| 1. Introduction to properties and organization of traffic systems. Basic concepts of traffic systems.
2. Traffic characteristics and measurements. 3. Fundamental relationships between the basic traffic dimensions (traffic flow, density, speed). 4. Traffic capacity of sections of the road network. 5. Special traffic studies (pedestrian studies, parking, accident studies). 6. Traffic signalisation (features, conditions, regulation, control, evaluation). 7. Introduction to autonomous traffic systems. |
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
| SEMESTER | 4th |
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| Details | https://www.civil.upatras.gr/index.php/odhgos/ |
| Instructor | CHRISTOFOROU ZOI |
| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS | Greek. Teaching may be performed in English if foreign students attend the course. |
| Credits ECTS | 6 |
| Teaching Hours | 6 |
| Erasmus+ | Υes |
| Code | CIV_5605A |
| The objective of this course is to introduce students to basic concepts, methods, and tools of traffic engineering.
By the end of this course the student will be able to: 1. Understand the physics of traffic phenaomena, along with their causes and consequences 2. Describe traffic state with analytical expressions 3. Simulate traffic phenaomena using software 4. Apply quantitative and qualitaitice methods of analysis 5. Propose corrective measures for traffic management 6. Evaluate the performance of road netwroks |
