Arab International University Faculty of Civil Engineering Final Exam Road & Traffic Engineering _Date: Saturday, January 16, (070315) 2016 Time: 11:00-13:00 Open Book Exam Notes: Students can use only paper documents. Exchange of these documents is forbidden. Assume any missing data or parameters. Question 1 (10 Points) A horizontal curve is being designed on a highway. The Pl is at station 12+00.00, the design speed is 80 km/h, and a maximum superelevation of 0.06 is to be used. If the central angle of the curve is 25 degrees, design a curve for the highway by computing the radius and stationing of the PC and PT. Question 2 (4 Points) The speeds of 5 vehicles were measured with radar at the midpoint of 0.5 km section of roadway. The speeds of vehicles were 65, 68, 73, 80 and 82 km/h. Assuming all vehicles were travelling at constant speed over this section, calculate the time-mean speed and space-mean speed. Question 3 (12 Points) A four-lane divided highway (in both directions) is on rolling terrain with 6 access point per kilometer has 3.4m lane width, with 1.8 m shoulders on the right side and 1.2m shoulders on the left side. The peak-hour factor is 0.83, and the directional peak-hour volume is 2100 vehicles per hour. There are 6% large trucks, 2% buses, and no recreational vehicles. The driver population adjustment factor is estimated as 0.95. No posted studies are available, but the posted speed limit is 80 km/h. Determine the level of service LOS? Question 4 (12 Points) Assume a vertical curve joining a +4,0% grade with a -3.0% grade on a rural arterial highway. ~ Determine the length of this curve if the design speed of the highway is 90 km/h.- If the station at PVI (point of vertical intersection) is 10+00, and the elevation at PVI is 700 m: Find elevations and station for PVC (point of vertical curvature) and PVT (point of vertical tangency). Find elevation on the curve at the main station if the distances between them equal to 100m. Find elevation and station for highest point on curve. Question 5 (12 Points) The intersection shown beside has three phases, as follows: Phase A serves east-west through and right traffic, Phase B serves east-west left turns only, and Phase C serves north-south left, through, and right movements. The hourly flows at the intersection are as shown below: Assume that (1) Lost time per phase is equal to 3.5 s/phase (2) Saturation flow rates are as follows: (TH +RT) = 1200 veh/h/lane s(TH) = s(RT) =1400 veh/h/lane s(LT) =1000 veh/h/lane - Using the Webster model, determine the optimal cycle length, Co. - Determine the effective green time for the phases. Eastbound Westbound Northbound | Southbound tr} TH] RT | tt | TH | et [it] THY] RT| oT] TH | AT 120 | 450 | 150] 100 | soo | 100 | 70| 250 | a0] 50 | 250 | 60 End of questions Prof.Dr.Eng.HajemAlwadi