Course : Highway Geometrics Design

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Course code/credits and contact hours : TKS2205/2.0 + 1.0 (Studio Studio work)
Semester : IV
Instructor’s or course coordinator’s name : Dr. Eng. Imam Muthohar, S.T., M.T.
Bibliography : 1) Indonesia Regulations:

  1. Undang-undang No. 38 Tahun 2004 tentang Jalan
  2. Undang-Undang No. 22 tahun 2009 tentang Lalu Lintas dan Angkutan Jalan Raya
  3. Peraturan Pemerintah No. 34 tahun 2006tentangJalan
  4. Peraturan Menteri Pekerjaan Umum No. 14 Tahun 2010 tentang Standar Pelayanan Minimum Jalan
  5. Peraturan Menteri Pekerjaan Umum No. 19 Tahun 2011 tentang Persyaratan Teknis Jalan dan Kriteria Perencanaan Teknis Jalan
  6. Standar Desain Nomor UM.01.11-Bt/35 Tahun 2015 tentang Gambar Tipikal Penampang Jalan dan Bangunan Pelengkap Jalan yang berwawasan Lingkungan, Berkeselamatan dan Responsif Gender

2)     Departemen Pekerjaan Umum, 1997, Tata Cara Perencanaan Geometrik Jalan Antar Kota No. 038/TBM/1997

3)     Departemen Pekerjaan Umum, 2004, Pedoman Perencanaan Geometrik Jalan Perkotaan No. RSNI T-14-2004

4)     Wright, P.H., 1996, Highway Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, New York

5)     AASHTO, 2004, A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets

6)     Kementerian Pekerjaan Umum, 2010, Jalan Berkeselamatan di Indonesia, Kemitraan Australia-Indonesia dalam Rekayasa Keselamatan Jalan

7)     Banks, J. H., 2011, Introduction to Transportation Engineering, McGrawHill, New York
Specific course information
Brief description :

This course contains the definition, role, and important issues in road geometric design; Definition and classification of road and design vehicles; Speed characteristics; Space requirements of road components; Design criteria of roads and road planning, stopping and passing sight distance; Safe roadway design concept; Selection of best alignment using multi criteria method; horizontal alignment and vertical alignment in road geometric design, combination of horizontal and vertical alignment; Vehicle accident potential triggered by deviation of road technical design on site.
Prerequisite Courses : Introduction to Transportation Engineering (Semester II)
Required/ elective Required
Studio work : Data processing and road geometric design
Laboratory work : N/A
Specific goals of the course
Specific outcomes :
  1. The students are expected to be able to comprehensively understand the concept of road geometric design, conduct road geometric design based on the standard with the principle of traffic safety and minimizing the environmental impact and be able to recognize the environmental impact due to road construction and formulating the solution.
Student outcomes : (a) An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering in civil engineering fields

(b) An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to have data analysis and interpretation

(c) An ability to design a system, component, or process in order to be able to face the real constraints in economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability

(h) An understanding on the benefit of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and social context
Brief list of topics to be covered :
  1. Definition, roles, and important issues in geometric design of roads
  2. Principles in road design
  3. The concept of road safety design
  4. Potential accidents caused by technical design aberration
  5. Characteristics of road and design vehicle
  6. Clear zones requirements
  7. Design speed
  8. Stopping and passing sight distance
  9. Basic parameters of road geometric design
  10. The design and selection of the best trace
  11. Horizontal and vertical alignment on road geometric design
  12. Combination of horizontal and vertical alignments
  13. Widening pavement on curves