Course detail
Special Topics of Highways
FAST-CM054Acad. year: 2019/2020
The subject covers problem solving, which are met in the practice.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
5
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Institute of Road Structures (PKO)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students get practical knowledge of asphalt mixture tests and examinations, asphalt mixture production. They learn about quality management standards in road building, about environmental and health riscs effected by traffic and by road building.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of road design and construction, technologies of road onstruction
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Not applicable.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Not applicable.
Course curriculum
1. Traffic in the world
2. Functional tests of bitumens
3. Functional tests of asphalt mixtures
4. Asphalt mixtures production
5. Practical problems of road construction management, tenders, and asphalt mixtures
6. Functional tests of soils
7. The use of waste materials in road constructions
8. Traffic and environment EIA, SEIA, Conclusions, credit
2. Functional tests of bitumens
3. Functional tests of asphalt mixtures
4. Asphalt mixtures production
5. Practical problems of road construction management, tenders, and asphalt mixtures
6. Functional tests of soils
7. The use of waste materials in road constructions
8. Traffic and environment EIA, SEIA, Conclusions, credit
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
Type testing of asphalt mixtures, new technologies for road construction and maintenance, requierements for road building, environmental aspects of transportation.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Not applicable.
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Traffic in the world
2. Functional tests of bitumens
3. Functional tests of asphalt mixtures
4. Asphalt mixtures production
5. Practical problems of road construction management, tenders, and asphalt mixtures
6. Functional tests of soils
7. The use of waste materials in road constructions
8. Traffic and environment EIA, SEIA, Conclusions, credit
Exercise
13 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Traffic in the world
2. Functional tests of bitumens
3. Functional tests of asphalt mixtures
4. Asphalt mixtures production
5. Practical problems of road construction management, tenders, and asphalt mixtures
6. Functional tests of soils
7. The use of waste materials in road constructions
8. Traffic and environment EIA, SEIA, Conclusions, credit