Course Details

Traffic Engineering (DST)

Academic Year 2024/25

NMB010 course is part of 1 study plan

NPC-SIK Summer Semester 1st year

Course Guarantor

Institute

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Introduction to traffic engineering, traffic engineering branches. 2. Transportation systems categories. 3. Traffic flow theory. 4. Capacity calculations – free highway segment. 5. Capacity calculations – uncontrolled intersections. 6. Capacity calculations – roundabouts. 7. Capacity calculations – Traffic light controlled intersections. 8. Traffic data collection systems. 9. Traffic studies – individual vehicle transport. 10. Traffic studies – public transport. 11. Mathematical transport models – individual vehicle transport. 12. Mathematical transport models – public transport. 13. Traffic forecasting systems, traffic control and organisation.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. VBA. 2. Veveří/Kounicova – introduction. 3. Veveří/Kounicova – 1st traffic survey. 4. Veveří/Kounicova – 2nd traffic survey. 5. Veveří/Kounicova – survey of control plans, queue lengths. 6. Veveří/Kounicova – data processing. 7. Veveří/Kounicova – designing and calculations. 8. Veveří/Kounicova – designing and calculations. 9. Veveří/Kounicova – 1st presentation. 10. Veveří/Kounicova – finalization of designing and calculations. 11. Veveří/Kounicova – finalization of designing and calculations. 12. Veveří/Kounicova – 2nd presentation.