Course detail
Special topics of highways
FAST-CM54Acad. year: 2009/2010
The subject covers problem solving, which are met with in practice.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
4
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Institute of Road Structures (PKO)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students get practical knowledge of asphalt mixture tests and examinations, asphalt mixture production. They learn about quality management standards in road building, about environmental and health riscs effected by traffic and by road building.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of road design and construction, technologies of croad onstruction
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Not applicable.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Course curriculum
1. Asphalt mixture testing, ITT tests
2. Asphalt mixtures production
3. Cold recyclation
4. Practical problems of road construction management, tenders
5. Winter maintenance and its organization
6. The use of waste materials in road constructions
7. Functional tests of soils
8. Claims on construction layers of pavements
9. Traffic and environment EIA, SEIA
10.Conclusions, credit
2. Asphalt mixtures production
3. Cold recyclation
4. Practical problems of road construction management, tenders
5. Winter maintenance and its organization
6. The use of waste materials in road constructions
7. Functional tests of soils
8. Claims on construction layers of pavements
9. Traffic and environment EIA, SEIA
10.Conclusions, credit
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
Type testing of asphalt mixtures, new technologies for road construction and maintenance, requierements for road building, environmental aspects of transportation.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
ČSN EN 12697. 0. (CS)
ČSN EN 13 108, Asfaltový beton. 0. (CS)
ČSN EN 13 108, Asfaltový beton. 0. (CS)
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans