Course detail

Environment and Trasportation Structures

FAST-VNC001Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course is intended primarily for students in the 3rd year of the bachelor's degree program CIVIL ENGINEERING and MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING. It is also suitable for all students who are interested in the subject matter associated with environmental protection in the vicinity of transport routes and other structures and who want to design and build in accordance with the principles of nature protection. During the course, students will become familiar with the following areas of concern: Introduction to the issue, hygiene standards and regulations. Measurement and analysis of noise and vibrations, comparison of measurement and modeling techniques. Prediction of noise levels in the cutting-edge SoundPlan software from road, rail and air transport. Application of noise and vibration control measures. Air pollution from road, rail and air transport, measurement and calculation of emissions. Waste management and environmental protection during the transport of hazardous substances. Soundproofing of walls and windows, measurement and analysis. Electromobility, photovoltaic systems, wind power plants, their basic parameters, comparison and conditions of use. The course will also include practical demonstrations of measuring selected parameters with cutting-edge instruments from Dewesoft and Bruel&Kjar and their analysis. The course will also include a demonstration of exporting measured and calculated data to GIS and BIM systems. Meetings and consultations with leading experts from practice are planned as part of the course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jaroslav Smutný, Dr.

Department

Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)

Entry knowledge

No special knowledge or skills are required. We will teach you everything. Knowledge of basic CAD work and average knowledge of information technology are an advantage.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with environmental issues in relation to transport structures (but also other types of structures), including the analysis of noise and vibrations from various types of transport, as well as systems of anti-noise and anti-vibration measures, assessment of the impact of the construction of various roads on the environment, analysis and methods of reducing air pollution from road and rail transport, environmental protection during the transport of hazardous substances, etc. The course will also include practical measurements and analyses. Students will gain knowledge in environmental issues in relation to transport structures, including the analysis of noise and vibrations from various types of transport, as well as systems of anti-noise and anti-vibration measures, assessment of the impact of the construction of various roads on the environment, analysis and methods of reducing air pollution from road and rail transport, environmental protection during the transport of hazardous substances, etc. Students will also become familiar with current legislation and will learn about the possibilities of measuring the soundproofing of walls and windows. At the same time, they will become familiar with the issues of alternative energy sources and their basic parameters, comparison and possibilities of their use. Students will learn to create acoustic models in the cutting-edge Soundplan software with outputs to noise maps and to solve the problem of speech intelligibility in public spaces. The course will also include practical measurements and analyses. It is worth noting that students can use the knowledge very well to improve the quality of their final theses.

Study aids

Electronic materials, presentations, manuals, demonstration videos, practice data for individual tasks, and appropriate measuring equipment are available.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-VP Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jaroslav Smutný, Dr.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction into transportation structures problems, hygiene standards and regulations. 2. Aims and physical principles of measurements and devices.
  • 3. Types of measuring sensors, principles of electronical measurements of physical quantities.
  • 4. Multi-channel measurements, measuring software, principles of data recorded elaboration and proportional dependencies on various quantities.
  • 5. Measurements of mechanical and fatigue material properties within transportation structures, measurements, analyses and modelling of mechanical exertion, static and dynamic phenomena.
  • 6. Measuring, modelling and analysis of temperature and thermal fields.
  • 7. Measurements and analyses of noise and trembling. Comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. Prediction of noise levels from road, rail transport and air transport.
  • 8. Modal analyses, comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. Analyses of measurements.
  • 9. Design and analyses of anti-noise and anti-vibration measurements.
  • 10. Rail defects – measurement, analysis, classification. Track recording cars.
  • 11. Atmosphere contamination originate from road and railway transport, measurement and computation of emission.
  • 12. Roughness measurement, measurement of longitudinal and lateral deformations of road surface, recording cars for alignment measurement and for measurement of road surface properties.
  • 13. Measurement of road bearing capacity, modelling and bearing estimation, complex measurement utilisation for maintenance and renewal of roads.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jaroslav Smutný, Dr.

Syllabus

  • 1. Calculating emissions from road and rail transport, calculation example
  • 2. The analysis of the measured data, demonstration
  • 3. Measurement and analysis of noise from road traffic, practical demonstration
  • 4. Measurement and analysis of noise from rail, demonstration
  • 5. Measurement and analysis of vibration from road traffic, practical demonstration
  • 6. Analysis of noise from traffic, creating noise maps, calculation example
  • 7. Analysis of noise from traffic, creating noise maps, calculation example
  • 8. Analysis of noise from traffic, creating noise maps, calculation example
  • 9. An action plan - noise from traffic
  • 10. Sound insulation of walls and windows, measurement and analysis
  • 11. Basic noise and anti-vibration measures (road and rail) and a comparison sample application
  • 12. Credit test