Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis - Softcover

Mannering, Fred L.; Kilareski, Walter P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471130850 ISBN 13: 9780471130857

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Synopsis

This in–depth look at highway transportation provides engineers with the knowledge they need to solve the highway–related problems commonly encountered in engineering practice. The second edition reflects the changes in highway design manuals and procedures and features new material on traffic signal timing and highway drainage.

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From the Back Cover

Highway engineering knowledge you can build on.

Given the continual and dramatic increase in vehicle ownership and travel, and the sheer number of people affected by our nation′s highway system, there are few more important and far–reaching fields than highway engineering.

Rather than addressing the broad expanse of the transportation engineering field, Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis, Third Edition focuses primarily on highway and traffic engineering, providing the depth you need to solve real highway–related problems. Taking a concise, accessible, example–oriented approach, the authors bring clarity to the subject matter and present a large number of end–of–chapter problems, allowing you to master the concepts and apply them in professional practice.

This text provides a great balance between depth and breadth of coverage for an introductory transportation engineering course.

Highlights of the Third Edition

• Updated with the latest standards in highway design and traffic engineering.
• Clear and direct style of presentation, with significant content and presentation refinements throughout the text.
• Numerous example and end–of–chapter problems, including a large number of new end–of–chapter problems.
• Detailed treatment of road vehicle performance––a critical element in understanding the fundamentals underlying highway and traffic engineering.
• Accessible discussion of the fundamentals of traffic flow and queuing theory.
• Expanded coverage of signalized intersections, including a balanced presentation on signal control concepts, signal analysis theory, and the practical analysis of signals.
• U.S. Customary and metric units used throughout (U.S. Customary are the primary units). Appendices contain both the example and the end–of–chapter problems with metric units.

Synopsis

This second edition focuses on highway transportation and provides an in-depth coverage of individual topics. Motivated by the need to update material in the first edition as a result of changes in highway design manuals and procedures, the authors draw on comments and suggestions of other instructors as well as on their own experience in teaching with the text. This edition includes numerous problems, some requiring computer solution. Also new to this edition are: use of metric units; incorporation of latest design specifications; many additional examples and end-of-chapter problems; added sections on highway drainage; and an added chapter on traffic signal timing.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471130850
• ISBN 13: 9780471130857
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352