity is strictly prohibited.
e. Giving of password to Schoolbook and Office 365 is strictly prohibited. Likewise,
accessing Schoolbook and Office 365 account other than the students’ personal account is
also strictly prohibited. Violating students will be reported to the Student Welfare and
Formation Office (SWAFO).

5. Other Policies
a. Attire - students must wear decent casual or smart-casual attire prescribed by the Student
Handbook.
b. Microphone Use – microphone must be muted and only unmuted when the teacher
requires them to.
c. Video – videos may be used by the teacher to validate attendance. However, the student
can choose to turn off the video if the teacher allows them to.
d. Use of English is required for any presentation including the question and answer.
Tagalog or Taglish can be used during consultation.

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REFERENCES

Online References
Call Reference Material
number or
e-provider
Online https://www.springer.com/journal/40534
Online https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/Railway_Track_Engineering.html
Online https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/Railway_Transportation_Systems.html
Online https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/Railway_Track_Engineering.html
Online https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/Practical_Railway_Engineering.html
Online https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/The_World_Railway_System.html
Online https://sjnavarro.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/highway_capacital_manual.pdf
Online http://civilcafe.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/9/8/28985467/the_handbook_of_highway_engineeri
ng.pdf
Online http://www.civilittee-hu.com/uploads/1/Highway/book3rd.pdf

On-Site References
Call number/e-provider
Call #: TE 250 .N588 2015
Materials (textbooks, references, journals, online)
Nikolaides, Athanassios (2015), Highway Engineering: pavements,
materials and control of quality: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor &
Francis Group, [2015]

Call #: TE 145 .R631 2016 Rogers, Martin Gerard (2016),Highway Engineering: West Sussex :
Wiley Blackwell, 2016
Call #: TE 151 .H538 2003 Roger L. Brockenbrough, Kenneth J. Boedecker, Jr.,(2003),Highway
Engineering Handbook: building and rehabilitating the infrastructure:
2nd Edition, New York : McGraw-Hill, c2003
Call #: TE 151 .H538 2009 Roger L. Brockenbrough (2009), Highway Engineering Handbook:
building and rehabilitating the infrastructure: 3rd Edition, New York :
McGraw-Hill, c2009
Call #: TE 151.H191 2006 T.F. Fwa (2006), The handbook of highway engineering: Boca Raton :
Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Call #: TA 1151 .H191 2011 Myer Kutz, editor (2011), Handbook of Transportation Engineering 2nd
v.1 ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, c2011.

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 Call #: HE 333 .Si27 2008 Sigua, Ricardo G. Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering, Quezon City
University of the Philippines Press, c2008

Prepared by: Noted by:

Syllabi Committee Francis F. Villareal, MSCE

Civil Engineering Program Program Head, Civil and Sanitary Engineering

Endorsed by: Approved by :

Ma. Estrella Natalie B. Pineda, MSManE, PIE JOSE RIZALDY DE ARMAS, MEng, PECE
Chair, Engineering Department Dean, CEAT

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