227-0039/02 – Transportation Infrastructure (DINF)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Transport ConstructionsCredits6
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Ivana Mahdalová, Ph.D.Subject version guarantordoc. Ing. Ivana Mahdalová, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory type B
Year1Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2018/2019Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesFSIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
KRI74 doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D.
MAH10 doc. Ing. Ivana Mahdalová, Ph.D.
PET368 doc. Ing. Jan Petrů, Ph.D.
PLO0019 Ing. Kristýna Plocová
SKV02 Ing. Václav Škvain
SOB0011 Ing. Michal Šobr
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 3+2
Part-time Credit and Examination 21+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

To describe the different segments of transportation infrastructure corresponding to the respective transport modes. The acquired knowledge apply in the process of planning a particular mode of transport and the adequate transportation rout. Formulate and explain the relationship between means of transport and transportation infrastructure.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials

Summary

The course introduces students to the elements of the transport infrastructure. Attention is focused mainly to roads (motorways, roads, municipal roads), tracks (railways, metro, tramways) and airport structures.

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/ ESVELD, C. Modern Railway Track. Second Edition. MRT- Productions, Delft 2001

Recommended literature:

Design Manual. Washington State Department of Transportation, USA, http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/publications/manuals/m22-01.htm MEYER, M. and E. Miller. Urban Transportation Planning. McGraw-Hill, 2000.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Continuous control of the submitted individual work of students, written test.

E-learning

Other requirements

Participation in lessons of at least 70%, absence must be excused and the excuse must be accepted by the teacher. Submission of all individual tasks assigned to the independent work of the student by the deadline and in the prescribed form.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction, basic legislation. 2. Roads - category, directional and elevation solutions, transverse arrangement, drainage. 3. Pavement and its construction, ground body of the road, objects in the route. 4. Municipal roads for motor transport, parking and garages, pedestrian and cyclist routes, crossing of different types of transport, transportation without barriers. 5. Crossroads. 6. Division of tracks. Railway structures, railways, modernization of the railway network. 7. Constructional and geometrical track layout, spatial layout of the track. Railway superstructure (track construction, crossings, ...). 8. Railway substructure (design principles, drainage ...). 9. Railways stations (purpose, division, equipment, ...), sorting railway station (principles, technical and construction equipment, KOMPAS automation), tracks of industrial plants (purpose, location, types, equipment, ...). 10. Rail transport in cities, route design, building elements. 11. Definition of airport and airport areas, division of airports into species, description of individual types of airports, breakdown by classes and categories. 12. Factors influencing airport design - geomorphological shape of the terrain, meteorological conditions, physical properties of the terrain. 13. Take-off and landing runways - determination of direction and length, speeds, dimensioning of runway pavements, surface quality. 14. Technical characteristics airports. Objects of the airport facility. Heliports.

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2018/2019 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit 35  18
        Examination Examination 65  16 3
Mandatory attendence participation: At least 70% attendance at the exercise. Absence must be excused and the apology must be accepted by the teacher.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Elaboration of all individual tasks assigned to the student by the teacher. Submission of completed assignments by the required date and in the prescribed form. Individual consultation or participation in exercises on dates set by the teacher. The extent of participation in exercises and assignment of tasks within the ISP is agreed upon by the student and the teacher when submitting the application for the ISP at the beginning of the semester.

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2020/2021 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment (S01) Transport Systems P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2019/2020 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment (S01) Transport Systems P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2019/2020 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment (S01) Transport Systems K Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan

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2022/2023 Winter
2021/2022 Winter
2020/2021 Winter