Course Details

Traffic Engineering (DST)

Academic Year 2023/24

NMB010 course is part of 1 study plan

NPC-SIK Summer Semester 1st year

Basic theory of traffic flow, capacity calculations of road sections and crossroads, Theory of traffic control on signalized crossings, szstem of traffic organization in towns and cities.
Use of new control technologies for capacity raise and traffic monitoring.
Data collection and data processing in traffic flow and in public transport.
Basis of microscopic and macroscopic traffic flow model.
Modelling of different types of crossings in standard programs.

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

Principles of traffic engineering, traffic flow theory, traffic data collection and processing, capacity calculations, forecasting, traffic control and organisation.

Knowledge

Students understand principles of traffic flow phenomena, and they get knowledge of traffic engineering methods. They are able to collect traffic data, process and analyze them. They know capacity calculations, forecasting, traffic control and organisation.

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.

Prerequisites

Text processing, spreadsheets, elementary knowledge of CAD, mathematics, physics.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

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.