227-0202 – Highway Engineering (SS)
| 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 aquire basic knowledge about designing roads and roadworks. Subject is specialized in designing of road alignment in compliance with required parameters, road construction, method of realization and influence roads on environment.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
Lectures and exercises are direct to basic questions about designing of highways. Subject is specialized in designing of highroads, motorways and purposed roads. Teaching of exercises takes place on a computer classroom with the use of specialized software.
Compulsory literature:
The Design Manual for Roads and Bridges. The Highways Agency, Department
for Transport, United Kingdom, http://www.dft.gov.uk/ha/standards/dmrb/
Recommended literature:
Design Manual. Washington State Department of Transportation, USA, http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/publications/manuals/m22-01.htm
Additional study materials
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.