Β4: Advanced Transportation Engineering

Lecturer: V. Profyllidis .
Academic Credits: 3.

Description:
The transportation process and the role of different transportation infrastructures (roads, railway, airports, ports). Road engineering using computer. Design, construction and maintenance of pavements. The use of new materials. Road safety. Railway engineering. Subway, tram and bus systems. Airport engineering. Advances in the τροχαίο υλικό of railways, subways and airplanes. Terminal facilities. Parking spaces - design, construction and operation. Trends in shipping and ship engineering. Relation to the design of port facilities. Design and coordination of traffic lights. Applications of new technologies and expert systems.