Course detail

Roads 2

FAST-BM002Acad. year: 2023/2024

Introduction to the road transportation. Basic design work, design documentation. Highway routing, design elements of route. Technical category, design elements for horizontal and vertical alignment, width configuration of a road in a cross section. Optimization of route, relation of horizontal and vertical alignment, aesthetics of road. Assessment and evaluation of route design, alternatives, road safety and environmental assessment.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Michal Radimský, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Road Structures (PKO)

Entry knowledge

Route design, knowledge of used road materials and typical pavement constructions.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

The objective is to gain the basic information about the road construction materials, its use for particular layers, system of testing, various road construction and maintenance technologies and dimensioning of flexible and rigid road constructions.
The student is able to manage the goal of the subject by getting a complex overview over the quality system in road construction, particular technologies and necessary machinery, which are used for the construction, maintenance, rehabilitation and recycling of the road structures.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch K , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-MI (N) Bachelor's

    branch MI , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch K , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Michal Radimský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Highway network and its development. 2. Route, Design category. 3. horizontal alignment. 4. Vertical alignment. 5. Cross sections, earthworks, its measurement, volume diagram. 6. Water drainage of roads. 7. Culverts. 8. Crossroads I. 9. Crossroads II. 10. Constructions on roads. 11. Safety equipment. 12. Road safety and environmental.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Michal Radimský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Software for design. 2. Horizontal alignment. 3. Vertical alignment. 4. Cross section, Superelevation. 5. Water drainage. 6. Project assignment. 7. Crossroad, crossing. 8. Earthwork, Volumes. 9. Multicriteria analyse 10. Design Report. 11. Project. 12. Project. 13. Project.