Course detail

Special topics of highways

FAST-CM54Acad. year: 2019/2020

The subject covers problem solving, which are met with in practice.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Hýzl, Ph.D.

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. Asphalt mixture testing, ITT tests
2. Asphalt mixtures production
3. Cold recyclation
4. Practical problems of road construction management, tenders
5. Winter maintenance and its organization
6. The use of waste materials in road constructions
7. Functional tests of soils
8. Claims on construction layers of pavements
9. Traffic and environment EIA, SEIA
10.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

ČSN EN 13 108, Asfaltový beton. 0. (CS)
ČSN EN 12697. 0. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Hýzl, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Asphalt mixture testing, ITT tests 2. Asphalt mixtures production 3. Cold recyclation 4. Practical problems of road construction management, tenders 5. Winter maintenance and its organization 6. The use of waste materials in road constructions 7. Functional tests of soils 8. Claims on construction layers of pavements 9. Traffic and environment EIA, SEIA 10.Conclusions, credit

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Hýzl, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Asphalt mixture testing, ITT tests 2. Asphalt mixtures production 3. Cold recyclation 4. Practical problems of road construction management, tenders 5. Winter maintenance and its organization 6. The use of waste materials in road constructions 7. Functional tests of soils 8. Claims on construction layers of pavements 9. Traffic and environment EIA, SEIA 10.Conclusions, credit