Traffic and Highway Engineering, 4/e (Enhanced SI Edition)(Paperback)
暫譯: 交通與高速公路工程（第4版）（增強SI版）（平裝本）

Garber, Nicholas J., Hoel, Lester A.

Traffic and Highway Engineering, 4/e (Enhanced SI Edition)(Paperback)
  • 出版商: Cengage Learning
  • 出版日期: 2019-01-01
  • 售價: $1,519
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 1312
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 1337631043
  • ISBN-13: 9781337631044

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  • Gain unique insights into all facets of today's traffic and highway engineering with the enhanced edition of Garber and Hoel's best-selling TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY ENGINEERING, SI Edition, 5th Edition. This edition initially highlights the pivotal role that transportation plays in today's society. You examine employment opportunities that transportation creates, study its historical impact and explore the influences of transportation on modern daily life. This comprehensive approach offers an accurate understanding of the field with emphasis on some of transportation's distinctive challenges. Later chapters focus on specific issues facing transportation engineers to prepare you for common obstacles you may need to overcome in the field. Worked problems, diagrams and tables, reference materials and meaningful examples clearly demonstrate how to apply the transportation engineering principles you have learned.
  • What's New
    • THOROUGHLY REVISED CHAPTER 4 NOW REFLECTS THE LATEST ENGINEERING STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENTS. This chapter's coverage of traffic engineering studies now includes expanded content, the latest examples and new problems that demonstrate contemporary challenges.
    Features
    • Each chapter presents material that will help students understand the basis for transportation, its importance, and the extent to which transportation pervades our daily lives.
    • Designed to provide a comprehensive treatment focused on the subject of traffic and highway --specific and unambiguous, allowing the subject matter to be directly applied in practice.
    • Contemporary and complete text that can be used both at the undergraduate and at the graduate level for courses that emphasize highway and traffic engineering topics.
    • As a study guide for use in preparing for the professional engineering license exam, review courses, and preparation for graduate comprehensive exams in transportation engineering.
    • BOOK SERVES AS INVALUABLE STUDY GUIDE IN PREPARING FOR PROFESSIONAL EXAMS. Future and current professionals can use this book's focused content to prepare for the professional engineering license exam, for review courses or for graduate comprehensive exams in transportation engineering.
    • COMPLETE COVERAGE ADDRESSES THE BASIC AREAS IN WHICH TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS WORK. This enhanced edition examines traffic operation and management, planning, design, construction, and maintenance in the transportation field today.
    • CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS THE CRITICAL ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION IN DAILY LIFE TODAY. Each chapter clearly presents material that helps students understand the basis for transportation as well as its importance and impact. Students clearly examine the extent to which transportation pervades every individual's daily life.
    • THIS COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT OF TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY ENGINEERING EMPHASIZES PRACTICAL APPLICATION. The author approaches each aspect of study with an emphasis on how to apply the subject matter directly into practice in the field today. Students immediately see both the relevance and importance of what they are learning.
    • FIVE UNIQUE CATEGORIES ADDRESS ALL FACETS OF TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY ENGINEERING TODAY. Distinctive parts guide readers through a thorough understanding of transportation. Part 1 introduces the profession, its history, systems and organizations. Part 2 focuses on traffic operations before leading to Part 3, which addresses transportation planning. Part 4 examines location, geometrics and drainage, and Part 5 prepares readers to work with various materials and pavements.
    • CONTEMPORARY CONTENT IS FLEXIBLE FOR USE AT UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE LEVEL. The author provides both introductory content and more advanced exploration of topics that makes this edition a strong choice for either undergraduate or graduate-level courses that emphasize highway and traffic engineering. This enhanced edition also emphasizes the latest developments impacting transportation today to ensure timely course presentation.

商品描述(中文翻譯)


  • 透過 Garber 和 Hoel 的暢銷書《交通與公路工程，SI 版，第五版》的增強版，深入了解當今交通與公路工程的各個面向。本版首先強調交通在當今社會中所扮演的關鍵角色。您將檢視交通所創造的就業機會，研究其歷史影響，並探索交通對現代日常生活的影響。這種全面的方法提供了對該領域的準確理解，並強調交通所面臨的一些獨特挑戰。後面的章節專注於交通工程師面臨的具體問題，以幫助您為在該領域可能需要克服的常見障礙做好準備。練習題、圖表和表格、參考資料以及有意義的例子清楚地展示了如何應用您所學的交通工程原則。


  • 新內容

    • 第四章經過徹底修訂，現在反映最新的工程研究和發展。本章對交通工程研究的涵蓋現在包括擴展內容、最新範例和新問題，以展示當前的挑戰。


    特點


    • 每一章都提供有助於學生理解交通基礎、其重要性以及交通如何滲透我們日常生活的材料。

    • 旨在提供針對交通與公路的全面處理，具體且明確，使主題能夠直接應用於實踐中。

    • 當代且完整的文本，可用於本科及研究生層級的課程，強調公路和交通工程主題。

    • 作為準備專業工程執照考試、複習課程和交通工程研究生綜合考試的學習指南。

    • 本書作為準備專業考試的寶貴學習指南。未來和現有的專業人士可以利用本書的專注內容來準備專業工程執照考試、複習課程或交通工程的研究生綜合考試。

    • 完整的涵蓋範圍針對交通工程師工作的基本領域。本增強版檢視當今交通領域的交通運作與管理、規劃、設計、建設和維護。

    • 內容突顯交通在當今日常生活中的關鍵角色。每一章清楚地呈現有助於學生理解交通基礎及其重要性和影響的材料。學生清楚地檢視交通在每個人日常生活中的滲透程度。

    • 這部全面的交通與公路工程處理強調實際應用。作者在研究的每個方面都強調如何將主題直接應用於當今的實踐中。學生立即看到他們所學內容的相關性和重要性。

    • 五個獨特的類別涵蓋當今交通與公路工程的所有面向。獨特的部分引導讀者徹底理解交通。第一部分介紹該職業、其歷史、系統和組織。第二部分專注於交通運作，然後進入第三部分，討論交通規劃。第四部分檢視位置、幾何和排水，第五部分則準備讀者處理各種材料和路面。

    • 當代內容靈活適用於本科或研究生層級。作者提供了入門內容和更深入的主題探索，使本版成為強有力的選擇，適用於強調公路和交通工程的本科或研究生課程。這個增強版還強調影響當今交通的最新發展，以確保課程的及時呈現。



作者簡介

Nicholas J. Garber is the Henry L. Kinnier Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Virginia, where he served as Chairman of the Department from 1996 to 2002. Before joining the University of Virginia, Dr. Garber was Professor of Civil Engineering in the faculty of engineering at the University of Sierra Leone, where he was also the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. At the State University of New York at Buffalo, he played an important role in the development of the graduate program in transportation engineering. For several years he was a design engineer for consulting engineering firms in London, and he also worked as an area engineer and assistant resident engineer in Sierra Leone.

Lester A. Hoel is the L.A. Lacy Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering at the University of Virginia. He held the Hamilton Professorship in Civil Engineering from 1974 to 1999. From 1974 to 1989, he was Chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering. Before this, he served as Professor of Civil Engineering and Associate Director at the Transportation Research Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Hoel is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

尼古拉斯·J·加伯（Nicholas J. Garber）是維吉尼亞大學（University of Virginia）土木工程亨利·L·金尼爾名譽教授（Henry L. Kinnier Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering），他於1996年至2002年間擔任該系主任。在加入維吉尼亞大學之前，加伯博士曾擔任塞拉利昂大學（University of Sierra Leone）工程學院的土木工程教授，並且是工程學院的院長。在紐約州立大學布法羅分校（State University of New York at Buffalo），他在交通工程研究生課程的發展中扮演了重要角色。幾年來，他在倫敦的顧問工程公司擔任設計工程師，並且在塞拉利昂擔任區域工程師和助理駐地工程師。

萊斯特·A·霍爾（Lester A. Hoel）是維吉尼亞大學（University of Virginia）L.A.萊西傑出名譽工程教授（L.A. Lacy Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering）。他於1974年至1999年間擔任哈密爾頓土木工程教授（Hamilton Professorship in Civil Engineering）。在1974年至1989年間，他擔任土木工程系主任。在此之前，他曾擔任卡內基梅隆大學（Carnegie Mellon University）交通研究所的土木工程教授及副主任。霍爾博士是美國工程院（National Academy of Engineering）成員、美國土木工程師學會（American Society of Civil Engineers）傑出會員及交通工程師學會（Institute of Transportation Engineers）院士。

目錄大綱

Part I: INTRODUCTION.
1. The Profession of Transportation.
2. Transportation Systems and Organizations.

Part II: TRAFFIC OPERATIONS.
3. Characteristics of the Driver, the Pedestrian, the Bicyclist, the Vehicle, and the Road.
4. Traffic Engineering Studies.
5. Highway Safety.
6. Fundamental Principles of Traffic Flow.
7. Intersection Design.
8. Intersection Control.
9. Capacity and Level of Service for Highway Segments.
10. Capacity and Level of Service at Signalized Intersections.

Part III: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
11. The Transportation Planning Process.
12. Forecasting Travel Demand.
13. Evaluating Transportation Alternatives.

Part IV: LOCATION, GEOMETRICS, AND DRAINAGE.
14. Highway Surveys and Location.
15. Geometric Design of Highway Facilities.
16. Highway Drainage.

Part V: MATERIALS AND PAVEMENTS.
17. Soil Engineering for Highway Design.
18. Bituminous Materials.
19. Design of Flexible Highway Pavements.
20. Design of Rigid Pavements.
21. Pavement Management.

Appendix A: Critical Values for the Student's t and x2 Distributions.
Appendix B: Developing Equations for Computing Regression Coefficients.
Appendix C: Fitting Speed and Density Data for Example 6.3 to the Greenshields Model Using Excel.
Appendix D: An Example of Level of Service Determination using HCSTM 2010.
Appendix E: Metric Conversion Factors for Highway Geometric Design.

目錄大綱(中文翻譯)

Part I: INTRODUCTION.

1. The Profession of Transportation.

2. Transportation Systems and Organizations.



Part II: TRAFFIC OPERATIONS.

3. Characteristics of the Driver, the Pedestrian, the Bicyclist, the Vehicle, and the Road.

4. Traffic Engineering Studies.

5. Highway Safety.

6. Fundamental Principles of Traffic Flow.

7. Intersection Design.

8. Intersection Control.

9. Capacity and Level of Service for Highway Segments.

10. Capacity and Level of Service at Signalized Intersections.



Part III: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

11. The Transportation Planning Process.

12. Forecasting Travel Demand.

13. Evaluating Transportation Alternatives.



Part IV: LOCATION, GEOMETRICS, AND DRAINAGE.

14. Highway Surveys and Location.

15. Geometric Design of Highway Facilities.

16. Highway Drainage.



Part V: MATERIALS AND PAVEMENTS.

17. Soil Engineering for Highway Design.

18. Bituminous Materials.

19. Design of Flexible Highway Pavements.

20. Design of Rigid Pavements.

21. Pavement Management.



Appendix A: Critical Values for the Student's t and x2 Distributions.

Appendix B: Developing Equations for Computing Regression Coefficients.

Appendix C: Fitting Speed and Density Data for Example 6.3 to the Greenshields Model Using Excel.

Appendix D: An Example of Level of Service Determination using HCSTM 2010.

Appendix E: Metric Conversion Factors for Highway Geometric Design.

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