227-0456 – Diagnostics, Maintenance and Repair of Roads (DÚOV)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Transport Constructions
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Jan Petrů, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
227-0456/01 2019/2020 5
227-0456/02 2019/2020 5

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Purpose of this subject is to spread knowledge about designing of roads construction section, qualitative requirements of structural materials and modern technology that are used in roadworks.

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Summary

Learning outcomes of the course unit The subject acquaints students with materials and technologies of road and motorway construction. The first part of the course is devoted to materials and design of road construction and their disturbances. In the second part, the students will acquire the methods of diagnostic road survey which will evaluate the current state of the road and then with the process of the design a technologically correct way of maintenance or repair.

Compulsory literature:

- KUMAR, Srinivasa R. Pavement Design. Orient Blackswan, 2013. 978-8173718854. - MALLICK, Rajib B. and Tahar EL-KORCHI. Pavement Engineering: Principles and Practice. Second Edition, CRC Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4398-7036-5. - DELATTE, Norbert J. Concrete Pavement Design, Construction, and Performance. Second Edition, CRC Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4665-7510-3.

Recommended literature:

- WALSH, Ian D., ed. ICE manual of highway design and management. London: ICE, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7277-4111-0. - The Design Manual for Roads and Bridges [on-line]. The Highways Agency, Department for Transport, United Kingdom, http://www.dft.gov.uk/ha/standards/dmrb/ - A policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets. 6th Edition. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2011. - BROCKENBROUGH, Roger L. Highway Engineering Handbook, 3rd Edition. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2009. ISBN 978-0-07-159763-0.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.