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SUR 4201 Route Geometrics and Design

 

 

Instructor: Dave Gibson, Ph.D.

Office: 305 Reed Lab

Phone: 352-392-6010

Email: dgibs@ufl.edu

 

Syllabus: here

Module: Intro to Route Geometrics

Lecture 1:  Intro to Route Geometrics and Design

 

Module:   Angles, Azimuths, Bearings, Traverse Closure

Lecture 2:  Angles, Azimuths, Bearings

Lecture 3:  Base Line Control Traverse

Assignment: see HW1 on eLearning Vista

 

Module:  Horizontal Alignment Design and Calculation

Lecture 4:  Horizontal Alignments and Curves      

Optional  Lecture Videos     Video 2 (start at 9:40), Video 3 (stop at 12:00)                       

Lecture 5:  Horizontal Route Design Calculations, Horizontal Baseline Plotting

                  You may view a *.doc of my final Excel spreadsheet: here

Assignment: see HW2 on eLearning Vista, but before starting this HW, watch the HW2 Starter video.  

 

Module:  Vertical Alignment Design and Calculation

Lecture 6:  Profiles and Vertical Route Tangents   Opt.Video Lecture: Intro Vert.Align (3) (after 12:00)

Lecture 7: Vertical Curve Theory      Optional Video Lecture: Vertical Curve Equations (4)

Lecture 8: Vertical Alignment Design     Optional Video Lect: Spec.Vertical Curve Probs.(5) (1st part)

Assignment: see HW3 on eLearning Vista  

 

Module: Cross Sections and Volumes

Lecture 9: Plotting Cross Sections               Optional Video Lecture: Intro Cross Section Geometry (5)

Lecture 10: Design Typical Sections          

Lecture:11: End Areas       Optional Video Lecture: End Areas and Volumes (6)

Lecture 12: Earthwork Volume Calculations    Optional Video Lecture: Earthwork Volumes (7)

Lecture 13: Surface Models, TIN

Assignment: see HW4 on eLearning Vista              

 

Quiz 1:  Presolution Quiz 1: here, Midterm Quiz 1 Review, Selected Answers

 

Module:  Spirals

Lecture 14: Intro to Spirals                      Optional Video Lecture: Intro to Spirals (last part of video7)

Lecture 15: Spiral Comps and Formulas 2&3   Optional Video Lecture: Derivation of Spiral Formulas (8)

Lecture 16: Insertion of Spirals                        Optional Video Lecture: Insertion of Spirals (9)

Lecture 17: Spirals Design Processes

Assignment:  see HW5 on eLearning Vista, spiral sketch and formulas

 

Module:   Superelevation

Lecture 18: Intro to Superelevation, Eq              Optional Video Lecture: Intro to Superelevation (10)

Lecture 19: Superelevation Design Standards

Lecture 20: Superelevation Transitions              Optional Video Lecture  Superelevation Transitions (11)

Access to FDOT/AASHTO Design Standards:  http://www.myflorida.com/, Government, Executive Branch, FDOT, Doing Business with FDOT, Roadway Design, Design Standards, latest Standards Booklet S, 500 Series, 510.pdf

Assignment: see HW6 on eLearning Vista.

Solution Video: here

 

Module:  Earthwork Analysis and Mass Diagram

Lecture 21: Intro to Quantities, Earthwork     Optional Video Lecture: Intro to Earthwork Analysis (14)

Lecture 22: Mass Diagram Construction      Optional Video Lecture: Mass Diagram Analysis (15)

Lecture 23: Mass Diagram Analysis (*wmv)    

 

NOTE:  For Lecture 23, FIRST, printout these two jpgs.  Mass Diagram 1, Mass Diagram 2

Do the graphical construction on paper as I do on the videos – you'll learn much more!!!    

                           

Assignment:  see HW7 on eLearning Vista.

Solution Video: here

 

Quiz 2:   Presolution Quiz 2: Use your graded HW's 5, 6, 7 on SR 25 as your presolution

and open notes for Q2.  You should "fix up" any problems found in the solutions.  Review Document

 

Module:   AASHTO Geometric Design Standards

Lecture 24: Geometric Design Standards    Opt. Video: Intro to AASHTO Geometric Design (12)

Lecture 25: Sight Distance Design     Opt. Video: AASHTO Green Book Standards (13)

Lecture 26: Safe Road Evaluation

Assignment:  see HW8 on eLearning Vista

 

Module:  A Route Project 

Lecture 27: A Route Project Time Line     Opt. Video: Typical Route Project (End of 1) (Beginning of 2)

Lecture 28: Review of Plans 1 (view with Windows Media Player)

Lecture 29: Review of Plans 2 (Windows Media), view alongside the plan set scan below.

                   Review of Plans 2 Excel (pull this up and printout to help track the video)

Lecture 30: Right of Way Acquisition (not for Fall 2007)   Opt Video:  Right of Way Acquisition (18)

Lecture 31: Construction Layout Surveys(not for Fall 2007) Opt Video:  Construction Layout Surveys (25)

The Plan Set: Bearss Ave Route Plans   

 

Module:   Geopak/Microstation

"Labs" on www.geomatics.ifas.ufl.edu   Course Materials, SUR 4201L

Lecture 32: Tutorial Labs 2 and 3    Intro to Microstation:     

Lecture 33: Tutorial Labs 4 and 5    Convert Graphics, Surface Modeling by TIN     

Lecture 34: Tutorial Labs 6 and 8    Ground Profile, Vertical Design, Superelevation Shapes 

Lecture 35: Tutorial Labs 9 and 10  Cross Sections, Slope Limits, Earthwork 

Assignment:  see HW9 on eLearning Vista

 

 

Presolution for Final:  Bearss Ave plans (online) and your hand notes   Review for Final

 

 

GEOPAK/ MICROSTATION files:

Knucklehead's Guide to Geopak:             http://www.wfl.fhwa.dot.gov/design/cadd/idiot2004/idiot2004.htm

                SUR4201 seed file for setting up new dgn           sur4201seed.dgn 

                Loxahatchee map to attach as reference file:        lox.dgn

                Raw TIN text file:                                                tin.txt

Input Files

                criteria file: for creating cross sections              criteria

                earth input: for calculating earthwork                 earth

 

 

 

 

           

 


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