227-0056 – Design I - Roads (P)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Transport Constructions
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Ivana Mahdalová, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
227-0056/01 2005/2006 5

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Aim of the design is to applicate teoretical and practical knowledge about roads, which students have from previous years.

Teaching methods

Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work

Summary

Aim of the design is to applicate teoretical and practical knowledge about roads, which students have from previous years. Teaching of exercises takes place on a computer classroom with the use of specialized software.

Compulsory literature:

Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2000, ISBN 0-309-06681-6. Design Manual M 22-01.06, (WSDOT) Washington State Department of Transportation, December 2009. Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB), The Highways Agency, The Scottish Office Development Department, The Welsh Office Y SWYDDFA GYMREIG, The Department of Environment for Northern Ireland, February 2008. Highway Design Manual, California Transport Department.

Recommended literature:

Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2000, ISBN 0-309-06681-6. Design Manual M 22-01.06, (WSDOT) Washington State Department of Transportation, December 2009. Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB), The Highways Agency, The Scottish Office Development Department, The Welsh Office Y SWYDDFA GYMREIG, The Department of Environment for Northern Ireland, February 2008. Highway Design Manual, California Transport Department.

Prerequisities

Subject codeAbbreviationTitleRequirement
227-0202 SS Highway Engineering Recommended

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.