Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis
Posted on January 11th, 2010 by ambatchdotcom seocontest
Product Description
There is more demand than ever for highway engineers due to new highway projects throughout the country. This new fourth edition provides interested engineers with the information needed to solve the highway-related problems that are most likely to be encountered in the field. It includes updated coverage on intersection sight distance, basics of signal timing, and interchange design. New sample FE exam questions are also presented throughout the chapters. Engineers… More >>
Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis
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The book arrived in a timely fashion and in good shape but the class got dropped and the book was no longer needed.
Rating: 4 / 5
I agree with the reviewer who said that he was able to use the book without prior knowledge of physics or highway design. The book is one of the smallest text books i’ve had and probably the simplest. I honestly don’t know much about the scope of highway design, but it is hard to believe that this book encompasses all of it, even on a basic level. Used the book for a class I was required to take. The information is broken down into manageable and separate topics better than in most books (maybe it has to do more with the subject than the book). The examples were clear and easy to follow. To say that I have “learned” something new would be an exaggeration. Do I now understand the “principles of highway engineering and traffic analysis”? Yes. The book is a collection of formulas with clear explanations on how to use them. Some of the information was interesting just as pure facts (for example seeing how lane widths, shoulder widths, % no passing zones, and some other factors impact the speed that people feel “comfortable” traveling at). A capable reader can get through this book, understand everything in its entirety (I mean not there won’t be a single thing you’re not 100% sure about from cover to cover), and be able to solve any of the questions in it after about 30 hours of pure studying. This is also one of those books that you can open to a random question without reading anything, and be able to solve it in 10-20 minutes max. Honestly this whole semester should have been condensed to about 3-4 weeks in a more encompassing class. I got a 96 and 100 on the two exams (and a 95-100 on the final that I just took) that were based on this book, and Im a B/B- CE student.
Rating: 4 / 5
Many cities and counties in the United States and in other countries use this or the international version as a reference text. Professor Mannering is known as one of the most authoritative and knowledgeable individuals in this field.
His manual is referenced from American Government web pages and engineering studies.
The text of this book is both comprehensive and based upon proven engineering principles.
Rating: 5 / 5
the writing of the book is very boring and also they do not go into detail about the terminology and problems of the book. I think the previews edition was better and had more details about how to work out these problems.
Rating: 3 / 5
I had to write a paper for school, and with no engineering knowledge and minimal physics I was able to use this book to grab the concept and write a paper.
Rating: 5 / 5