227-0103 – Roads (PK)
| Gurantor department | Department of Transport Constructions |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Ivana Mahdalová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate |
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
Subject engaged in technology roads and motorways. Whitin lectures students are acquaint with materials that are used in roadworks, their characteristics, qualitative requirements and basic testing.
Compulsory literature:
- R. Srinivasa Kumar: Pavement Design: Universitiespress,2013
- Tahar El-Korchi and Rajib B. Mallick: Pavement Engineering: Principles and Practice, Second Edition: CRC Press,2013
- Norbert J. Delatte: Concrete Pavement Design, Construction, and Performance, Second Edition: CRC Press, 2014
Recommended literature:
- Walsh, I. D.: ICE manual of highway design and management. ICE Publishing London, United Kingdom, 2011
- The Design Manual for Roads and Bridges. 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, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2009.
- Roger Brockenbrough, Kenneth J. Boedecker, jr.: Highway Engineering Handbook, 3.ed, Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2009.
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Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
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Subject has no co-requisities.